Today the music world lost Don Kirshner who passed away of heart failure.  Kirshner was a music producer who was known in the industry as "The Man with the Golden Ear" and was instrumental in discovering many Singers and Songwriters.  Perhaps, to most of us, Kirshner was important for the producing of "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" Television Series, which featured the top Rock and Roll acts of the day.  Although Kirshner was mocked for his deadpan delivery as the program's host, Rock fans were thrilled to see the biggest stars of the day actually perform their music as opposed to lip synch them.  This may not seem like a large deal now, but for the early 70's (when the show began) it was considered quite revolutionary.  Check out some of the In Concert Series on YouTube.  You will be glad you did.

With a Major League leading 601 career saves, Trevor Hoffman is calling it a career.  There is a very good chance that this is a mark that will be broken soon, as Mariano Rivera stands 41 saves behind and has not yet shown any signs of slowing down.  Whether or not Hoffman's record is broken he had a career that few can match.  Hoffman was a seven time All Star who twice led the League in Saves, and finished second five times.  He spent sixteen of his nineteen years with the San Diego Padres and twice was the runner up for the National League Cy Young Award.  By all accounts, Hoffman should be a very strong Hall of Fame candidate, but his situation brings to mind that of Lee Smith who also retired as the career leader in Saves and seems to have hit a ceiling in terms of votes.  Should Trevor Hoffman be in the Hall of Fame, and if so should he go in on the first ballot?

Our #3 Selection for the WWE Hall of Fame, Shawn Michaels was announced this evening as the first inductee to the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Class.  This should not come as a surprise to anyone as he retired this past Wrestlemania and left in good standing with the WWE.  We will not remove Michaels just yet from our rankings, as we will await the next group of inductees, but rest assured rankings will be altering soon.  Congratulations Shawn!