Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda, the right-handed-hitting slugger affectionately known as the “Baby Bull,” passed away on June 28th at the age of 86. Cepeda’s death came only ten days after Hall of Famer Willie Mays died on June 18 at age 93. Cepeda and Mays were teammates with the Giants from 1958 to 1966. […]
Willie Mays was the quintessential five-tool player and arguably the greatest in the history of baseball. He could hit for average with light-tower power, run like the wind, chase down balls in the outfield, and throw. Mays played with panache, from his basket catches to wearing a hat just a bit too loose so that […]
Brooks Robinson, the long-time third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Robinson, widely regarded as the greatest defensive third baseman in the history of Major League Baseball, was an 18-time American League All-Star and won 16 Gold Gloves, all in consecutive seasons from 1960-75. The Orioles and Robinson’s […]
On Wednesday, after a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will induct four new members into its exclusive club. Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons, and Marvin Miller (posthumously) will have plaques unveiled in baseball’s greatest shrine. Twenty years ago, three members were inducted into the […]
The baseball Hall of Fame family lost another member on Friday when the news broke that Hank Aaron, the man who broke Babe Ruth‘s all-time home run record, had passed away at the age of 86. Aaron, who played 23 years in Major League Baseball, was one of the last living Hall of Famers whose […]
In a year that has been wracked by death due to COVID-19, it’s been an especially tough year for the Baseball Hall of Fame family, especially for fans of the St. Louis Cardinals. In the span of fewer than 30 days, the Redbirds lost two of their greatest players of all-time, pitcher Bob Gibson and […]
New York Yankees ace left-hander Whitey Ford, dubbed “the Chairman of the Board” by catcher Elston Howard, has passed away at the age of 91, less than two weeks shy of his 92nd birthday. In what has been a tough year of death for the entire world, the Hall of Fame family has been hit […]
Today the sad news came that Hall of Famer Al Kaline, a 22-year member of the Detroit Tigers, has died at the age of 85. According to Tony Paul of the Detroit News (who spoke to a family friend), Kaline recently suffered a stroke before he passed away today at his home in Bloomfield Hills, […]
Frank Robinson, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, passed away today at the age of 83. Robinson died in Los Angeles after a battle with bone cancer. Robinson played all three outfield positions and first base for 5 different teams in his 21-year MLB career. At the time of his retirement […]
100 years ago today, on January 31, 1919, baseball legend Jackie Robinson was born. He was Major League Baseball’s first acknowledged African-American player when he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame just 15 years later. Besides being forever tied with the historical […]
Willie McCovey, longtime first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, would have turned 81 today. Sadly, he passed away last October 31st at the age of 80. McCovey died of what the Giants called a “long battle with ongoing health issues.” He had been in a wheelchair for many years due to two arthritic knees that […]
84 years ago today, Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. 38 years and 135 days later, after a baseball playing career that would put him into the Hall of Fame, Clemente tragically died in a plane crash off the coast of San Juan. While many revelers were partying a little after 9:00p on […]
Earlier this week the baseball world lost a legend when Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst passed away at the age of 95. Schoendienst enjoyed a baseball career of 76 years as a player, manager, coach and executive, mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals. Schoendienst won two World Series titles as a player, with the 1946 […]