Category: Class of 2019

Today in Cooperstown, New York, longtime New York Yankees relief ace Mariano Rivera was inducted into the National Hall of Fame and Museum as the first player to be unanimously elected by the BBWAA. With 652 regular season saves, 42 in the postseason and 4 more in the All-Star Game, Rivera saved nearly 700 games […]

This afternoon, after a 16-year wait, Lee Smith was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Smith was unanimously elected by the Modern Baseball Committee last December. The 61-year old Smith, who has the 3rd most saves (478) in baseball history, was granted a Cooperstown plaque on the same day as the […]

This afternoon in Cooperstown, New York, longtime Seattle Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum along with five other players from the past several decades. This is a part of a series of six articles about  “induction Sunday” which highlight the exploits, the Hall of Fame […]

This afternoon, Harold Baines was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Baines, as most readers know, was a controversial decision by the Eras Committee (what we used to call the Veterans Committee). Many experts and fans felt that he wasn’t worthy of a plaque in Cooperstown and Baines himself was taken […]

Today in Cooperstown, New York, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, with his wife Brandy delivering a moving speech in front of 57 living Hall of Famers. Tragically, Halladay died in a plane crash (the plane piloted by him) a […]

Mike Mussina, a 270-game winner for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today along with five others, including longtime teammate Mariano Rivera. In the second part of a six-part series, this piece celebrates ten Mike Mussina Hall of Fame moments, ten of the greatest games he […]

Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner for the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays, was elected to the National Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday.  Halladay, who received 85.4% of the vote in an election requiring a minimum of 75%, will be the first player to be elected posthumously by the BBWAA […]

On Tuesday, in a bit of a surprise, Mike Mussina was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. In this, his 6th year of eligibility on the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) ballot, the longtime starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees earned 76.7% of the vote, just above […]

Once every couple of years a candidate arrives on the Hall of Fame ballot who is universally respected, who embodies everything that you would want a Hall of Famer to be. He has a great career record, he’s made a significant impact on multiple World Series Championship teams, and he’s the embodiment of high character. […]

Early this evening, Mariano Rivera made history as he was unanimously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Rivera received all 425 of the votes cast by the members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Prior to today’s announcement, the closest that any other player got to 100% was Ken […]

Sunday night, in a stunning moment, Jeff Idelson, the President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, announced on the MLB Network that Harold Baines had been elected by the Today’s Game Committee to receive a plaque in Cooperstown. Moments later, Idelson announced that Lee Smith, a long-time closer who saved 478 games, had also been […]

Today in Las Vegas, at the MLB Winter Meetings, Lee Smith and Harold Baines were elected to the Hall of Fame. The Today’s Game Committee, a panel of 16 living Hall of Famers, baseball executives and media members, voted on Smith, Baines and 8 other candidates to become members of the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019. […]

This past Monday, longtime relief pitcher Lee Smith headlined the list of 10 candidates nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame through the “second chance” process known as the “Today’s Game” Eras Committee, formerly known as the Veterans Committee. A panel of 16 living Hall of Famers, baseball executives and media members will consider the […]

It hurts to write the words. Roy Halladay has passed away, killed in the crash of a plane he was piloting, just 1/4 mile off the coast of New Port Richey, Florida. At the age of 40, four years after his final pitch in the major leagues and a few years from a likely ceremony […]