After the voting dust settled, the baseball Hall of Fame has three new members in Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Ivan Rodriguez. While this year’s voting may have concluded, it is never too early to look ahead at what next year’s class might bring. Almost there At the end of the …
Read More »Tim Raines Finally Voted into Hall of Fame
On his tenth and final year of eligibility, Tim Raines was inducted Wednesday to Baseball’s Hall of Fame. With 86 percent of the votes, Raines’ wait has finally come to an end. Raines had 2,605 career hits in his seasons with the Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. He hit a …
Read More »Bagwell Heading To Cooperstown
Former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell has been selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2017. Jeff Bagwell is 1 of 11 1B with 200 stolen bases since 1900. He has 449 HR (the other 10 have 549 HR combined). pic.twitter.com/jqXdTApAt3 — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) …
Read More »Ivan Rodriguez Makes 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame on First Ballot
Wednesday night, the newest members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame were announced. Ivan Rodriguez became a part of the 2017 class after receiving just enough votes on his first ballot. He joins Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines as the latest entrants. Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez made history as one …
Read More »“Steroid” Players Should Be in the Hall of Fame
Before you guys get all over me about allowing steroid players to get into Cooperstown, just hear me out. My Ballot Jeff Bagwell (.297, .948 OPS, 449 HRs, 1529 RBIs) Barry Bonds (.298, 1.051 OPS, 762 HRs, 1996 RBIs) Roger Clemens (3.13 ERA, 354 Ws, 4672 SOs, 1.173 WHIP) Vladimir …
Read More »Examining the Baseball Hall of Fame Case for On-The-Bubble Players
Congratulations to Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and probably Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez. If you’re reading this after Jan.18, there’s a good chance they’ve been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Each represented the elite of their positions and the voters deemed them fit for baseball’s version of Heaven. But of course, …
Read More »2017 Hall of Fame Announcements
The 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees will be announced on Wednesday evening. It’s taken about six weeks of intense arguing, discussion, and evaluation, but now we get to see whose predictions came true. Induction is not as easy as some may think. Actually, there are a set of rules …
Read More »The MLB Winter Meetings Superlative Awards
The free agent class of 2017 is one of the most barren in recent years. The best starter is a 36 year old who was playing in Independent ball less than two years ago. The best bats were all seeking multi-year deals that would obviously become dead weight in two …
Read More »Tim Tebow Could Receive Invite to Spring Training
Aspiring major leaguer Tim Tebow received the support of Mets manager Terry Collins and GM Sandy Alderson on Wednesday when the two expressed interest in inviting him to spring training. In the ongoing MLB Winter Meetings, Alderson was adamant that Tebow receive minor league experience next year so that the …
Read More »Chris Sale Changing Sox
Over the summer, the Golden State Warriors went from being a powerhouse team with three of the top players in the league, to a team many didn’t think would be beat after adding Kevin Durant. This sounds a little familiar with the MLB and the Boston Red Sox. After making …
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