Not in Hall of Fame News
Barry Zito officially retires
Oct 22, 2015
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Committee Chairman
This week, Pitcher, Barry Zito announced his retirement through a statement in the Baseball Tribune. Below is a quote from his retirement speech that sums up his career perfectly: "My baseball career has been a mirror to my life off the field, full of euphoric highs and devastating lows. I've been at the top of a rotation and the 25th man on a roster. I've started Game 1 of a World Series in one year, and I've been left off of a postseason roster in another. I've been labeled as both drastically underpaid and severely overpaid. I've been praised as…
Ian Gillan of Deep Purple discusses the RRHOF
Oct 17, 2015
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Committee Chairman
As most of you know, Deep Purple has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, which marks the band’s third time up as a Finalist. For many (including us as we have them ranked #1 on our Notinhalloffame.com rock list) the exclusion of Deep Purple has been a joke and other bands who are in (Metallica, KISS and Rush) have stated that the Hall needs to induct them. In a recent interview with Classicrock.com, Deep Purple frontman, Ian Gillan had the following to say about their nomination and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…
2013-15 Hockey HOF Inductees are up
Oct 17, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Over the last few months, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have been so focused on other endeavors at the site, that we neglected to tell you about the continuing opportunity fro you to cast your opinion on existing Hockey Hall of Famers. With that in mind, we here at Notinhhalloffame.com have expended greatly to allow you to vote on Hockey Hall of Fame inductees from 2013-2015. The Players/Builders from that existing time frame include: The 2013 Hockey Hall of Fame Class: Brendan Shanahan, a two time First Team All Star and three time Stanley Cup Champion with the Detroit Red Wings.…
Is Mark Buehrle retiring?
Oct 16, 2015
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Committee Chairman
It has been alluded that Mark Buehrle, who was left off the Toronto Blue Jays post season roster, will be retiring at the end of the season. If that is the case, we here at Notinhalloffame.com ask the question is he a Hall of Fame pitcher? Should this be the end of the road for Buehrle, his Hall of Fame case is aided by a few realities. Currently, the hurler is first among active Pitchers in bWAR and is 64th overall in that category, a number that is above many HOFers but lower than the average. His JAWS places him…
Steve Spurrier to the College Football HOF...again?
Oct 15, 2015
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Committee Chairman
While the abrupt retirement of South Carolina’s Head Football Coach, Steve Spurrier, caught everyone by surprise, we here at Notinhalloffame.com immediately wondered what that would mean for the College Football Hall of Fame. It did not take us long to find out. According to Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports, Spurrier will become immediately eligible and has a chance to enter the College Football Hall of Fame as soon as 2017. Spurrier, 70, is already in the College Football Hall of Fame as a player, an accolade he received in 1996 as a former Heisman Trophy winner. As a College Head…
Jeremy Affeldt retires
Oct 13, 2015
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Committee Chairman
We here at Notinhalloffame.com always take the time to look at any major retirement in sports, especially in Baseball, as anyone who has ten seasons under their belt is automatically placed on the ballot once eligible. Saying that, San Francisco Giants Relief Pitcher, Jeremy Affeldt has announced his retirement after fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball. Over his career, Affeldt excelled in the middle relief position, and while he was never an All Star, as a member of the San Francisco Giants, the team in which he spent the last half of his career with, he would win three World…
Martin Brodeur to have his number retired but the Devils
Oct 11, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Our long and arduous work in progress of ranking the top fifty players for every North American sorts team is underway, but after that is completed we will then take a look how each franchise honors their own in terms of respective franchise halls of fame, ring of honors, retired numbers and statues. As such it is noteworthy to us that on February 9 on the New Jersey Devils’ home game against the Edmonton Oilers that the franchise will officially retire the number of Martin Brodeur’s #30 and officially unveil a statue in his honor. For anyone aware of the…
Is Hulk Hogan out of the WWE HOF?
Oct 09, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Wrestling fans all known that Hulk Hogan hasn’t been having a good year. In light of his recent scandal in which he uttered racial slurs towards African-Americans, he was released from his contract and was removed from many aspects of the WWE’s media platform and his name is not on the company’s Hall of Fame website.It needs to be noted that the WWE has never publically stated that they have removed Hogan from the Hall (nor have they with Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka who will go to trial for the murder of his mistress from over thirty years ago), however from…
Dan Haren to retire. Is he a HOFer?
Oct 09, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Following the end of the Chicago Cubs playoff season, Pitcher, Dan Haren will complete his career as a Major League Baseball player. Haren entered MLB in 2003 with the St. Louis Cardinals and following a move to the Oakland Athletics, he would make his first All Star roster in 2007. Haren had a good stint in Oakland, but it was with his next club, the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he would have his best run. The starting pitcher would play for Arizona for three seasons and would make his second and third (also last) All Star Game. He would also lead…
The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's First Class is announced!
Oct 08, 2015
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Committee Chairman
This is a big day for us. After three rounds, the Preliminary, the Semi-Finals and the Finals, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the first class after one full year of online voting from all of you. We are pleased to announce that the Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap and the Monkees have been selected by all of you as the first full class of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Portrayed by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, the Blues Brothers received the most votes. “Joliet” Jake and Elwood Blues fronted an all-star band that…