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In his long-awaited first trip to the World Series, Don Mattingly came up crushingly short of winning his first title on Saturday with the Blue Jays.

But the former Yankees great will have another shot at a different top honor before this year is over.

Mattingly was announced on Monday as part of the eight-person player ballot to be considered by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The results of the vote — needing 75 percent from the ballots cast by a group that will be announced later this fall — will be revealed on Dec. 7.

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