Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
In 2018, six living players were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Longtime teammates with the Detroit Tigers, pitcher Jack Morris and shortstop Alan Trammell, were among them. It was a glorious day in Cooperstown, and yet it was a day in which it felt as if the distinguished six were missing […]
One of the most colorful and significant players of the second half of the 1970s, Dave Parker looked like a sure bet to eventually make baseball’s Hall of Fame. As the decade came to a close, Parker was an MVP, World Series Champion, 3-time Gold Glove Award winner, and owned a career .317 batting average. […]
Last night in San Diego, Tim Mead, the new President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, revealed the names of the first members of the Hall’s Class of 2020. Catcher Ted Simmons and Marvin Miller, the former Executive Director of the MLB Players Association, were elected by receiving at least 75% of […]
Early this evening, shortly after 8:00p ET on MLB Network, the results of the “Modern Baseball” Hall of Fame vote will be announced. Today at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, 5 former General Managers, one owner, 4 long-time media members and 6 Hall of Fame players are meeting to discuss 10 candidates for Cooperstown. […]
For the casual baseball fan under the age of 35, Tommy John is the name of a surgical procedure. Older fans remember the pitcher for whom the procedure was named, the left-handed starter whose ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow was replaced by a new ligament harvested from a tendon in his right wrist. […]
Earlier this month, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced ten candidates for a Cooperstown plaque via the “Modern Baseball” Committee, which is tasked with voting on players (and one executive) who have been previously overlooked in the Hall of Fame vote. One of those candidates is Steve Garvey, the long-time first baseman […]
A little over three months ago, on August 2nd, baseball fans throughout the country noted the 40th anniversary of the tragic death of New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson. At the time the death of Munson, caused by a crash of a plane he was piloting, was a shock to the entire baseball world. Munson, […]