Baseball Hall of Fame

  1. Book Review: Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame

    Any baseball fan that's been to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. will tell you it's a journey every fan should take...

    Chris Stephens Written by Chris Stephens about 1 month ago 237 reads 0 comments

  2. Thoughts on the Chicago Blackhawks' 30-Game Run and Multi-Season Streaks

    Stopped at 30 consecutive games without a regulation loss—including the final six of last season—the Chicago Blackhawks skated within sight of the all-time record of ...

    Randy S. Robbins Written by Randy S. Robbins about 2 months ago 428 reads 5 comments

  3. 15 Surefire Hall of Famers in the Game of Baseball Today

    MLB icons can't evaluate their baseball careers objectively until after retirement, but we sure can. Barring debilitating injuries, scandals or abrupt deterioration of skill, these accomplished individuals will eventually call themselves Hall of Famers...

    Ely Sussman Written by Ely Sussman about 3 months ago 6,644 reads 115 comments

  4. A-Rod and Lance Armstrong: Cheaters and the Acceptance of Bad Behavior

    Lance Armstrong, shamed ex-Tour de France winner and all-around snake, is on a public relations campaign to save what is left of his name...

    Gene Siudut Written by Gene Siudut about 4 months ago 347 reads 0 comments

  5. Chicago White Sox Frank Thomas Has No Sympathy for Players Who Used Steroids

    Former Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas is showing no sympathy for those Major League baseball players who may have used steroids during their baseball careers, according to a report from Yahoo! Sports...

    Jay Brown Written by Jay Brown about 4 months ago 1,047 reads 14 comments

  6. Chicago Cubs: The Chicago Cubs' All-Time Team

    When composing this lineup, there were some selections that caused some second-guessing and hesitation before the final decisions were made—not just whom to include, but where to place them in the field for those who played multiple positions...

    Jared Dwyer Written by Jared Dwyer about 4 months ago 7,072 reads 34 comments

  7. MLB Hall of Fame: It Should Include Bonds, Clemens, McGwire and Sosa, but How?

    In an era where every player who has Hall of Fame-worthy numbers is scrutinized under the harshest of microscopes, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have become ...

    Tommy Torkelson Written by Tommy Torkelson about 4 months ago 687 reads 1 comments

  8. Braves Fans Should Be Furious About Fred McGriff's HOF Snub, Not Dale Murphy's

    Atlanta Braves fans should be furious that a former player is not getting enough votes to be elected to the Hall of Fame. However, that player is not Dale Murphy. While he had good numbers, Murphy's numbers aren't worthy of the Hall...

    Chris Stephens Written by Chris Stephens about 4 months ago 878 reads 12 comments

  9. MLB Hall of Fame: The Case for Each First-Year Eligible in 2014

    Controversy surrounded many of the first-time eligible players for entry into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2013. However, 2014 will be a different story as it is filled with a class of players with the credentials to get in and not a shroud of controversy...

    Chris Stephens Written by Chris Stephens about 4 months ago 486 reads 1 comments

  10. The 5 Players Who Should Have Been Voted into the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame

    Last week, the Baseball Writers Association of America did not elect any of the eligible players into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Many of the players who were up for election this year will forever be associated with the infamous steroid era...

    Gabe Salgado Written by Gabe Salgado about 4 months ago 186 reads 1 comments

  11. The Most Ridiculous Player to Receive MLB HOF Votes on the Past 10 Ballots

    The story of this year's Hall of Fame vote was the fact that no one was elected for the first time since 1996, as Craig Biggio came up just short and Steroid Era stars Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds finished well short as expected...

    Joel Reuter Written by Joel Reuter about 4 months ago 2,016 reads 4 comments

  12. Colorado Rockies Are Still Searching for Their First Hall of Famer

    When Dale Murphy failed to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his 15th ballot, Atlanta Braves fans lost a chance to see one of their most beloved players to be enshrined...

    Paul Francis Sullivan Written by Paul Francis Sullivan about 4 months ago 483 reads 0 comments

  13. No Easy Answers to the Steroid Problem for Baseball's Hall of Fame Voters

    For years, we all have known the day was coming when the stars from the steroids era would be on the Hall of Fame ballot. They all should get in. None of them should ever get in...

    Stew Winkel Written by Stew Winkel about 4 months ago 476 reads 1 comments

  14. Dale Murphy's Snub from Cooperstown: The Numbers Behind a Historic Injustice

    Dale Murphy has once again been left out of baseball’s Hall of Fame, and this time for the Atlanta Braves great, it’s for keeps. Or, well, sort of...

    Kyle Tait Written by Kyle Tait about 4 months ago 1,927 reads 15 comments

  15. Barry Bonds' Snub Turns the Hall of Fame into the Hall of Lame

    Five years ago when I was still living in sunny San Diego , I once sat in a bar watching Josh Hamilton hit like 124 home runs in the All-Star Home Run Derby...

    Sean Galusha Written by Sean Galusha about 4 months ago 1,331 reads 2 comments

  16. Cooperstown Cop-Out: Does the BBWAA Deserve Credit for Hall of Fame Shutout?

    It's now a couple of days since the Baseball Writers Association of America decided that not a single player on the Hall of Fame ballot was worthy of enshrinement, and my obvious ...

    Matt Goldberg Written by Matt Goldberg about 4 months ago 325 reads 10 comments

  17. Seattle Mariners: Edgar Martinez May Never Get into the Hall of Fame

    Edgar Martinez is one of the greatest players ever to suit up for the Seattle Mariners . Sadly, he may never be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2013, there will be exactly zero players added to the Hall...

    Todd Pheifer Written by Todd Pheifer about 4 months ago 1,140 reads 6 comments

  18. MLB: Deacon White Is the Lone Hall of Fame Player in the Class of 2013

    The New York Times sports section front page was blank on Thursday, the day after the Baseball Writers Association of America failed to elect a single new member to the Hall of Fame (via ESPN )...

    Paul Francis Sullivan Written by Paul Francis Sullivan about 4 months ago 169 reads 0 comments

  19. Casting an Early Ballot for Next Year's Baseball Hall of Fame Class

    With no players being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2013, it's easy to look ahead to the 2014 class and the names that will be eligible for the first time...

    Ian Casselberry Written by Ian Casselberry about 4 months ago 805 reads 5 comments

  20. Baseball's Hall of Fame Voters Have Forgotten What the Hall Is All About

    The National Baseball Hall of Fame was egged by its voters this week when they failed to elect a player to the 2013 class...

    Alessandro Miglio Written by Alessandro Miglio about 4 months ago 194 reads 0 comments

  21. How Barry Bonds Missed out on His Chance for Revenge

    I doubt that this has even crossed the mind of Barry Bonds , who was snubbed in his first attempt at reaching MLB 's Hall of Fame on Wednesday...

    Bob Warja Written by Bob Warja about 4 months ago 140 reads 0 comments

  22. 2012 Hall of Fame: Examining the Case of San Francisco Giants Star Barry Bonds

    Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) who vote for the Hall of Fame are instructed that “voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ...

    Mark Reynolds Written by Mark Reynolds about 4 months ago 1,716 reads 9 comments

  23. You Can Boo, But We're All to Blame for Empty 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame Class

    I know, baseball fans. I know. It's tough watching our sport crumble before our very eyes. It seems incredibly lame and anticlimactic that the baseball writers voted a grand total of no one into the Hall of Fame this year...

    Adam Hirshfield Written by Adam Hirshfield about 4 months ago 4,534 reads 108 comments

  24. Baseball Hall of Fame Voters Show More Respect for the Game Than the Players Did

    Yesterday, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted not to elect a single player to the baseball Hall of Fame for only the second time in four decades. You know that by now...

    Geoff Roberts Written by Geoff Roberts about 4 months ago 140 reads 4 comments

  25. 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote: Candidates Who Are Absolute Shoo-Ins for 2014

    The National Baseball Hall of Fame will have players to enshrine the next time the members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America have their ballots counted—something that couldn ’t be said this year...

    Benjamin Klein Written by Benjamin Klein about 4 months ago 9,748 reads 47 comments