The St. Louis Cardinals have announced the three new members who have been chosen to be their Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Two former Cardinals were chosen via an online vote (Vince Coleman and Ray Lankford) and one former player (Harry Breechen) via the team’s “Red Ribbon Committee”, which is comprised of baseball writers, historians, officials and Hall of Famers.

Vince Coleman patrolled Leftfield for St. Louis in the first six seasons of his MLB career (1985-90). Coleman was the best base stealer in the National League during that time frame leading the league thefts every single season as a Redbird. Named the Rookie of the Year in 1985, Coleman was a two time All Star (1988 & 1989).

Ray Lankford played 13 of his 15 seasons for St. Louis. An All Star in 1997, Lankford had 238 Home Runs with 258 Stolen Bases with a 37.7 bWAR over his Cardinals tenure.

Coleman and Lankford beat out Scott Rolen, Lee Smith, John Tudor, Keith Hernandez and Jason Isringhausen.

Harry Beechen pitched for the Cardinals in 1940 and from 1943 to 1952. Fro, ’44 to ’49 Beechen would record 14 Wins and he was an All Star in both 1947 and 1948. His ’48 campaign saw him win 20 Games and the ERA, FIP, WHIP and SO/BB title with a fifth place finish in MVP voting. Beechen also helped St. Louis win two World Series (1944 & 1946) and his overall record with the Cardinals was 128 and 79 with a 39.9 bWAR.

The class will be officially inducted on August 18.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the new St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Class.

The Strong Museum in Rochester, New York has announced the Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Spacewar!, John Madden Football, Tomb Raider and Final Fastasy VII were chosen. These four games beat out eight other finalists: Asteroids, Call of Duty, Dance Dance Revolution, Half-Life, King’s Quest, Metroid, Minecraft and Mrs. Pacman.

The Strong Museum also houses the Toy Hall of Fame.

This just isn’t Bill Cosby’s week.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Television Academy Hall of Fame has removed the disgraced comedian from their institution following Cosby’s guilty verdict in his sexual assault case. His name no longer appears on the honoree list on the Hall’s website and a statue that was commemorated in his honor will not be returning to the Hall of Fame plaza. It had previously been removed due to renovations. Cosby was inducted in 1992 during the final season of his hit NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show.

Cosby has also seen his honorary degrees from Yale, SUNY and his alma mater Temple rescinded and it was recently announced that both him and Roman Polanski have been kicked out of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Today, Cosby was also expelled from the Advertising Hall of Fame.

It will be interesting to see if athletic Halls of Fame in the future will act as quickly should one of the members pull a “Cosby”.

We have another major update here at Notinhalloffame.com as our Basketball list of those who should be considered for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has gone through a significant revision.

Last April during the Final Four, 4 of our top 10 were selected (Steve Nash #1, Jason Kidd #2, Ray Allen #3 and Grant Hill #5), as was another former player in our top 15 (Maurice Cheeks #15). With four leaving our top five, the peak of our list is being overhauled but it will feature three new entries in the top three who we think will make the 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Class the most loaded ever as we think they are all a lock to get in.

Before we get to our revised Notinhalloffame.com Basketball list please note that we only rank male players at this time.

Our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball Top Ten is:

Tim Duncan makes his first and what we expect his last appearance on our list at the top spot. Duncan did it all in the NBA winning the MVP twice and the NBA Championship five times in a career spent entirely with the San Antonio Spurs. Duncan would go to 15 All Star Games, was chosen for 10 First Team All-NBA and 8 First Team All-Defensive rosters. He is also in the top ten in Rebounds, Defensive Rebounds, Blocks, Win Shares, VORP and Games Played not to mention being a consensus All-American from Wake Forest.

It takes a player like Tim Duncan to have a megastar like Kobe Bryant debut at #2. Bryant played his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers and he is a five time NBA Champion and one time MVP. Bryant retired third all-time in Points. While we feel Duncan was the better player than Bryant there is no doubt that both are first ballot inductees. We would take Tim over Kobe but the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame won’t see it that way. Kobe is the bona fide headliner.

Kevin Garnett arrives in at #3. Amazingly despite being a former MVP himself, a Defensive Player of the Year, and a 15 time All Star he is still behind Duncan and Bryant. Garnett was a legend with the Minnesota Timberwolves but late in his career he led a group of veterans to a NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics. He is currently 2nd overall in Defensive Rebounds and 4th in VORP. This is quite the “big three” for the Class of 2019 right?

Chris Webber returns at #4. C-Webb was a Finalist last year but will face the same stiff competition in 2019. The former Rookie of the Year is a five time All Star.

Sidney Moncrief comes in at #5. The former two time NBA Defensive Player of the Year was named an All Star five times and was also a former SWC Player of the Year.

The #6 spot also holds the same as Jack Sikma returns to that slot. The big man from Illinois Wesleyan was a seven time All Star and a former NBA Champion with the Seattle Super Sonics.

Ben Wallace moved up from #8 to #7. Wallace was a four time All Star and a four time Defensive Player of the Year and was part of the shocking Detroit Pistons team that won the 2004 NBA Championship.

Shawn Kemp also moved up one spot to #8. Kemp was a six time All Star and three Second Team All-NBA Selection.

We go way back for our #9 selection, Max Zaslofsky who also went up one rank. Zaslofsky was an All Star in 1952 and was a First Team All BAA selection three times in the late 1940’s.

For the first time, Mark Aguirre is in our top ten. He moved up one spot from #11. The longtime Detroit Piston is a two time NBA Champion and three time All Star.

There is one more entry to our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball list as Elton Brand debuts at #50. Brand is a former ACC Player of the Year and two time All Star.

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