Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
On December 10, 2017, in Orlando, Florida, Jeff Idelson, the President of the National Hall of Fame and Museum, was on the MLB Network set and announced that longtime members of the Detroit Tigers, Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, had just been elected to the Hall of Fame. The 16-member “Modern Baseball” Committee gave Morris 14 […]
In Cooperstown, New York, late this afternoon, Bob Costas was inducted into the broadcasters wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as the 2018 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award. The 66-year old Costas, the long-time announcer for NBC Sports, has won well over 20 Sports Emmy Awards and has been […]
In the final installment of a six-part series, we take a look at 10 Hall of Fame moments in the career of Jim Thome, the greatest walk-off home run specialist in Major League History. The native of Peoria, Illinois is best known for his 12 years with the Cleveland Indians but is also a popular figure […]
As he takes his place in Cooperstown, Vladimir Guerrero becomes the first position player from the Dominican Republican to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. This January, Guerrero received 92.9% of the vote from the BBWAA, the highest vote percentage ever for player not on the ballot for the first […]
On Sunday, longtime Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Chipper will join pitchers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz in the Hall as the 4th member of the Braves mini-dynasty of the 1990’s. The Braves won 14 straight division titles from 1991 […]
On Sunday, relief ace Trevor Hoffman will join Bruce Sutter as the 2nd pitcher ever to make it into the National Hall of Fame and Museum without ever starting a game. The long-time closer for the San Diego Padres joins Sutter, Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Rich Gossage, and Dennis Eckersley as pitchers who earned a […]
It took a long time for Jack Morris to get to the Hall of Fame and the route was full of speed bumps and virtual cyber lynch mobs. Considered one of the greatest pitchers of his generation, Morris won more games than any other pitcher in the 1980’s. He was a workhorse who completed a […]
On Sunday, just under 22 years after his final game played, longtime Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Trammell will enter the Hall with five other players, including his former teammate, pitcher Jack Morris. Considering that Trammell played in the same era as Ozzie […]
Well, hello again you Hall of Fame maniacs, welcome to another edition of “Cooperstown Talk.” In case you haven’t noticed and, based on the number of @cooperstowncred Twitter followers, you haven’t, I shared 20 fun facts about the Hall of Fame Class of 2018 on Twitter in the last few weeks. They don’t call this the […]
Four weeks ago, long-time Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. He became the fourth playing member of the Braves dynasty from the 1990’s and 2000’s to be elected to the Hall in the last five years, joining Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. […]
Vladimir Guerrero, the dynamic five-tool player who played for 16 years for the Expos, Angels, Rangers and Orioles, turned 43 years of age on Friday. A little over two weeks prior, Guerrero was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in his second year on the writers’ ballot. Guerrero’s voting percentage of […]
In an era in which baseballs flew out of the park at record paces, Jim Thome sneaked up on us as one of the premium sluggers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Quiet and humble, Thome was, in many ways, just a face in the crowd on the 1995 Cleveland Indians, a super-team […]
After coming just five votes shy in 2017, Trevor Hoffman was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday, earning 79.9% of the vote. Hoffman will be a part of a six-pack of newly minted Hall of Famers, joining Chipper Jones, Jim Thome and Vladimir Guerrero as BBWAA inductees, along with […]
Today we learned that the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has elected four new members to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. On MLB Network, the Hall’s President Jeff Idelson announced that, on July 29th, Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman will all be honored in Cooperstown, New York, […]
A year ago, Vladimir Guerrero hit the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time and finished with 71.7% of the vote, finishing just 15 votes shy of a first-ballot election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Based on the early publicly revealed ballots reported on Ryan Thibodaux’s indispensable Hall of Fame Tracker, […]
Although overshadowed for sure by the election this past Sunday of Alan Trammell and Jack Morris to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, today longtime NBC announcer Bob Costas won the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence. The 65-year old Costas, a 28-time Emmy Award Winner, called today one of the happiest […]
Alan Trammell is finally a Hall of Famer, having been elected by the Modern Game Committee on Sunday, putting him into Cooperstown along with his long-time Detroit Tigers teammate Jack Morris. For 15 years, Trams didn’t get a whole lot of support from the baseball writers. His status as an outsider to the National Baseball Hall […]
For the first time since 2001, the Hall of Fame Eras Committee (previously known as the Veterans Committee) has inducted a new living member into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Not only did this committee (known as the Modern Baseball Committee) finally elect a living ex-player, they elected […]
He’s baaaack. After being tortured for 15 years on the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, longtime ace starting pitcher Jack Morris is one of 10 candidates on the Modern Baseball Eras Committee ballot. The Eras Committee is the current version of the Veterans Committee, which has for decades been tasked as a “2nd chance” avenue […]
This past January, three of the top 5 members of the career saves list were all on the Hall of Fame ballot together. Lee Smith, one of the top closers from the 1980’s, was on the BBWAA ballot for the 15th and final time while Trevor Hoffman and Billy Wagner were both on for the second […]
When Chipper Jones was a rookie third baseman in 1995, the Atlanta Braves won their first World Series title (the first in Atlanta) by defeating the Cleveland Indians in 6 games. Chipper’s opposite number at the hot corner was 25-year-old Jim Thome, who was completing his first full season as a regular starter with the […]