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Sports Central
January 17, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
The Dutchman and Other HOF Thoughts Well, now. I no longer have to apologize for championing Bert Blyleven as a Hall of Famer, which I've done for about the previous decade. He finally made it in his final try with the Baseball Writers Association of America.   |
Sports Central
November 16, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
HOF Ballot: The Holdovers The holdover Hall of Fame ballot entrants are both an interesting and a troublesome group, largely because the recent rule changes limiting a Baseball Writers Association of America candidate to ten years on the ballot. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers? |
Sports Central
January 13, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
A Hall Election and Nobody's Coming The Baseball Writers Association of America ended up electing nobody to the Hall of Fame. And I'm not sure which, among factors gaining serious discussion as the voting commenced and, at last, the results came in, may prove the most controversial of them all. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2008
Jeff Kallman |
Jim Rice and the Fear Factor Jim Rice was one of the single most feared men in the game whenever he stepped into the batter's box. |
Sports Central
December 1, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Gil Hodges Belongs in Cooperstown They have ten candidates this year -- nine players, plus one executive. Of the 10, Hodges has maybe the most unique case. |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2001
Tom Verducci |
One voter's Hall of Fame ballot Nearly every year, one name is added to the Hall of Fame ballot that gives me more trouble than usual. Eleven players are on the ballot for the first time this year. Only one of them emerged as a truly agonizing, tough call: Andre Dawson... |
Sports Central
January 10, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central
July 8, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 2) Sports columnists choose an all time MLB team. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
It's Past Time to Fix the Hall of Fame Voting The good news on the Hall of Fame front: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine are the first teammates to go into the Hall of Fame together on their first try. |
Sports Central
July 22, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
The Straw That Stirs the Stink Reggie Jackson certainly cut across the proverbial grain with his Sports Illustrated remarks questioning the Hall of Fame credentials of Jim Rice and Gary Carter. When the hoopla exploded he couldn't wait to back away from them |
Sports Central
March 22, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Great Players Becoming Great Managers At this writing, Don Mattingly could become a genuinely great manager in time or the next Mel Ott, a genuinely great player who went genuinely into the tank as a manager. Robin Ventura could go either way, too. |
Sports Central
July 10, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 4) It is the age-old argument that will never go away amongst baseball aficionados. And that is the comparison of individual players from different eras in which they played. |
Sports Central
December 5, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
They're First Ballot Hall of Famers, End of Discussion If Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine don't become first-ballot Hall of Famers (and you can throw Frank Thomas into this mix, too), forget who's going to have some splainin' to do -- there ought to be an investigation. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Top 20: Baseball Players Of All Time This season, Barry Bonds continues his assault on the Major League Baseball record books, closing in on the career home run title. He's easily one of the best players the game has ever seen. |
Sports Central
December 8, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
A Sad Stop Just Shy of Cooperstown Continuing our look at this year's Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, we'll take a look at the rest of the newcomers. |
Sports Central
November 13, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
HOF Ballot: The Rest of the Newcomers That's the problem with Hall of Fame ballots. Other than the obvious there-because-it's-five-years-retired players, picking the worthies from among the newcomers is both a challenge and a lot of fun. |
Sports Central
December 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |
Sports Illustrated
May 3, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Having a ball with the Hall Baseball Q&A: Chance of Mark Grace or Dale Murphy in Hall of Fame?... How does Johnson compare to Koufax?... Who will close for the Royals if Ricky Bottalico continues to struggle?... etc. |
Sports Central
December 5, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Three For the Hall, First Ballot Let's begin a Hall of Fame Class of 2015-to-be examination with a look at the new ballot arrivals. |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: Future MLB Hall of Famers Baseball today may be tainted by steroid allegations, but it's also filled with players who are among the best ever. Check out our list of top 10 future MLB Hall of Famers. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it. |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Blame it on the jerseys What the heck is up with the baseball uniforms?... If Felipe Alou is fired at the end of the season, where do you think he will end up?... What happens if there is a three-way or even four-way tie for the wild-card spot?... |
Sports Central
August 24, 2010
Brad Oremland |
The Best First Basemen in History Where great first basemen of the last 20 years stack up historically? |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Closers and Cooperstown Have you been wondering about managerial vacancies around baseball, what's going to happen to the Braves or how the heck a relief pitcher is supposed to get into the Hall? So have your fellow readers... |
Sports Central
July 9, 2009
Brad Oremland |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 3) In a 5-part series, sports columnists compare picks in an all-time MLB draft. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Mr. Unexcitement, Up to Cooperstown Ryne Sandberg was elected to the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central
July 18, 2005
Piet Van Leer |
Palmeiro a Worthy Hall Inductee? What do you think earns a player induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame? Is it dominance and brightest star power? Rafael Palmeiro is an interesting case. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
2012: Mime and Reason A look back at some of the odd occurrences during the 2012 baseball season, and players that passed away this year. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
From Cy-VP to Sayonara? Some speculation commences that precedent argues against Justin Verlander, the American League's Cy Young Award winner and Most Valuable Player Award winner for 2011, facing other than sobering after-effects. |
Sports Central
November 11, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Junior, Trevor Time Lead HOF Ballot Ken Griffey and Trevor Hoffman are two of 14 new entrants on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, and among those they're two who should be no-questions-asked Hall of Famers. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2013: Unrealities Baseball's 2013 included a few hallucinations and several surrealities. Some might have wished some of the hallucinations were real even as others might have wished some of what was real was merely a hallucination. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2001
Allen Barra |
Shoeless Joe Jackson revisited Does the banished ballplayer belong in the Hall of Fame? Depends whether you're talking about the player or the man... |
Sports Illustrated
November 14, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Look for 2007 to be a Hall of a year Four first-ballot players could be enshrined in the baseball hall of fame... |
Sports Central
May 13, 2014
Andrew Jones |
Active MLB Players' HOF Chances Major League Baseball's active list of potential Hall of Fame careers appears relatively clean. Let's turn over a new leaf and look at some worthy active candidates. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
The Bright, Elusive Butterflies of Cy They don't just speak of R.A. Dickey as the likely or most obvious candidate to start this year's All-Star Game; they're talking about his possibilities for bagging the Cy Young Award. |
Sports Central
December 29, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
The Blyleven HOF Case: Bert So Good While Bert Blyleven does not merit inclusion in a museum that honors the top one percent of players all-time, I think he is at worst in the top two percent, one of many borderline cases who just happens to fall on the wrong side of the border. |
Sports Illustrated
July 25, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Blitzed by Boston fans Nothing like bringing up Roger Clemens vs. Greg Maddux to start a good e-mail fight... |
Sports Central
July 6, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
D-Train's Derailment, and Others' How strange and sad it is, now and over a lifetime of watching and loving the game, that as often as not the players who are the most fun to watch become the players whose careers derail soon enough after they get their first tastes of success. |
Sports Central
July 26, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Barry Bonds, on the Edge of Cooperstown A Hall of Fame that doesn't recognize Barry Bonds isn't serving its mission. |
Sports Illustrated
April 12, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Picking up where we left off Hall of Fame queries make the 'bag's season debut... |
Sports Central
January 8, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sandbaging Sandbergs The author says he is also consistent when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He remains, as always, the Cooperstown Nazi. his Hall of Fame would have about 25% of the players currently enshrined. |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
Top 10: World Series Teams As the 2007 MLB season comes to an end, WhatIfSports.com ranks all 102 previous World Seres winners to find the true top 10 greatest World Series teams in the history of baseball. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Ben Chapman, Once and For All Jackie Robinson suffered few baitings more vicious than those led by Ben Chapman, the former outfielder who managed the Philadelphia Phillies, when Robinson broke into the Show with the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers. |
Sports Central
January 17, 2014
Brad Oremland |
The Hall of Fame, the BBWAA, and the Steroid Era If you care at all about the Baseball Hall of Fame, the election results released last week made you somewhat happy. |
Sports Central
January 27, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Ernie Banks, RIP: Always a Beautiful Day There is no joy in Wrigleyville. Mighty Ernie has checked out. At 83. Cub fans aren't the only ones in baseball's world who think that, for Ernie Banks, it's still too young to go. |
Sports Central
July 24, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
The Special People Club When it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame, how do you compare position players and career starting pitchers, with glamorous stats, against players that excelled in more specialized roles? |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Hall of Fame hurlers After Clemens and Maddux, which active pitchers are on their way to Cooperstown? |
