Lee Smith belongs among Hall of Fame relievers
There are now seven relief pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, with the addition of Lee Smith via a special veterans committee election earlier
December 19, 2018
There are now seven relief pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, with the addition of Lee Smith via a special veterans committee election earlier
Now that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 1984 Tigers have two members so enshrined. That
When his name first appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot in 2003, Ryne Sandberg received 244 votes, or just below 50%. In 2004, the
If you ask me, there’s no better place to watch a baseball game than Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley
Most teams that are good for three or four years or more eventually get to a World Series and usually win one. It’s harder now —
This is the third in a ten-part series looking at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era Ballot. Baseball was a much different game 100
The 1918 baseball season was unusual in many ways because it was an unusual period in American history. For the first time, the nation was
Ask any ballplayer in the major leagues today what their ultimate goal is and they’ll say “To win the World Series.” That’s at least what
When teams prepared to face the Cleveland Indians in the early 1980s there was one hitter they took extra time discussing – #29, the big
In one of the the worst cases of Hall of Fame voting in the history of that wonderful organization, Ron Santo failed to earn induction despite his obvious qualifications. It was puzzling to many who saw him in his prime. His detractors, whom apparently numbered enough to keep the Baseball Writers and Hall of Fame Veterans Committee from electing him, claimed his career was too short to have reached major statistical milestones, he never played on a winner, or that his career batting average was too unimpressive.
On October 2, 1935, J. Edgar Hoover, America’s wildly famous FBI agent, was in the stands at Navin Field for the start of the World Series. At the end, it was another “G-Man” who made healdines, as Goose Goslin’s single drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning of Game Six, giving the Tigers their first championship.
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