2009 baseball hall of fame Stories - Gaslamp Ball
Positive Comments on the 2010 Hall of Fame Voting
Several media sources are not happy that this year's Hall of Fame class consists exclusively of Andre Dawson. Well, I decided to come up with some positive comments about this year's election. There will be...huh...the voters...wait...we can expect...give me a minute....... All right, I got...
Roberto Alomar: Jilted
I know that there were a number of players who many feel were snubbed for the HoF this year, including Bert Blyleven, Tim Raines, and more. But I'm going to focus on Roberto Alomar because he's my boy and one of my favorite players. He gave us some good times and represents the last time we had...
Ray Lankford for the Hall of Fame: A Completely Dishonest Proposal
Background Ray Lankford is my favorite player of all time, and were it not for the unpleasant way in which he first left the Cardinals I would not be blogging about baseball, now or ever. I couldn't find it in the archives, but if you find a run of Rob Neyer's ESPN.com columns circa August, 2001...
Jim Rice vs. Dale Murphy
I realize that most people out in the baseball internet world are probably tired of hearing Braves fans moan about Dale Murphy not being in the Baseball Hall of Fame. On this Hall of Fame induction day I bring it up once again, without regrets. Here is a comparison of the career stats of Jim Rice,...
Graph of the Day: Recent Pitchers In (or Nearly In) the 300 Win Club
Bill James and Joe Posnanski had an email exchange recently about where Randy Johnson stands in historical context, especially when compared to the other pitchers that reached 300 wins in the 2000s, Glavine,Clemens and Maddux. Here is a comparison of their WAR seasons over their...
Federalbaseball.com's Readers, (The Fivethirtyeight.com of Washington Nationals-Related Polling), Decide On Elijah Dukes In Center For DC In '09...
(ed. note - "I can't figure out what to do with that title, sorry. Should Fivethirtyeight.com be plural? as in...'the Fivethirtyeight.coms'?") Alright, I'm willing to forgive all of the 87 federalbaseball.com readers who voted in favor of the Washington Nationals targeting free agent OF/1B Adam...
Andre Dawson Left Out Of Hall Again
Congratulations to Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson, who were elected to the Hall of Fame today, Rice in his last year of eligibility. The good news for Andre is that his vote total increased to 67 percent, meaning he has a pretty good shot at getting in next year.
Monday Rockpile: The Hall of Fame Announcement
The 2009 Hall of Fame Announcement will be announced today at 2 ET on the MLB Network and on MLB.com. Rickey Henderson, first-time eligible on the ballot, should be one player elected to the Hall of Fame in 2009 (Joe Gordon was selected by the Veterans Committee). Henderson may be the only player...
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