Committee Chairman
Deep Purple to number one on Rock and Roll Revisions
Ladies and Gentleman, we have always said that the Winter is our favorite time of year at Notinhalloffame.com. In a thirty day period, it is when the Rock and Roll, Baseball and Football Halls of Fame announce their new classes, and we have to back to the drawing board and revise our lists.
The first up is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we are thrilled to announce that we have our revision done much quicker than we did last year. Our last year’s number one selection, Nirvana was selected on their first year of eligibility necessitating a new musical act to take over the top spot.
For the first time in our site’s existence, all of the acts that were selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were in our top 100. This includes KISS (5), Peter Gabriel (15), Cat Stevens (36), Hall & Oates (63) and Linda Ronstadt (93).
We have revamped our “Notinhalloffame” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list based on our usual criteria:
1: Your Votes and Comments:
Votes are critical here. We have our own opinions here, but this has always been meant to be the intention here. High votes raise ranking, low votes plummet them.
2: The New Eligible Acts:
Every year, as certain bands are selected, we have new musical acts to take their place that are now eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Along with our opinions, the votes and comments that you gave in the “Future” sections help rank the new list.
Here is what we have determined for the 2014 List.
As we need to secure a new number one on the list, and there was no consensus top pick on the new crop of acts, we elected to go with your votes on an act that we have selected in our top five since we started this website.
The new Number One Selection is Deep Purple, the band that gave us “Smoke on the Water” and has received one of the highest percentages of support in our site’s young history. The British rockers were nominated by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the past two years though have failed to receive the support needed to make the final hump.
With the removal of Nirvana and KISS form the top five, Kraftwerk, Roxy Music, The Smiths and Jethro Tull round out the top five.
There are many new entries to the 2014 list, the highest ranking belonging to Green Day at #20. They helped resurrect the Punk Rock world, and could be a potential first ballot entry to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Nine Inch Nails also cracks the top fifty. The Trent Reznor outfit could potentially be the first act to fly the Industrial Music flag. Reznor is considered by many to be a musical genius, and his induction would not be opposed by many.
The top 100 has another new entry in Pavement, who takes over the #79 slot. They could be a legitimate darkhorse candidate for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The new acts are joined by the following:
#106 The Manic Street Preachers
#111 The Offspring
#134 Sarah McLachlin
#160 Lenny Kravitz
#247 Gang Starr
#299 Garth Brooks
#332 The Bare Naked Ladies
#366 Queen Latifah
#420 The Gin Blossoms
#427 Buffalo Tom
#443 Skid Row
#475 Warrant
#490 Selena
Gang, you know what we want you to do! If you have not yet voted or made a comment, please do so and make your vote be heard.
Todd Helton's number 17 to be retired
The Colorado Rockies have announced that they will be retiring their first number (other than the league mandated #42 of Jackie Robinson) in the history of their franchise.
The number 17 of Todd Helton will be officially taken out of circulation on their August 17th home game. He spent his entire career with Colorado where he amassed 2,519 Hits with a .316 Batting Average. He put up good power numbers with 364 Home Runs and a .539 Slugging Average. His career OPS of .953 put him 20th All Time and his 61.3 WAR is the highest in Rockies history.
He is a solid candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame, though the “Coors Field” bias has hampered former Rockie, Larry Walker’s vote tally. Regardless, this is a major accomplishment and one that is well deserved.
RIP: Ralph Kiner
Today, we lost another great in the world of Baseball as Ralph Kiner passed away today at the age of 91. Kiner was only in Major League Baseball for ten seasons as a sever back injury took him out of the game at the age of 32, but in his first seven seasons he was one of the most decorated power hitters ever.
Kiner entered MLB with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1946 and won the National League Home Run title, which is an accolade he would win the next six seasons after. His career total would be 369, and to this day he remains in the top ten in Home Runs per At Bats. Kiner also had a career On Base Percentage of .398 which puts him 68th all time and he had an OPS over one three times all of which resulted in leading the NL in that category.
Kiner still holds the record for the most Home Runs in the first five seasons of a career (215) and was an All Star six times. He would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975 on his final year of eligibility. As revered he was a player in Pittsburgh, he may have eclipsed that in New York where he joined the broadcast booth as an analyst in their first year of expansion in 1961.
In New York, he would become an icon all over again, and would do color commentary for fifty-three years. We here at Notinhallloffame.com express our condolences to the family and friends of Ralph Kiner.
2014 Football HOF Class Set
The Professional Football Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2014, and we are sure that is going to be satisfying for many as the mixture of first time inductees and long time snubs makes this a very interesting class. Let’s take a look shall we?
In our eyes, the headliner is first time nominee and the number one on our list, Derrick Brooks. In the eyes of many (including us) Brooks is the best player to ever suit up for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and his selection had to happen.
Michael Strahan will also be joining the Hall of Fame. His name has come up often in the past week, though not in recapping his accomplishments on the field, but the criticisms from Warren Sapp, who was inducted last year. Strahan was ranked #4 on our list, though due to his post career success as an analyst on the Fox NFL broadcast team and as the co-host of Live with Kelli and Michael, he is the one who has the highest public visibility.
After many years waiting, Andre Reed from the Buffalo Bills has gotten in. Interestingly, we have to wonder if this has come at the expense of Marvin Harrison, who put up better numbers than Reed did, but is entering his first year of eligibility. Perhaps the Hall thought that Andre has waited long enough, and he certainly did do enough for the Hall. Long time Raiders Wide Receiver and multi time Finalist, Tim Brown did not make the cut either.
The Seattle Seahawks who are in the Super Bowl will certainly have a new Hall of Famer cheering them on. Former Seattle Offensive Tackle has also been chosen.
Former Linebacker, Aeneas Williams has also been nominated often and has broken through the bubble. He was ranked at 24 on our list and has 55 total career Interceptions.
Both Senior Nominees were selected. A lot of the focus is on Ray Guy, who becomes the first Punter to enter the Football Hall of Fame. Professional Football has long looked down on Special Teams, and blogger upon blogger have complained about Ray Guy has been passed over and the continued disrespect of the position. Guy changed the face of Punting and as such is a deserving inductee. The other Senior candidate was Claude Humphrey who had 122 unofficial Quarterback Sacks and was the 1968 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Another notable pass over is five time Super Bowl Champion, Charles Haley who is the only player in history with five rings. Will Shields was also an interesting omission
to us, as we had him ranked higher than Walter Jones who got in. Jerome Bettis, Kevin Greene, Tony Dungy, Morten Andersen and Eddie DeBartolo Jr. were the other Finalists who did not get inducted.
We would like to congratulate the Class of 2014 and we will be watching them receive their acknowledgements during the Super Bowl.