Another significant retirement has taken place in the world of pro football as Los Angeles Rams Safety, Eric Weddle has announced his retirement.

A two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year at Utah, Weddle was drafted in the second round in 2007 by the San Diego Chargers.  Weddle took over as the starting Free Safety in his sophomore season, and he would play for the Chargers for nine seasons, with three of them earning him a trip to the Pro Bowl.  He would also be named a First Team All-Pro twice (2011 & 2014), and would lead the NFL in Interceptions with seven in 2011. 

He would then join the Baltimore Ravens for three seasons, and he was a Pro Bowl Selection in all of them, bringing his overall total to six.  He joined the Rams last year, which is now his last.

In our 2019 pre-season that ranked active players in terms of their playoff consideration, Weddle was ranked #30 overall and #3 among Defensive Backs.

Weddle will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2025, and he will definitely receive a spot on our future Notinhalloffame.com listof those to consider for Canton.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank Weddle for all of his on-field moments and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that the Philadelphia Phillies will be retiring the #34 of the late Roy Halladay, who died in 2017 plane crash.

The event will take place on May 29 on the tenth-year anniversary of his perfect game against the Florida Marlins.  In the four seasons that he played for the Phillies, he would win the 2010 Cy Young Award, was a two-time All-Star, and threw a no-hitter in the NLDS against Cincinnati.  Statically, with Philadelphia he had a record of 55-29 with a 3.35 ERA and 622 Strikeouts.

Halladay was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019. The Toronto Blue Jays have already retired his number.

In addition to the retirement of his number, a statue of Halladay will be placed in Third Base Plaza.

At present, the Phillies have retired the numbers of Richie Ashburn (#1), Jim Bunning (#14), Mike Schmidt (#20), Steve Carlton (#32), Robin Roberts (#36), and the league mandated Jackie Robinson (#42).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the family of Roy Halladay at this time.

The world of pro football lost another legend as Hall of Fame Defensive Back, Willie Wood passed away at the age of 83 after a long battle with dementia.

Wood was a Quarterback at USC, and he broke the color barrier as the first African-American Quarterback in the Pac 12.  Sadly, this was the 50s, and this was not a time when the NFL would look at a black man at this position.  He went undrafted in 1960, and he was signed by the Green Bay Packers after he wrote a letter to their Head Coach, Vince Lombardi.  

Wood made the team as a Safety, and he would play all 12 of his seasons in the NFL for Green Bay.  With the Packers, he would win five NFL Championships, including the first two Super Bowls.  Individually, he would go to eight Pro Bowls, was a five-time First Team All-Pro, and he recorded 48 Interceptions over his career.  Wood was named to the 1960s All-Decade Team and he was chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends, family and fans of Willie Wood.

It wasn’t that long ago that we wondered who was the baseball writer was who did not vote for Derek Jeter. It looks like we will never know.

The Baseball Writers Association of America released the 315 of the 397 votes that were made public, and the one who omitted Jeter chose not to reveal himself or herself. 

The writers are under no obligation to release their selections, but this will only catapult the desire to make the process more transparent.

Frankly, if we were the person who did not put the “x” behind the name of Derek Jeter, we would hide too.