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RIP: Monte Irvin
Jan 13, 2016
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It was announced yesterday that Hall of Fame Baseball player, Monte Irvin, passed away at the age of 96.
The Alabama native played in the Negro, Mexican, and Puerto Rican Leagues before he finally got an opportunity to play in the Majors in 1949, where at the age of 30, he joined the New York Giants and would help them win two National League Pennants and the World Series in 1954.
Irvin would win the National League RBI title in 1951, and finished third in MVP voting that season. Overall, he would have a respectable Slash Line of .293/.383/.475 over a 764 Game career, which would certainly have been much higher had he not suffered a severe ankle injury in 1952 and had been in the Major in the 1940’s, when he was at his prime.
Following his playing career, he would become the first African-American to reach an executive position in MLB when he was made the Assistant Director of Public Relations in 1968. He would later serve as a Special Assistant to Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn.
Irvin entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 by the Negro League Committee.
We here at Notinhalloffame would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Monte Irvin at this time.
The Alabama native played in the Negro, Mexican, and Puerto Rican Leagues before he finally got an opportunity to play in the Majors in 1949, where at the age of 30, he joined the New York Giants and would help them win two National League Pennants and the World Series in 1954.
Irvin would win the National League RBI title in 1951, and finished third in MVP voting that season. Overall, he would have a respectable Slash Line of .293/.383/.475 over a 764 Game career, which would certainly have been much higher had he not suffered a severe ankle injury in 1952 and had been in the Major in the 1940’s, when he was at his prime.
Following his playing career, he would become the first African-American to reach an executive position in MLB when he was made the Assistant Director of Public Relations in 1968. He would later serve as a Special Assistant to Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn.
Irvin entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 by the Negro League Committee.
We here at Notinhalloffame would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Monte Irvin at this time.
The Boston Red Sox Announce their next HOF Class
Jan 13, 2016
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The Boston Red Sox have announced the next four members of their organization’s Hall of Fame.
Former Catcher, Jason Varitek headlines the group. Spending fifteen seasons with Boston (1997 to 2011), Varitek would win two World Series rings, and would make three All Star Games. The popular player was also a one time Gold Glove and Silver Slugger recipient and was the captain of the team for seven seasons.
Famed knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield also joins the Red Sox Hall. Like Varitek, Wakefield was a two time World Series Champion. He would play for Boston for seventeen seasons, and holds the record for the most starts in franchise history (430) and Innings Pitched (3,006). He also had 2,046 Strikeouts and 186 Wins in a Red Sox uniform.
The third inductee will be Ira Flagstead, who played seven seasons with Boston in the 1920’s. The Outfielder would finish his run in Boston with 867 Hits and a Slash Line of .295/.374/.411.
The final inductee is Larry Lucchino, who was the President/CEO for fourteen seasons overseeing Boston’s three World Series Titles.
This group will be officially inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame during a gala on May 19th and will be honored the following day with a ceremony prior to the game before the Cleveland Indians.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame class.
Former Catcher, Jason Varitek headlines the group. Spending fifteen seasons with Boston (1997 to 2011), Varitek would win two World Series rings, and would make three All Star Games. The popular player was also a one time Gold Glove and Silver Slugger recipient and was the captain of the team for seven seasons.
Famed knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield also joins the Red Sox Hall. Like Varitek, Wakefield was a two time World Series Champion. He would play for Boston for seventeen seasons, and holds the record for the most starts in franchise history (430) and Innings Pitched (3,006). He also had 2,046 Strikeouts and 186 Wins in a Red Sox uniform.
The third inductee will be Ira Flagstead, who played seven seasons with Boston in the 1920’s. The Outfielder would finish his run in Boston with 867 Hits and a Slash Line of .295/.374/.411.
The final inductee is Larry Lucchino, who was the President/CEO for fourteen seasons overseeing Boston’s three World Series Titles.
This group will be officially inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame during a gala on May 19th and will be honored the following day with a ceremony prior to the game before the Cleveland Indians.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame class.
Sting named to the WWE Hall of Fame
Jan 11, 2016
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On WWE.Com, the announcement was made as to who will headline the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016. That man is Sting.
From Southern California, Steve Borden would break into the business under the guidance of Rick Bassman as part of Power Team U.S.A., which also included Jim Hellwig, who would gain fame as the Ultimate Warrior. Borden and Hellwig would team as the “Blade Runners”, but both would strike out on their own, with Borden, now known as Sting competing in Mid-South, and then later the NWA, when the latter bought out the former.
The NWA would later become WCW, but prior to that name change, Sting would be put on the map with a forty-five minute draw with the then World Heavyweight Champion, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair on the first Clash of the Champions. Sting was now a bona fide star and three years later at the WCW Great American Bash, Sting would defeat Flair for the Heavyweight Championship.
Sting would be a fixture at the top of the card in WCW for the remainder of that promotion’s run, feuding with Lex Luger, Vader and Ric Flair for the championship. As much as Flair was his most common opponent, it was his feud with the New World Order, which would see him generate his most watched match.
Sting would change his look to the “Crow” paint, and would hang around in the rafters, seemingly not sided with WCW, nor the NWO. After sixteen months of not wrestling, Sting successfully challenged Hulk Hogan for the WCW Heavyweight Title at Straccade 1997, which would be the highest ordered pay per view in that company’s history.
Following the fall of WCW, Sting would wrestle for TNA, and it was beginning to appear that he was never going to wrestle a match for the WWE, but this would change when at the age of 56 he went against Triple H at Wrestlemania, and more recently in September, he challenged Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Title, though he would suffer a severe back injury in the match.
The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place the night before Wrestlemania in Dallas, Texas.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com will be watching and would like to congratulate Sting for receiving this prestigious honor.
From Southern California, Steve Borden would break into the business under the guidance of Rick Bassman as part of Power Team U.S.A., which also included Jim Hellwig, who would gain fame as the Ultimate Warrior. Borden and Hellwig would team as the “Blade Runners”, but both would strike out on their own, with Borden, now known as Sting competing in Mid-South, and then later the NWA, when the latter bought out the former.
The NWA would later become WCW, but prior to that name change, Sting would be put on the map with a forty-five minute draw with the then World Heavyweight Champion, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair on the first Clash of the Champions. Sting was now a bona fide star and three years later at the WCW Great American Bash, Sting would defeat Flair for the Heavyweight Championship.
Sting would be a fixture at the top of the card in WCW for the remainder of that promotion’s run, feuding with Lex Luger, Vader and Ric Flair for the championship. As much as Flair was his most common opponent, it was his feud with the New World Order, which would see him generate his most watched match.
Sting would change his look to the “Crow” paint, and would hang around in the rafters, seemingly not sided with WCW, nor the NWO. After sixteen months of not wrestling, Sting successfully challenged Hulk Hogan for the WCW Heavyweight Title at Straccade 1997, which would be the highest ordered pay per view in that company’s history.
Following the fall of WCW, Sting would wrestle for TNA, and it was beginning to appear that he was never going to wrestle a match for the WWE, but this would change when at the age of 56 he went against Triple H at Wrestlemania, and more recently in September, he challenged Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Title, though he would suffer a severe back injury in the match.
The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place the night before Wrestlemania in Dallas, Texas.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com will be watching and would like to congratulate Sting for receiving this prestigious honor.
Heartbreak Hotel
Jan 11, 2016
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