Category Archive: Hall of Fame

Mar 26

An Appreciation of Helton’s 2000 Season. Or, The BBWAA is Insane, Vol. 2376

Recently I was perusing Todd Helton’s Baseball Reference page (because it’s always a party at my apartment) and I stumbled across a piece of information that’s mere existence made me want to break my laptop over my knee and punch the nearest member of the BBWAA in the face. The thing that made me so …

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Jan 10

Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines were robbed

Bagwell

I don’t know why I feel compelled to write about the Hall of Fame. So many keys have already been struck by fingers on the Hall of Fame and yet I feel my little insignificant space on the Internet needs to have more written on the subject. I’ll make it quick. Jeff Bagwell should have …

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Dec 15

HOF Voting — It’s the most hypocritical time of the year

Ty Cobb, in a fine display of sportsmanship.

Well, it’s that time of year again.  No, not Christmas.  It’s Hall of Fame time and that means it’s time for most of the BBWAA to get all high and mighty on us.  They’ll exclude guys because of arbitrary numbers and ridiculous standards.  But, more than anything they’ll exclude guys because of the dreaded C …

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