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The Modern Baseball Committee announced their Finalists
Oct 04, 2016
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Not in Hall of Fame News
The Baseball Hall of Fame has officially debuted the “Today’s Game Ballot”, which focuses on players/managers/executives from 1986-2016. This will now be on a four year rotation with Modern Baseball (1970-1987), Golden Days (1950-1969) and Early Baseball (1871-1949).
The Today’s Game Ballot is designed to focus on more contemporary players, many of which have dropped off the ballot in recent years.
10 men have been chosen for this ballot:
Harold Baines: Ranked #40 on Notinhalloffame.com. Baines blasted 384 Home Runs and 1,628 RBIs over a career that was mostly spent as a Designated Hitter. Baines is known mostly for his work with the Chicago White Sox and is a six time All Star.
Albert Belle: Ranked #51 on Notinhalloffame.com. Belle finished in the top three in American League MVP voting three times and is a five time All Star and five time Silver Slugger. He was on the ballot for two years.
Will Clark: Ranked #61 on Notinhalloffame.com. Clark is a six time All Star with four top five National League MVP finishes. He led the NL in bWAR in 1989 and won the NLCS MVP that same year.
Orel Hershiser: Ranked #79 on Notinhalloffamecom. Hershiser would win the Cy Young, MVP and World Series in 1988. Three times he would lead the NL in bWAR for Pitchers.
Davey Johnson: Managed the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series and has a 1,372-1,071 Record.
Mark McGwire: Ranked #15 on Notinhalloffame.com. McGwire is a member of the 500 Home Run Club and is a 12 Time All Star.
Lou Piniella: A Manager for 23 years with a record of 1,835-1,712 and a World Series win with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990.
John Schuerholz: The First General Manager to win the World Series in both leagues, Kansas City in 1985 and Atlanta in 1995.
Bud Seilig: The Commissioner of MLB from 1992 to 2015.
George Steinbrenner: The infamous owner of the New York Yankees won seven World Series Titles.
The focus for many is on McGwire who just left the ballot after ten years and never finished above 25 percent on the ballot.
The 16 man Modern Baseball Committee will be meeting on December 5 on the winter meetings. To be inducted, a candidate require 75% of the vote.
The Today’s Game Ballot is designed to focus on more contemporary players, many of which have dropped off the ballot in recent years.
10 men have been chosen for this ballot:
Harold Baines: Ranked #40 on Notinhalloffame.com. Baines blasted 384 Home Runs and 1,628 RBIs over a career that was mostly spent as a Designated Hitter. Baines is known mostly for his work with the Chicago White Sox and is a six time All Star.
Albert Belle: Ranked #51 on Notinhalloffame.com. Belle finished in the top three in American League MVP voting three times and is a five time All Star and five time Silver Slugger. He was on the ballot for two years.
Will Clark: Ranked #61 on Notinhalloffame.com. Clark is a six time All Star with four top five National League MVP finishes. He led the NL in bWAR in 1989 and won the NLCS MVP that same year.
Orel Hershiser: Ranked #79 on Notinhalloffamecom. Hershiser would win the Cy Young, MVP and World Series in 1988. Three times he would lead the NL in bWAR for Pitchers.
Davey Johnson: Managed the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series and has a 1,372-1,071 Record.
Mark McGwire: Ranked #15 on Notinhalloffame.com. McGwire is a member of the 500 Home Run Club and is a 12 Time All Star.
Lou Piniella: A Manager for 23 years with a record of 1,835-1,712 and a World Series win with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990.
John Schuerholz: The First General Manager to win the World Series in both leagues, Kansas City in 1985 and Atlanta in 1995.
Bud Seilig: The Commissioner of MLB from 1992 to 2015.
George Steinbrenner: The infamous owner of the New York Yankees won seven World Series Titles.
The focus for many is on McGwire who just left the ballot after ten years and never finished above 25 percent on the ballot.
The 16 man Modern Baseball Committee will be meeting on December 5 on the winter meetings. To be inducted, a candidate require 75% of the vote.
The Top 50 Indianapolis Colts of All-Time are now up
Oct 04, 2016
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Our work in progress of the Greatest 50 Players of each major North American franchise continues.
We are proud to present our Top 50 Indianapolis Colts, an organization with 2 Super Bowls, 2 NFL Championships and a rich history in two cities.
As always, we will give you a sneak preview of the top 5:
1. Peyton Manning
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Gino Marchetti
4. Marvin Harrison
5. Raymond Berry
The complete list can be found here and we encourage you to check it our and voice your opinions.
Up next will be the Top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves, and yes the #1 choice on that one was very easy!
Look for that soon!
We are proud to present our Top 50 Indianapolis Colts, an organization with 2 Super Bowls, 2 NFL Championships and a rich history in two cities.
As always, we will give you a sneak preview of the top 5:
1. Peyton Manning
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Gino Marchetti
4. Marvin Harrison
5. Raymond Berry
The complete list can be found here and we encourage you to check it our and voice your opinions.
Up next will be the Top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves, and yes the #1 choice on that one was very easy!
Look for that soon!
Pete Rose tries again
Sep 29, 2016
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Pete Rose is trying another channel to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In a seven page letter to Cooperstown, Rose outline that the ban that was imposed him 27 years ago by then commissioner, Bart Giamatti was never designed to ban him from the Hall of Fame. For those unaware, the Baseball Hall of Fame acts independently of MLB. The year before Rose was to be eligible the Hall of Fame passed regulation that those who were banned from MLB were therefore banned from the Hall of Fame.
It is definitely worth noting that current commissioner, Rob Manfred noted when he did not reinstate Rose that this decision was not reflective of the Hall of Fame.
While Rose is banned from the Hall this did not stop Fox Sports from using him on their baseball playoff coverage last nor the Cincinnati Reds from inducting him into their Hall of Fame recently.
As always, we will be watching!
In a seven page letter to Cooperstown, Rose outline that the ban that was imposed him 27 years ago by then commissioner, Bart Giamatti was never designed to ban him from the Hall of Fame. For those unaware, the Baseball Hall of Fame acts independently of MLB. The year before Rose was to be eligible the Hall of Fame passed regulation that those who were banned from MLB were therefore banned from the Hall of Fame.
It is definitely worth noting that current commissioner, Rob Manfred noted when he did not reinstate Rose that this decision was not reflective of the Hall of Fame.
While Rose is banned from the Hall this did not stop Fox Sports from using him on their baseball playoff coverage last nor the Cincinnati Reds from inducting him into their Hall of Fame recently.
As always, we will be watching!
Our Rock and Roll HOF Predictions.
Sep 29, 2016
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From the Desk of the Chairman
For the fourth year in a row, we here at Notinhalloffame.com will be predicting whom the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be naming as Finalists for the next class.
This year, I am joined again by our own DDT and Spheniscus and we will see which one of us can correctly predict the Finalists of the most debated Hall of Fame worldwide.
This year, I am joined again by our own DDT and Spheniscus and we will see which one of us can correctly predict the Finalists of the most debated Hall of Fame worldwide.