We have said this often:

We love the Toy Hall of Fame!

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester New York has announced that the American Girl Doll, Risk and Sand are the newest inductees to the Toy Hall of Fame. 

The other nine finalists were Battleship, Billiards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fischer-Price Corn Popper, Mahjong, Masters of the Universe, the pinata, The Settlers of Catan, and the Toy Fire Engine.

The Class of 2021 brings Toy Hall of Fame membership to 77.

Debuting in 2006 and finishing second in National League Rookie of the Year voting the following season, Troy Tulowitzki was one of the best Shortstops in the game for a good half-decade.  

A five-time All-Star (all with Colorado), Tulowitzki’s best years were between 2009 to 2011, where he finished in the top ten in MVP voting with the latter two seasons seeing “Tulo” win both the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove.

In 2015, Tulowitzki was traded to Toronto for their playoff run and save for five Games in 2019 with New York in an aborted comeback, and his career basically ended in Canada.

He retired with 225 Home Runs and a lifetime Slash Line of .290/.361/.495.

Russell Martin added to the growing list of star players to emerge from the Great White North from Canada.

The Catcher debuted for the Dodgers in 2006 and was an All-Star the next two years, collecting a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger in the process.  Martin joined the Yankees as a Free Agent in 2011, adding a third All-Star, but began to struggle with his Batting Average, though he reclaimed that in Pittsburgh, a team he joined in 2013.

Martin signed with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays in 2015, adding a fourth All-Star, and while his BA and OBP dropped again, he had back-to-back 20 Home Run years for the Jays.  Finishing his career with the Dodgers in 2019, Martin left the game with 191 Home Runs, 1,416 Hits and was a six-time leader in Runners Caught Stealing.  

Melky Cabrera was a competent Centerfielder who had nearly 2,000 Hits over his career.

Beginning his MLB career with the New York Yankees in 2005, winning a World Series in 2009, but bounced around to three different teams in three years, Atlanta in 2010, Kansas City in 2011, and San Francisco in 2012.  The 2012 season was bittersweet for Cabrera, as he went to the All-Star Game and was batting .349 before he was suspended 50 Games for PEDs.  The Giants won the World Series that year, and Cabrera received a ring, but he was not on the team during the playoffs.

Cabrera bounced back and had productive years with Toronto and Chicago (AL) before finishing his career with a second stint in Kansas City, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.