Baseball Hall of Fame

Collecting and Letting Go of My Friend's Dirty Laundry

Steven White | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Reggie Jackson, Sports, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball, Don Baylor, Baseball Collecting, Bryce Harper, Baseball History, Baseball Memorabilia, Sports News

Given the collection I have amassed of sweat stained caps, grass stained pants and dirty shirts with other men's last names emblazoned on the backs, it was a difficult charge to refute.

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Juicy Debate: Should Steroids Keep Players From Hall?

AP | JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Mark McGwire, Cooperstown, Pete Rose Hall of Fame, Baseball, Michael Weiner, Mlb, Baseball Hall of Fame Steroids, Roger Clemens Hall of Fame, Steroids Hall of Fame, Mark Mcgwire Hall of Fame, Baseball Steroids, Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame, Mlb Players' Union, Michael Weiner Steroids, Steroids Baseball, Sports News

WASHINGTON -- Steroid use shouldn't keep baseball's best sluggers and pitchers out of the Hall of Fame, the head of the players' union said Wednesday....

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Hall-Of-Famer May Take The Mound In Madoff Case

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Fraud, New York Mets, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, Video, Sandy Koufax, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, Reuters, Police Athletic League, Ponzi Scheme, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball Hall of Fame, Brooklyn Dodgers, Bernie Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Business News

* Trial over New York Mets owners' ties to Madoff * Trustee and defense list potential witnesses * Madoff investor Koufa...

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My Hall of Fame Ballot for 2037

Jeff Polman | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Jose Reyes, Baseball Hall of Fame, Albert Pujols, Bob Costas, Baseball Hall of Fame Predictions, Pujols Contract, Albert Pujols World Series, Albert Pujols Angels, Sports News

Nothing gets the baseball blogosphere more riled up than a good old annual debate over players' Hall of Fame credentials, so to save time down the road, I thought I would jump ahead 25 years.

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Beloved Cub Gets Hall Call

AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Cooperstown, Chicago Cubs, Ron Santo Hall of Fame, Ron Santo, Hall of Fame, Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Mlb, Sports News

DALLAS — Ron Santo always kept rooting for the causes dearest to him – for his Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, for doctors to find a...

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PHOTOS: A Look At Latino Baseball Legends

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Cultura, Rod Carew, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball, Roberto Clemente, Latino Baseball Players, Latino Voices News

Roberto Clemente. Rod Carew. Tony Perez. Their names have gone down in baseball legend, but as it turns out, these three greats have more in commo...

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2011 Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductions

AP | By JOHN KEKIS | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Cooperstown, Baseball Hall of Fame 2011, Roberto Alomar, Baseball Hall of Fame 2011 Inductions, Baseball, Mlb, Baseball Hall of Fame Class 2011, Baseball Hall of Fame 2011 Class, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bert Blyleven, Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions 2011, Pat Gillick, 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions, Video, Sports News

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Roberto Alomar stared at the adoring crowd and was nearly rendered speechless, the tawdry episode of his stellar career long sinc...

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The End of a Streak -- Ichiro and Derek

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Ichiro Hits, Ichiro Hitting Streak, Jeter 3000, Ichiro Records, Derek Jeter Hits Record, Ichiro Suzuki, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Records, Sports News

Ichiro Suzuki has gotten over 200 hits for 10 consecutive seasons in the major leagues -- a major league record. This streak is a testament to Ichiro's ability to not only hit well every season, but also to stay injury-free (a combination of fitness and good luck).

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No. 3000

Chris Spurlock | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Derek-Jeter-3000-Hits, Infographics, Baseball Hall of Fame, Derek Jeter, Major League Baseball, Infographic, Video, Sports News

Derek Jeter has become the 28th player in Major League Baseball history to get 3,000 hits, and the first to reach the milestone as a New York Yankee. ...

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MLB Hall Of Famer Exhausts All Options In Cancer Fight

AP | By DAVE CAMPBELL | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Minnesota Twins, Mlb, Harmon Killebrew Cancer, Hospice Care, Cancer, Baseball Hall of Fame, Harmon Killebrew, Sports News

MINNEAPOLIS -- Harmon Killebrew announced Friday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his l...

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Count on It: Barry Bonds Will Be Voted Into Baseball Hall of Fame

Steve Kettmann | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Sportswriters, Barry Bonds Trial, Baseball Hall of Fame, Steroid Era, Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds Steroids, Jose Canseco, Steroids in Baseball, Mlb, Baseball, Sports News

I am like a lot of fans of baseball in being sick, sick, sick of hearing about steroids and unlike most fans in having played a role myself in helping put the topic of steroids and baseball front and center in the national psyche.

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Nice Guys Sometimes Finish First

Roy M. Pitkin | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Robert Pershing Doerr, Doerr, Sports News

Today marks the 93rd birthday anniversary of Robert Pershing ("Bobby") Doerr, the oldest member of baseball's hallowed Hall of Fame.

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She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.31.2011

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Whether or not the weather in the New York area tells us otherwise as we look into the maw of yet another possible nor'easter, today marks the officia...

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Saying Goodbye to Andy Pettitte

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Jeff Weaver, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Brian Cashman, Core Four, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros, George Steinbrenner, Joe Torre, Baseball Hall of Fame, Derek Jeter, Mel Stottlemyre, Jorge Posada, Sports News

It's easy, in the hazy, nostalgic glow of his farewell, to forget that Pettitte wasn't as beloved by the Yankees' front office as he was by the fans until quite recently.

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