Yesterday I got a quite informative look at former pitcher Bert Blyleven. As many of you may know Blyleven has been kept out of the Hall of Fame largely due to not winning 300 games. To begin to tell you how silly this notion is let’s first mention a few current names. Mike Mussina, Curt [...]
The ballot for induction to the hall of fame is up on baseball reference. After looking over the list I’m quite certain Rickey Henderson is going to get in with ease and that may be it.
New to the ballot is Mark McGwire. McGwire wouldn’t answer to congress about steroids instead wanting to talk about where [...]
Greg Maddux will officially announce what we all suspected. On Monday the future hall of famer will announce his retirement from baseball. Twenty three years in the big leagues and 355 victories Maddux very well could be the best pitcher anyone reading this ever got to see.
Maddux started his career with the Chicago Cubs in [...]
For those not familiar with how the veteran’s committee process works in relation to the hall of fame here it is.
The players ballot is now restricted to players whose careers began in 1943 or later.
Voting for the players ballot is now restricted to Hall of Fame members.
The list of those eligible for the players ballot [...]
By the time most baseball players turn 45 they have already moved onto coaching, sitting around or talking on Baseball Tonight but Jamie Moyer is not your ordinary 45 year old.
Believe it or not Moyer has picked up wins in 6 of his last 8 starts including his first eight inning performance since April 2006 [...]
In the wake of Rich Gossage earning induction into baseball Hall of Fame I figured I’d take this time to jot down a few current players I think are hall bound. I define current as playing at the end of the 2007 season and while the only worthwhile player who may not return for 2008 [...]
Rich Gossage got the 75% he needed for induction into the hall and then some. Gossage totaled 85% on his way to being the only member to earn enshrinement into baseball’s most hallowed ground.
I’m not going to go into all the details that I have in the past but there was a recent piece by [...]
In the last week I’ve covered the list of players who are on this years ballot for inducition into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. First time players and those who have appeared in the past were looked at.
Each year players are compared about those who played at differnt positions as well as different era’s. Less then [...]
With less then a month until voting is complete we continue our ongoing look at the players who make up this years Hall of Fame ballot.
Harold Baines - 22 years, .289/.356/.465, 384 HR, 1628 RBI, 1299 R, 34 SB
Awards: 6 time All-Star, 1 silver slugger
Trademark: pioneer to modern DH
Below average defender becomes key DH ingredient [...]
Each year a new list of players are included on the ballot for induction into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Any player who had even an average career is included on the list. The list frequently includes a guy who has died recently or a player who had one memorable season.
I’ve taken a good chuck of [...]