Barry Larkin was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday with plenty of room to spare. The former Cincinnati Reds shortstop was chosen on 495 of 573 ballots (86 percent) in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, well above the necessary 75 percent. Larkin was on the ballot for the third time after falling 75 votes short last year. "I was absolutely shocked," he said in an interview with ESPN's "SportsCenter" on Monday. Larkin, who currently is an ESPN baseball analyst, said he expected to get the call from Hall of Fame, if he was elected, at 1:30 p.m. ET. But he didn't receive a call until 2:50. "I was absolutely floored," he told ESPN when asked about his reaction upon receiving the call. "I'm just so, so proud." Read more: http://espn.go.com/mlb/hof12/story/...great-barry-larkin-elected-baseball-hall-fame
