Committee Chairman
Eric Desjardins officially in the Flyers HOF
Last night, the Philadelphia Flyers inducted Eric Desjardins into the franchise’s Hall of Fame.
The former NHL Defenceman spent his first six seasons and change with the Montreal Canadians, and was a very big part of their 1993 Stanley Cup Championship, scoring 14 points in the playoffs, scoring all three Montreal Goals in a win over the Los Angeles Kings that turned the tide of the series once and for all towards the Habs.
Desjardin would be traded to the Philadelphia Flyers where he would enjoy his best regular season totals. He was a great fit for the Flyers style and he emerged as a top flight defenseman earning Second Team All Star honors twice in 1999 and 2000 and win the Flyers Barry Ashbee Award as the team’s top blueliner seven times.
He would finish his career in 2007, and would finish second overall in Points for a Defenceman as a Philadelphia Flyer with 396. Eric Desjardin becomes the 24th member of the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame.
2015 Songwriters HOF Class set
The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their latest Hall of Fame Class and it is certainly a diverse group of inductees.
Inducted this year is Cyndi Lauper, a star of the 1980’s and was a feminist icon of the decade. Her biggest songs, Time After Time and True Colors have been often covered and propelled her stardom and as a respected songwriter.
The late Jerry Garcia and lyricist, Robert Hunter from the Grateful Dead, will also be joining the Hall. The Dead are already members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Linda Perry, who might be best known for fronting 4 Non Blondes has also been selected. She has written hit songs for Pink (Get the Party Started), Christina Aguilera (Beautiful) and Alicia Keys (Superwoman) and many other hits.
Country superstar, Toby Keith, who has written the bulk of his material will also be inducted. Keith has sold over 40 million albums in his career. Country Songwriter, Bobby Braddock, who penned thirteen number one hits was also chosen.
The final inductee is Willie Dixon, who has been called the “Poet Laureate of the Blues”. Among his songs were “Hoochie Coohie Man” and “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, and Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zepplin have covered him.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s Class for the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Monument Park adds three more
Hopefully in a year’s time, we will be able to unveil our ranking of all four major North American sports franchise and how they retire numbers or have their own Hall of Fame. Basically it will be a ranking of post career accolades. As you can imagine, the New York Yankees are a strong contender to top that list, and it looks like they are going to add another three retired numbers sometime next season. Andy Pettitte will have his number 46 retired by the organization. Pettitte played fifteen of his eighteen seasons in Baseball in Yankee pinstripes and would accumulate a 219 and 127 record with 2,020 Strikeouts and a 51.6 bWAR. As a Yankee, Pettitte was in the top five in American League Cy Young Voting three times and also was a three time All Star. Most importantly, Pettitte would help the New York Yankees win the World Series five times and would win the American League MVP Award in 2001. Pettitte holds the record for the most post seasons wins (19), 18 of which he got as a Yankee. It should be noted that while Pettitte was caught using PEDs, his contrite and rapid apology immediately put him back in the good graces of Yankees and Baseball fans, and this could help him get into the Baseball Hall of Fame one day. Pettitte will be joined by longtime teammate, Bernie Williams, the Yankees Centerfielder for sixteen years. Williams was a member of four World Series Championship, had five consecutive All Star appearances and would win the American League Batting Title in 1998. Along with a Silver Slugger and four Gold Gloves, Williams would slap 2,336 Hits, 287 Home Runs, a .297/.381/.477 Slash Line and a 62.6 bWAR and had 22 post season Home Runs for the Yankees, along with the ALCS MVP in 1996. The trio will be rounded out by former six time All Star Catcher, Jorge Posada who was also a five time Silver Sligger. Posada only played for New York and tabulated 1,664 Hits, 275 Home Runs, a .273/.374/.474 Slash Line and a 42.7 bWAR. Like Williams, Posada also has four World Series Rings. Along with Derek Jeter’s #2 which is expected to be formally retired, this marks the 21st, 22nd and 23rd numbers to be retired by the team. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the triumvirate of Andy Pettitte, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada for what will become a permanent place at Monument Park.