Third baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Scott Rolen was a seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner and finished his career with 316 home runs and 1,287 RBI. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

NEW YORK — Scott Rolen sat with his son in the parking lot outside Indiana’s Bloomington South High School in 2018, waiting to coach grade schoolers in basketball and listening on the radio for results of his first appearance on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot.

“`Dad, I think you’re getting in,’” Rolen recalled 10-year-old Finn predicting.