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TORONTO – JULY 9, 1991: (L-R) Manager Lou Piniella of the Cincinnati Reds and coaches Art Howe of … [+] the Houston Astros and Jim Leyland of the Pittsburgh Pirates look on during the 1991 MLB All Star Game at the SkyDome on July 9, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images) Getty Images Usually, the surest thing about any Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee-esque election is you’ll never be entirely sure what to call it without double or triple checking. Thus, after the aforementioned double and triple check, we can safely declare that the Contemporary Baseball Era (non-players) Committee will gather to determine the Cooperstown fates of eight candidates who built their resumes in the dugout, front office or while donning an umpire’s uniform. Anyone amongst the group of managers Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland and Lou Piniella, executives Hank Peters and Bill White and umpires Ed Montague and Joe West who receives at least 75 percent of the vote will be enshrined during the induction ceremonies July 21. Results will be announced tonight at 7:30 PM EST. But given the size of the 16-person electorate and the inherent difficulty in winnowing down votes that consist of candidates from three different walks of baseball life, it’s always folly to try and predict who will make the cut and enter the hallowed Hall via the committee. What we do know is this the type of referendum on managers that is unlikely to be held by future whatever-the-Veterans-Committee-is-going-to-be-calleds, because Gaston, Johnson, Leyland and Piniella mixed championship success with longevity in a manner that will be hard for any modern manager to emulate. Gaston is one of just four managers to direct teams to consecutive championships in the divisional play era and the other three — Dick…

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