It is one of the strange quirks of the universe that one city would lose two of its sports pioneers, two of its ambassadors and two of its most beloved figures in the span of less than six weeks. On January 23rd of this year, the city of Chicago and baseball fans around the globe […]
Earlier today, for the first time since exactly 60 years ago when Joe DiMaggio and 3 others were chosen, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) elected four new members to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio will be enshrined into Cooperstown’s exclusive club this summer. […]
With Tuesday’s upcoming announcement of the Class of 2015 for the Baseball National Hall of Fame, I wanted to take a few moments to pay tribute to the Class of “Not Quite Enough,” some of the players who will no longer appear on the BBWAA ballot in future years. The game of baseball has flourished […]
It’s New Year’s Eve, the due date for the return of the nearly 600 ballots sent out to members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) who are given the privilege and honor of voting for the Class of 2015 of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Of course, I don’t have a ballot […]
On the 2014 and 2015 baseball Hall of Fame ballots, as voted by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), there is more depth of excellent players than at any time since 1946, which was less than ten years since the Hall was created. Of particular note is the stunning and historic quality of starting […]
Should the BBWAA vote for Bonds and Clemens for the Hall of Fame? This time of year, for the third time, nearly 600 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) must ponder the question: should they vote for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for the Hall of Fame? We’re talking about two of […]
For a baseball fan, one of the great treats at the start of the New Year is the announcement of the newest class of Hall of Fame players as voted by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The anticipation felt by fans throughout the country is surpassed only by the anticipation and angst felt by […]
For baseball fans that love the Hall of Fame and were disappointed when the Hall’s “Golden Era” committee failed to elect any new players into Cooperstown, Wednesday brought an unexpected treat, the announcement that legendary sportscaster Dick Enberg was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award and will be inducted into the broadcasters’ wing of […]
Today at 11:00a in San Diego at baseball’s Winter Meetings, Hall of Fame chairman Jane Forbes Clark took the podium in the first significant scheduled news event of the week to announce the new inductee(s) to baseball’s Hall of Fame from the “Golden Era Committee.” Ten candidates, whose primary contributions to the game occurred between […]
In Part 4 of this series on the Golden Era ballot for the Hall of Fame, we’ll comment on the credentials of Luis Tiant, Minnie Minoso, Ken Boyer, Tony Oliva, Billy Pierce, Maury Wills and Bob Howsam. Enjoy! HALL OF FAME CASES FOR TIANT, MINOSO, KAAT, BOYER, OLIVA, PIERCE, WILLS, HOWSAM