On August 25, 2011, the New York Yankees made baseball history by becoming the first team to ever hit three grand slam home runs in one game.  Many people that day would have heard that future Trivial Pursuit question on the radio or maybe by watching Sportscenter.  On that day, I got that information from the person sitting next to me who received the news over his I-Phone.  The person who shared the news of the Yankees accomplishment with the exuberance of a ten year old boy who had just gone to the see his first Major League Game.  That person was the man who has more hits than anyone else in Baseball history, Pete Rose.

I remember as a kid pouring through the statistics on the back of hockey cards.  They were fairly simple back then as there were no numbers beyond Games Played, Goals, Assists, Point and Penalty Minutes to look at.  They say that numbers never lie, but numbers never tell the whole story.  It was natural to look at those with the high points tallies from the year before, or the twenty year veteran whose annual stats were printed so small that even eight year old eyes had to squint to see them.  Each one of those players I studied for hours on that 1980-81 O-Pee Chee set took different paths to the National Hockey League and each athlete took on different roles to excel there.  A generation later, a new era of statistical analysis has emerged.  Constant exposure to media has pulled back the curtain of traditional numbers and appreciation of players who could do the little things that could help win games emerged.  We here had notinhalloffame had the pleasure of speaking with Tyson Nash; one of those unsung heroes whose career cannot be judged by a quick look at a hockey card.

Every day at our website we debate those who we feel should be considered for potential Hall of Fame induction in their respective fields.  With the vast majority of names we list, cases could be made against those enshrinements.  With Jerry Kramer, the number one selection on our second annual football list, we feel strongly that there is no argument against his place in Canton.

It is virtually impossible to watch WWE programming without seeing a second (or even third) generation performer.  As of this writing, thirteen members of the current roster have a parent who competed as a professional wrestler, and there is a lot of indication that this number will grow.  Florida Championship Wrestling (the training ground for the WWE) has many more second generation sports entertainers waiting to continue the legacies put forth by their parents.