Not in Hall of Fame News

....and it shocked us a bit. Six names have been selected to enter Canton, Ohio as the newest Hall of Fame Class. As part of our tradition, let's take a look at who got in.....and who didn't. IN: (with our ranking in brakets) Curtis Martin. (#2) Our highest ranked non-senior candidate was a stat machine for the Jets and Patriots and had the statistical resume to back it up. Easily, the offensive star of this class. Willie Roaf. (#4) It was only a matter of time for Roaf, and it had to be assumed that either he or Shields would…

Gang, we are not shy about our distaste for the "Celebrity Wing" of the WWE Hall of Fame. Combined the four inductees have competed in two matches and would have less than three hours of TV time (the majority of which was Bob Uecker's appearances at Wrestlemania 2 and 3). With that said, if they are going to have this wing, the least they could have are people who have given more of their time to the WWE. We finally have a celebrity inductee we can finally justify. Mike Tyson was not just the special "enforcer" at the main event…

Now this one intruiges us a lot. Longtime New York Yankees Catcher, Jorge Posada retired today. An article on ESPN claimed he should be looked at as a Hall of Famer. We aren't so sure. Posada was a great player, of this there should be no doubt, but a Hall of Famer? Posada was not the best Yankee, and we aren't thinking of him as the best Catcher of his time. He hit for power, but did not reach 300. He did not come close to 2,000 hits and his career WAR, while decent at 44.7 is not an automatic…

The world of music lost a great one when we lost Etta James, who passed away from a myriad of ailments. James' brought the world smoe of the smoothest and most sultry R&B music ever and her blueprint is all over many modern Rock and Roll divas. Like many of her era, her music was forgotten, but in the last twenty years, her music has been "rediscovered" of sorts, and her place in Rock history is secure. The legend was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and she will be missed.

We are reminded of the "Greatest Show on Turf" as its architect; Mike Martz has announced his retirement. We don't really see him in the Hall of Fame (unless they finally put in Don Coryell), but it would not surprise to see him reach a semi finalist status down the road.