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Chuck Knoblauch to the Twins HOF
The Minnesota Twins have announced their latest entrant into their Hall of Fame. Chuck Knoblauch who played Second Base for Minnesota from 1991 to 1997 is the latest addition to their institution which began in 2000.
Knoblauch was a very productive player for Minnesota. He was the 1991 American League Rookie of the Year and won the World Series that year. Four times, he would be selected to the All-Star Game, contributing 1,197 Hits with a .304 Batting Average, 276 Stolen Bases and won two Silver Slugger Awards. He would have a 37.8 WAR as a Twin.
His time in Minnesota ended badly as he requested a trade incurring the wrath of the wins fans. He would win three World Series with his new team, The New York Yankees, but he was never again an All Star, and his defensive skills appeared to leave him completely necessitating a move to Leftfield. Knoblauch was heckled mercilessly upon his return to the Twin Cities and appeared unlikely that he would ever be forgiven.
Saying all of this, Knoblauch was a star while in Minnesota and his contributions while playing with the Twins were worthy of this accolade. The ceremony will take place before a game against the Detroit Tigers on August 23.
Coming soon this winter
The 2014 Rock and Roll Revisions in three weeks
The 2014 Baseball Revisions in six weeks
The 2014 Football Revisions in eight weeks
However, that is not all. Revising existing lists are great, but we want to keep growing and create more Pop Culture debate for all of you.
We have been very pleased with the reaction to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
So...what comes next? Why the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of course! In the month of March, it will be up to all of you to determine who should be in the first class of the Fictitious Rock Hall, which is only decided by the public and not a bunch of stuffy Rock and Roll critics.
As always, we will continue to expand our site, and as always, we want your input as to what to do next!
Rock List 2014: We Want Your Input
Gang, we are looking for your input!
As you know, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their latest Class. When that happens here at Notinhalloffame.com, it is time to look ahead to who they should look at next year. What we would like from you are thoughts on the latest group of eligible acts and what range you might put them.
Here they are, in order of a potential ranking that we had in mind.
Green Day
Nine Inch Nails
Pavement
Lenny Kravitz
The Offspring
Gang Starr
Manic Street Preachers
Sarah McLachlan
Barenaked Ladies
Garth Brooks
Queen Latifah
Gin Blossoms
Buffalo Tom
Warrant
Skid Row
There are a few others to consider who may or not be worthy of consideration for the 500.
Selena
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Slint
Dream Theatre
Extreme
The Orb
Neneh Cherry
Ani DeFranco
Better Than Ezra
Lush
Mother Love Bone
We look forward to your thoughts!
Ultimate Warrior to the WWE HOF
About eight years ago, World Wrestling Entertainment released “The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior”; a DVD that as you can tell from the title was far from flattering. As outspoken and let’s just say strange as the Warrior has been, for a multi-million dollar company to use their resources to bury a former talent was a questionable decision; even if there was some validity to the claims of those who spoke on the production.
At that moment, picturing the Ultimate Warrior in the WWE Hall of Fame was as impossible as picturing...well....Bruno Sammartino in the WWE Hall of Fame! We all know what happened last year where through the political savvy of Triple H, the man who held the WWE Championship longer than anyone else was inducted to the institution where he belonged. As that bridge was healed, another has apparently been resurrected as the man who was born James Hellwig (though his legal name is now Warrior) is coming back to the fold and has been announced as the first inductee to the 2014 Class of the WWE Hall of Fame.
At Wrestlemania VI in Toronto, Canada, the Warrior pinned Hulk Hogan in a great match to win the World Wrestling Federation Championship. He held that belt for nearly ten months before losing it to Sgt. Slaughter at the 1991 Royal Rumble. He would have the match of the night at Wrestlemania VII in a pinfall win over Randy “Macho Man” Savage, but over the next five years he would leave and return to the promotion twice; each time leaving with acrimony on both sides.
The Ultimate Warrior may not have been the most technically profound wrestler ever, but he was a huge draw and a major part of the history of the promotion. He was ranked at number 8 on our WWE list, and we are happy to cross him off.