MLB Hall Of Fame News

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Curtis Martin’s mother helped drive him to the Hall of Fame

2012-02-04

Among the Curtis Martin's many accomplishments during his 11-year NFL career, dating singer Toni Braxton remains among the greatest feats on the running back's resume. But on Saturday evening, Martin was honored for what he did playing on the field and not just playing the field when he was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The running back, who finished with 14,101 rushing yards and ...

Jan

MLB Hall of Fame Inductions 2012: Barry Larkin and 6 Players Who Have My Vote

2012-01-09

The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is one of the most sacred fraternities in all of sports. Comparing baseball's Hall of Fame to other sports, it is the only one in which it's entirely possible for no one to be inducted in a given year. Every year around this time, fans are left to debate who got in and who should get in someday. This year brings an interesting flair to it, as it seems that ...

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2012 MLB Hall of Fame: 6 Players Who Deserve Election

2012-01-08

I have a love hate relationship with the BBWAA. I love that they have kept low life steroid users out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, I have an issue with their behavior when it comes to certain segments of non-cheaters. You will see what I am talking about as you click through the slideshow. The following six players are NOT a prediction of who I think will actually get elected this year ...

Jan

2013 MLB Hall of Fame Class*: The Most Important Year for Cooperstown

2012-01-16

Next years Hall of Fame ballot will feature some of the greatest players in our generation. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa , Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling and Craig Biggio will all appear on the ballot for the first time. It also marks the first year when several players marked by PED suspicion will be up for admission into the Hall of Fame. Baseball fans will watch closely as the next ...

Jan

MLB Hall of Fame 2012: Breaking Down This Year's Most Deserving Nominees

2012-01-09

The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame announcement should be a time to celebrate the career of the player(s) who will join the greatest collection of baseball talent ever assembled, but because the voters are the most ignorant and elitist group of people ever assembled, all we end up talking about his who didn't make it in. This year's class will be announced on Monday at 3 p.m. ET, and there ...

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Former MLB star Delgado reflects on Syracuse stints, Hall of Fame chances

2012-02-03

The Syracuse Chiefs kicked off their lead-up to the new season in a Major-League way Friday by inducting Carlos Delgado into their Wall of Fame at their annual Hot Stove Dinner in Liverpool.

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MLB Hall of Fame 2012: Why Jeff Bagwell Absolutely Needs to Be a Hall of Famer

2012-01-10

Jeff Bagwell wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame this year. But he has got plenty of the traditional hardware (NL Rookie of the Year - 1991, Gold Glove (1B) - 1994, NL MVP - 1994, NL All-Star - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999). According to FanGraphs, his career WAR of 83.9 is the eighth-highest among first basemen, behind the likes of Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx. But ahead of Harmon ...

Jan

MLB Hall of Fame 2012: Jeff Bagwell's Resume Doesn't Come with an Asterick

2012-01-08

Last year, when the Baseball Hall of Fame class was announced, one of the biggest surprises was Jeff Bagwell's vote total. Not so much that he didn't get in on the first ballot, because baseball writers created some magic rule about what it means to be a "first-ballot Hall of Famer," but that he was only named on 41.7 percent of the ballots. On the surface, Bagwell was a no-doubt Hall of Fame ...

Jan

2012 MLB Hall of Fame: Voters Were Wrong to Snub Slugger Edgar Martinez

2012-01-09

It wasn't just that former Seattle Mariners star Edgar Martinez didn't make the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. It's that he only received 36.5 percent of the votes, which was actually a slight uptick from last year. Martinez was linked to performance-enhancing drugs back in 2007 by former teammate Shane Monahan , but he wasn't on the infamous Mitchell Report. There doesn't seem to be enough ...

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