Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
I spent the last two nights at Dodger Stadium, enjoying Monday’s Home Run Derby and the American League’s 3-2 victory last night in the All-Star Game. Besides the thrilling battle between two young sluggers from the Dominican Republic (Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez and Washington’s Juan Soto), Monday’s home run fireworks show featured an unexpected first-round win […]
Sometime today, at the MLB Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, the Today’s Game Committee will vote on 10 candidates for the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The results will be announced this evening on MLB Network. The committee is a 16-person panel that includes 9 Hall of Famers, 4 team executives and 3 members of the […]
Today the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) announced the names that will be on the 2019 Hall of Fame ballot. Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Todd Helton and the late Roy Halladay are the top headliners among the first-time eligible players. They’ll join 16 other newcomers and 15 returning players on the 2019 ballot. Each […]
On Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the names of 10 candidates for a plaque in Cooperstown via the “Today’s Game” Era Committee, the current version of what’s been known for a long time as the “Veterans Committee.” The Today’s Game Committee is tasked with electing Hall of Famers whose primary […]
It was about two months ago that about 425 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) received their Hall of Fame ballots in the mail. By the end of December, each of those writers returned their ballots to the Hall, with anywhere from 0 to 10 checkmarks next to the names of the […]
As it is every year, the holiday season is also the voting season for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and museum. Less than two weeks ago, the Modern Baseball Committee elected longtime Detroit Tigers teammates Jack Morris and Alan Trammell to the Hall of Fame. And now, as we speak, hundreds of members of […]
On Tuesday, Hall of Fame 2nd baseman Joe Morgan sent a letter (via a mass email) to the members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), asking them to deny entry to the Hall of Fame to any players who used steroids. Morgan specified that players who failed drug tests, admitted using steroids, or […]
Earlier today the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the names of 10 men who are candidates for the Hall of Fame Class of 2018 via the “Modern Game” Eras Committee. The Eras Committee, which for decades was known as the Veterans Committee, is tasked with inducting players who were overlooked on the […]
(Photo: The Sporting News) As it is with fellow first-time Hall of Fame candidates Scott Rolen and Omar Vizquel, the case for Andruw Jones rests primarily with his glove. According to multiple websites that track advanced defensive metrics, the pride of Willemstad, Curacao is the best defensive outfielder in the history of baseball, better than […]
I started watching the baseball All-Star Game in 1975 and, in every one since, one of my favorite moments has always been the pre-game introductions, when each of the players get to tip their cap, and for some, essentially introduce themselves to a national television audience for the first time. It also often happens that […]
(originally published on www.chrisbodig.com on February 4, 2017) Earlier this year, the Baseball Writers Association of America elected three new members to the Hall of Fame. Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez will join Cooperstown’s inclusive club of baseball legends when they are inducted this summer. So, after the Hall of Fame shutout […]