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Billy Wagner’s Whiffs Should Help Him Cinch Election to the Hall of Fame

The left-handed flamethrower is by some measures the hardest pitcher to make contact off of in MLB history. In his final year of BBWAA eligibility, his election may come down to the wire.

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The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Forgotten Position Has Some Hope—Just Not in 2025

Second basemen Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley and Dustin Pedroia each possess impressive credentials that could see them enshrined in Cooperstown one day, though they’re far from locks.

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Andruw Jones’s Hall of Fame Case Comes Down to His Historic Peak

He was one of the best players ever through his age-30 season. Then his production cratered, he was arrested for domestic battery and his MLB career was over.

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CC Sabathia Is the Best Hope to End a Long Hall of Fame Dry Spell for Starting Pitchers

The southpaw excelled as one of the game's last volume winners, combining a dominant peak with impressive career statistics compiled over 19 MLB seasons.

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Dave Parker And Dick Allen Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame

Dave Parker and Dick Allen voted into the Hall of Fame. Induction ceremony on July 27. Stay updated with AP MLB for more baseball news.

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MLB Hall of Fame 2024: Six Latino Players Vie for Coveted Spot in Cooperstown

Any players elected will be inducted during the MLB's Hall of Fame Weekend on Sunday, July 21

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Gerry Fraley wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award, top honor for baseball writers

The late Gerry Fraley has been honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award

The Independent UK

Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley among newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

Todd Helton, who fell 11 votes short this year in ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and Billy Wagner, who was 27 shy, are among 14 holdovers.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB reporter Alanna Rizzo issues 'heartfelt apology' to reporter she blasted on TV

Rizzo referred to the Fox Sports reporter as a 'jackoff' on an MLB network show.

The Street

Alanna Rizzo’s embarrassing rant about Jake Mintz doing his job was as ignorant as it was inexcusable

This was an awful, insulting segment.

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Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Winners and Losers

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Tom Verducci’s 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

New inductee Scott Rolen is one of four players who received Verducci’s vote.

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Ron Cook: Here's why I submitted another blank ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame

The Baseball Writers Association of America will reveal its voting results Tuesday night for the 2023 Hall of Fame class. There is a good chance that, for the second time in three years, no player will get the necessary 75% of the votes to be inducted. In 2022, only David…

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Another Baseball Hall of Fame ballot means another debate about whether cheaters deserve entrance

Last month in San Diego, the Contemporary Era committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame met to consider candidates overlooked by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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Here’s Who We Would Vote for to Make the Baseball Hall of Fame

Emma Baccellieri and Matt Martell reveal their hypothetical BBWAA ballots.

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Using Gradual Peak to Evaluate Hall of Fame Candidates

It seems that longevity gets overlooked when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Plenty of guys who play for years past their peaks are dismissively referred to as compilers, especially if their best years were less impressive than those of players with high peaks but shorter careers. That is…

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Jeff Kent Is in Danger of Being Snubbed From the Hall of Fame

In his final year of eligibility, the all-time leader in home runs for second basemen deserves to be enshrined.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben Frederickson: More bad news for Bonds and Clemens is even worse for Cardinals Hall of Famer McGwire

SAN DIEGO — A Hall of Fame cycle that seems poised to bring good news for one former Cardinal and Cooperstown hopeful in Scott Rolen has presented some bad news for another, if you read between the glaring lines.

Tribune News Service

Don Mattingly falls short of Hall of Fame as Fred McGriff only player inducted by Contemporary Committee

The Crime Dog is headed to Cooperstown, but Donnie Baseball is not.

The Independent UK

Bonds, Clemens left out of Hall again; McGriff elected

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Cub Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens again passed over

Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: MLB’s version of the Supreme Court may have the final word on the ‘Steroids Era’

CHICAGO — After years of debate over the Hall of Fame worthiness of players linked to performance-enhancing drugs, baseball’s Steroids Era stands trial this weekend in San Diego at the 2022 winter meetings.

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