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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 June 1, 2005 Chris Lindshield |
Closers Drawing Closer to the Hall? To date, only two pure closers and one closer convert have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. That's a good indication that perhaps the best closer in baseball today isn't guaranteed a spot in the Hall. |
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. |
Salon.com January 17, 2001 Allen Barra |
PGA honchos to world: We're even bigger jerks than you thought! Plus: Why aren't Gary Carter and Joe Torre in the Hall? |
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
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 January 27, 2009 Jeff Kallman |
Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections. |
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 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. |
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 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 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 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 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? |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: Outrageous Hall Of Fame Exclusions The following is a list of 10 athletes who were outrageously exluded from their respective sports hall of fames. |
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 January 20, 2010 Ross Lancaster |
The Hall of Why As you probably already know, a couple of weeks ago, Andre Dawson was announced as the only player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. |
Salon.com March 14, 2001 Allen Barra |
Albert Belle's sad exit He played well enough to get to Cooperstown, but his personality and attitude will consign him to obscurity... |
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 July 13, 2009 Bill Hazell |
SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 5) Here's the last of a 5-part series in which sports columnists draft an all-time MLB team. |
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 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 July 22, 2011 Neil Bright |
Never Enough Looking back at Derek Jeter's career, it is hard to fathom how his recent critics have been so blind. No, he is not the second coming of Babe Ruth and no he doesn't live on Mount Olympus. But he hardly has feet of clay either. |
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 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 Illustrated August 7, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Phillies fans speak out So, you didn't think there were many Philly fans out there these days? All you need to do is overlook Robert Person and there they are. I found that out in this week's mailbag. |
Sports Central March 14, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
Frank Jobe, RIP: Elbow and Shoulder Above the Rest Tommy John probably should be in the Hall of Fame -- as much in the pioneer category as any other. And so should the physician who developed and performed that surgery named for him. |
Sports Central July 4, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
How to Improve the MLB All-Star Game MLB's All-Star Game should be saved and improved. |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Dog days are upon us Greetings, readers, and welcome to the dog days of August, also known as the time of year to start declaring candidates for the MVP award. |
Sports Central May 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers? |
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 Illustrated January 15, 2003 Tom Verducci |
Squeeze Play The lack of interest in Ivan Rodriguez is due to more than a sluggish market. |
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 January 10, 2013 Kevin Beane |
Steroids, Character, and the Hall of Fame Good job, Hall of Fame voters. I'm not sure whether or not to keep off-the-field villains out of the Hall or not, but please continue to keep baseball cheaters out of the baseball Hall of Fame. Thank you. |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Don't stop short Once again it's time to play that fascinating annual game of Shortstop Musical Chairs, where one unlucky American League shortstop will find himself without a spot when the All-Star Game music stops. |
Sports Central July 9, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Shame in Their Fame? Next Tuesday will be a night when older baseball stars show off for the masses, and rising performers will stake their claim to future success. |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Every team's a contender in April Cubs and Twins fans get rare taste of baseball excitement... |
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. |
Salon.com March 31, 2001 Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Sports Illustrated July 20, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Squeezing Carter Hall festivities will be without the superior catcher |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2002 |
Nine Numbers For Number 9 Remarkable statistics tell part of the story of Ted Williams's remarkable career. |
Sports Central July 13, 2011 Jeff Kallman |
Derek Jeter's All-Star Blessing A lot of the folk are hemming and hawing over Derek Jeter's withdrawal from the All-Star Game. But nobody seems to catch onto his withdrawal as an inadvertent blessing upon it. |
Sports Central January 26, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 13 Here's a look at five players having all-star worthy seasons while playing for exceptionally bad teams. |
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 September 30, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 2) We continue our three-part series on the NBA All-Decade Team by revealing the five players who made the second team. |
Sports Central June 24, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
All-Star Vote Broken? Here's a Repair My American League ballot went as follows, and these players remained the WAR leaders at their positions as of Friday morning. |
Salon.com July 26, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Last call for the Hall Readers have their say about which players should make it to Cooperstown. Last of three parts. |
Sports Central January 10, 2007 Jeff Kallman |
There is But One Word... Some thoughts on baseball's recent Hall of Fame voting -- especially regarding Mark McGwire. |
Salon.com July 11, 2001 Allen Barra |
What's wrong with the All-Star Game? Too many players, for starters. But it's not too late to save baseball's midseason matchup... |
Sports Central October 20, 2008 Jonathan Lowe |
Emerging From the Depths How does the Rays' season stack up to some of the best turnarounds in baseball lore? Here's how the top five might filter out. |