1972 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the years up to 1971.

For “1972,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1965. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

30 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals: 

This is for the “Senior Era” 

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

We will post the Class of the 1972 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Colorado Rockies.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Rockies had an awful year, winning only 61 Games.  The year did see two new entrants based on last season, and one return based on the new algorithm.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes

1. Todd Helton

2. Larry Walker

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Charlie Blackmon

You can find the entire list here.

Pitcher Kyle Freeland moved up one spot to #13. 

Infielder Ryan McMahon advanced to #17 from #25.

Pitcher Antonio Senzatela, who was inactive most of the year due to injury, held his spot at #42.

Shortstop and last year’s Gold Glove winner, Ezequiel Tovar, debuts at #44.

Second Baseman, and current free agent, Brendan Rodgers enters at #46.

Pitcher Jerry Dipoto makes his return to the list based on the new algorithm.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

We lost a legend today.

Bob Uecker, the man known nation-wide as “Mr. Baseball”, passed away at the age of 90.

Uecker was a backup Catcher in the Majors, first appearing for his hometown Milwaukee Braves, and would later play for St. Louis (where he won a World Series in 1964), Philadelphia and Atlanta.  When his career ended, he briefly was a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers, but his natural wit made him perfect to transition into broadcasting 

Uecker began calling Brewers games in 1971 and held that role for 54 years.  Became an instant icon in Milwaukee, Uecker transcended the city with national appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and he would later become one of the pitchmen for Miller Lite.  He also starred in the ABC sitcom, Mr. Belvedere and was cast as the suffering announcer, Harry Doyle, in Major League and Major League 2. 

He was honored throughout his career, with the most significant accolade being the Ford C. Frick Award in 2003.  He was also inducted into the National Radio Hall 0f Fame (2001), the Milwaukee Brewers Ring of Honor (2005), and the WWE Hall Of Fame for his work as a ring announcer and commentator at Wrestlemania III and IV

We here at notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family of Bob Uecker.

Brendan Rodgers has thus far played for the Rockies his entire career, which sees him enter his seventh MLB campaign in 2025, though as of this writing, he is a free agent.

The third overall pick in 2015, Rodgers debuted in 2017 and was Colorado’s starting Second Baseman by 2019.   Rodgers’ best season was in 2022, where he won the Gold Glove (with a 2.9 Defensive bWAR), and led all National League Second Basemen in most defensive categories.  Offensively, it was also his best year, with 140 Hits and 63 RBIs.

Rodgers may not return to Colorado, and if so he provided the club 449 Hits.