Allen was a tremendous baseball player who had the misfortune of coming up through an organization that was indelicate about the issue of race.
Gary Sheffield never cared much what people thought of him. Now, that may be backfiring on the former All-Star slugger. In the latest results of the Baseball Hall of Fame voting by the writers, Sheffield fell shy of gaining election in the 10th and final time his name will be on that ballot.
Baseball is often regarded as “America’s favorite pastime.” And while the title may or may not fit, one thing is for certain. Since its inception, the game has won the hearts and minds of the American people. Major League Baseball is one of the biggest sports organizations in the world, and the second biggest in the USA (only topped by the National Football League).
Albert Belle finds his name on the Today’s Game ballot for the Hall of Fame. Will the former slugger get support from the voters?
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Yesterday we got the news that six former players had been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The new members of the Hall were approved
Gil Hodges and Minnie Miñoso are among the new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, after results were announced of two elections by two separate committees.
In the history of baseball, since they began tossing a ball to a plate and someone with a stick was swinging at it, maybe no more than
The Baseball Hall of Fame has released the 10 names that comprise the Golden Days Era Ballot. Voting will take place in early December.
Here we are back with the second installment in a series called “Greatness Score,” a system I devised to help rate the candidacy of players for the
One of the annoying things you’ll hear people say when they argue about the Hall of Fame is this: “So and so is a Hall of Famer.
No one ever feared Harold Baines the way they feared Jim Rice with a bat in their hands. Not even close. I’m fine with a Hall of
The Chicago White Sox have a checkered history, which makes it interesting to choose their All-Time Team. Many of their greatest players did not spend their entire
Nothing was ever the same again after George Hendrick dropped his drawers.
The 20 greatest players in the history of the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, and Boston Braves.
UPDATE: In 2021, the Golden Days Era committee elected four former players to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That election has prompted me to update this list,
A few years ago I penned a list article about the New York Yankees top players ranked according to WAR (Wins Above Replacement). I stated at the
After pondering a strange ballot that included five players (some of them unlikely), three executives, and two managers, the Baseball Hall of Fame’s veterans committee has elected
Baseball fans love to argue about the Hall of Fame. No one really cares (nor knows much) about the Pro Football Hall of Fame, for example. But
These players deserve to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In his senior year in college, Dave Winfield was a wanted man. In 1973, Winfield, a senior at the University of Minnesota, was selected in four drafts in three different professional sports. Just weeks after being selected as the fourth overall pick in the baseball draft by the San Diego Padres, Winfield was named Most Valuable Player of the College World Series.
Danny Murtaugh was a humble Irishman with a bad ticker who led the Pirates to two World Series titles.
Less than a year after he was forced to leaved baseball due to illness, Lou Gehrig’s legacy was threatened by an ignorant sportswriter’s accusations.
Once upon a time, the Baltimore Orioles were baseball’s model franchise. From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, the Orioles were the most successful team in the
Eddie Collins buried his bats during the off-season in shallow holes in his backyard that he called “graves” in order to keep them “lively.” That’s odd, for
Early in January, the results of the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting will be announced, in what should prove to be the most anticipated and talked-about
In the midst of the 1983 season, future Hall of Famer George Brett was involved in one of the stickiest incidents in baseball history. It involved a home run, some pine tar, and the rule book.