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With no baseball for the time being due to Covid-19, we continue our series of breaking down upcoming Hall of Fame candidates. Today, we take a look at the interesting case of Torii Hunter. To view the other articles in this series, click here. Hunter's case is an interesting one in large part due to another... Continue Reading →
With MLB and other sports sidelined right now due to the coronavirus, welcome to part two of our future Hall of Fame class breakdowns. Today we'll be looking at Mark Buehrle, a five-time All-Star who won the 2005 World Series with the Chicago White Sox, where he spent 12 of his 16 MLB seasons. Pre-MLB... Continue Reading →
As most people are aware, there are no professional sports happening in North America, or most of the world, right now due to the coronavirus. I've done MLB Hall of Fame ballot previews/my picks each of the last two years, and figured I could use this time to get a head start on future ballots.... Continue Reading →
Last year, we talked about who deserved to make the Baseball Hall of Fame the most among players on the Baseball Writers Association of America Hall of Fame Ballot, and I mostly agreed with the writers. Eight of the ten players I said I would vote for received greater than 50% of the vote, with... Continue Reading →
The BBWAA has been busy the past 5 years, putting in a record 16 candidates, with the previous record being 13 in a 5 year stretch from 1952-56. They won't be slowing down this year, as Mariano Rivera is as close to a lock as you can get entering his first year on the ballot,... Continue Reading →
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