Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer lead iconic Hall class into induction

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The only 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who did not get in on his first try on the ballot is Todd Helton.

Yet Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland also took uniquely long and challenging paths to Cooperstown.

Beltre, Helton, Mauer and Leyland will join one of the most exclusive clubsin sports Sunday afternoon, when they are officially ind