Canton’s Thurman Munson won’t have a chance to be part of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025, and his road to future consideration is cloudy.

One heart. NOTE: Thurman Munson was American League MVP on a Yankees team that reached the World Series in 1976. He was the Yankees' captain on teams that won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.

One heart. NOTE:Thurman Munson was American League MVP on a Yankees team that reached the World Series in 1976. He was the Yankees' captain on teams that won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.

Munson has been gone 46 years, but he plays once a year in Canton. The ghosts get real when stories about No. 15 are in the air at the Thurman Munson Catchers Scholarship Dinner.

Thurman Munson in a 1979 photo supplied by the New York Yankees. Through all the years, all the titles, and all the changes, the word "Captain" has never been handed out lightly in the Bronx.

Munson has been gone 46 years, but he plays once a year in Canton. The ghosts get real when stories about No. 15 are in the air at the Thurman Munson Catchers Scholarship Dinner. This time it was ...