by Rose Katz | Jan 27, 2022 | Major League Baseball
On Tuesday, the baseball world learned something that everyone probably expected: Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were not voted into the Hall of Fame in their tenth year on the ballot. Bonds received 66 percent of the vote, while Clemens earned 65.2 percent of the...
by Matthew Kory | Jan 5, 2022 | Major League Baseball
The baseball Hall of Fame is a conundrum in a way that no other sport’s hall of fame has ever been. The reason is because Hall voters are forced to play not just gate keepers to the Hall, but morality police as well. The culprit is both the character clause and the...
by John Perrotto | Jan 24, 2018 | Major League Baseball
For the 20th consecutive year, I dropped my Hall of Fame ballot in the mailbox in advance of the Jan. 1 deadline. It is an honor I don’t take for granted, even after two decades, and I spend plenty of time putting in due diligence before making my selections.Voting...
by Bob Harkins | Dec 9, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Legend has it that a reporter once asked Lefty O’Doul what he thought Ty Cobb would hit if he were playing at that time.“Oh, about .320,” O’Doul was said to have replied.Asked why only .320, O’Doul said: “Well, you have to remember the man is almost 70.”The story is...
by Michael Weber | Dec 30, 2016 | Major League Baseball
Three years ago I wrote about the Hall of Fame quagmire as well as included my hypothetical ballot. The primary issue the Hall faced at the time was a significant logjam of qualified candidates, 15 in my estimation that were deserving for the potential class of 2014....