It is another big day for us at Notinhalloffame.com!

Our Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the Semi-Finalists based on a six-month open vote to the public.

The Semi-Finalists are:

Alice Bowie: Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke.  

They would win a local battle of the bands and had a minor hit in the “real world” with “Earache My Eye”.

Bleeding Gums Murphy: The Simpsons. 

Murphy was a jazz icon in Springfield who once appeared on the Cosby Show as one of the many grandfathers of the Huxtable clan.  He passed away in the early 90’s.

Chris Gaines: Garth Brooks. 

Brooks created an alter-ego of Chris Gaines and would release an album in the 1990’s

Citizen Dick: Singles.  

A Seattle based grunge band that apparently had huge success in Belgium.  

Drive Shaft: Lost.  

A one-hit wonder with “You All Everybody”, the lead guitarist vanished along with many other people when their plane crashed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Eddie and the Cruisers: Eddie and the Cruisers & Eddie and the Cruisers 2.  

The band was an up and coming bar band from New Jersey poised for greatness until the lead singer killed himself when record execs failed to understand the new material. Or did he fake his death?

Fingrin D’an and the Modal Nodes: Star Wars: A New Hope

This is the house band at the Mos Eisley Cantina that seems to know only two songs.

Hannah Montana: Hannah Montana

At one time Hannah Montana was the biggest star in the teen girl musical world but she lived a double life as a regular girl in California.

Hi-Fye: The Flintstones

Fred Flintstone became a teen idol for a hot second as a Buddy Holly knockoff.

Jackie Rogers Jr.: SCTV

An Albino lounge singer who was the son of Jackie Rogers Sr.

Jem and the Holograms: Jem and the Holograms

An all-girl pop band who were big in the 1980’s and had a secret as the lead singer owned the label…and a holographic computer.

Jesse and the Rippers: Full House

A bar band in the San Francisco area that is very kid friendly.  The lead singer has many nieces.

Lurleen Lumpkin: The Simpsons

A singer from the sticks of Springfield that would become one of the biggest country music stars in the U.S.

Max Frost and the Troopers: Wild in the Streets

Led by Max Frost, the anti-establishment group would become establishment when Frost became the President of the United States and put everyone over 30 in a concentration camp.

Miss Piggy: The Muppets

A diva in every sense of the word.

Mouse Rat: Parks and Recreation

A bar band that finds gigs regularly in Pawnee, Indiana.

Nick Rivers:Top Secret

A teen idol who becomes a spy and helps the French Resistance.

Otis Day in the Knights: National Lampoon’s Animal House

An R&B Band that is hired by the Delta Fraternity at Faber College.  They would later play the Dexter Lake Club.

Phoebe Buffay: Friends

A regular singer at Central Perk in New York City whose song, Smelly Cat would be made into a video.

Randy Watson: Coming to America

Along with his band Sexual Chocolate, they were fixtures at the Black Awareness rallies in Queens, New York.

Ricky Ricardo: I Love Lucy

A Cuban bandleader who played calypso at a club that he didn’t want his wife to attend.

Robbie Hart: The Wedding Singer

A small town wedding singer, Robbie Hart was more interested in pursuing a songwriting career. After a chance meeting with Billy Idol, it very well may have happened.

Scrantonicity: The Office

A Scranton based Police cover band.

Scum of the Earth: WKRP in Cincinnati

A hard rock band from England that played a sold-out concert in Cincinnati.  It was the first rock show promoted by WKRP after they changed to a Rock and Roll format.

Stillwater: Almost Famous

An up and coming band in the early 70’s that was featured prominently in Rolling Stone Magazine.

The Archies: The Archies

A comic book turned pretend band that had a number one hit, “Sugar Sugar” in the real world.

The Beets: Doug

A takeoff of the Beatles, the Beets appear often in the Nickelodeon show, Doug.

The Bugaloos: The Bugaloos

From the Sid and Marty Kroft universe, the Bugaloos came from the Tranquility Forest where the insect inspired group were the biggest band in the land.

The Commitments: The Commitments

A Dublin based band that set out to be the greatest soul group of all time.

The Dreams: Dreamgirls

A very Supremes like group who shot to stardom in the 1960’s.

The Max Rebo Band: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 

The house band at Jabba’s Palace.

The Misfits: Jem and the Holograms

The rivals of Jem and the Holograms.  They aren’t just rivals, as the Misfits would do anything to rid the world of Jem.

The Partridge Family: The Partridge Family

A family of musicians that had two talents who seemed to carry the rest of the group (as they didn’t seem to know how to play their instruments.)

The Rutles: The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

A parody of the Beatles, The Rutles were not just the biggest band in England but in the world.

The School of Rock: School of Rock

A teacher and his students would compete in their local battle of the bands.  

The Soggy Bottom Boys: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Escaped convicts record a hit bluegrass album while on the run during depression era Mississippi.

Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld: South Park

From South Park, Colorado, Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld won a local Battle of the Bands so that they could open for Phil Collins.  As it would turn out, Collins would wind up opening for them.

Zack Attack: Saved by the Bell

Led by Zack Morris and his friends they would become famous for their songs about friendship. At least that is what Casey Kasem told us.

You can vote for who you think should be in the Finals here:

http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2019-round-2

The members of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

Alvin & The Chipmunks

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem

Gorillaz

Spinal Tap

Tenacious D

The Blues Brothers

The Monkees

The Wonders

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support!

We here at Notinhalloffame.com thought it would be fun to take a look at the major awards in North American team sports and see how it translates into Hall of Fame potential.

Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential.  In basketball, the team sport with the least number of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher.  In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.

For our next selection we look at the Roberto Clemente Award. Originally, this was called the Commissioners Award, the accolade is given annually to the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual’s contribution to the team.  It was renamed the Roberto Clemente Award following the death of Clemente who died in a plane crash while on the way to Nicaragua to deliver supplies to victims of the Nicaragua Earthquake.

So, how many Roberto Clemente Award winners have been enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Let’s find out!

*Please note that as statistics are not as relevant for this award so as opposed to how we normally list players, we will simply just list the winners as opposed to go into that year’s accomplishments.

The following are the past players who have won the Roberto Clemente Award in the MLB who are eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame and have been enshrined.

Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants (1971)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.

Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (1972)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983.

Al Kaline, Detroit Tigers (1973)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980.

Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates (1974)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988.

Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals (1975)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.

Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins (1977)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

Phil Niekro, Atlanta Braves (1980)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

Gary Carter, New York Mets (1989)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.

Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles (1992)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

Barry Larkin, Cincinnati Reds (1993)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

Dave Winfield, Minnesota Twins (1994)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

Ozzie Smith, St. Louis Cardinals (1995)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.

Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins (1996)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres (1999)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

Jim Thome, Cleveland Indians (2002)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

Edgar Martinez, Seattle Mariners (2004)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019.

John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves (2005)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015.

Craig Biggio, Houston Astros (2007)

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015.

The following are the players who have won the Roberto Clemente Award in MLB who are eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame and have not been selected:

Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds (1976)

Rose is banned from the Hall of Fame. Ranked #1A on Notinhalloffame.com.

Greg Luzinski, Philadelphia Phillies (1978)

Luzinski was on the ballot for one year in 1990 and received 0.2% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Andre Thornton, Cleveland Indians (1979)

Thornton was on the ballot for one year in 1993 and received 0.5% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers (1981)

Garvey was on the ballot for fifteen years in and finished as high as 42.6% in 1995.  Ranked #25 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Ken Singleton, Baltimore Orioles (1982)

Singleton was on the ballot for one year in 1990 but did not receive any votes.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Cecil Cooper, Milwaukee Brewers (1983)

Cooper was on the ballot for one year in 1993 and received 0.5% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Ron Guidry, New York Yankees (1984)

Guidrey was on the ballot for nine years in and finished as high as 8.8% in 2000.  Ranked #54 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Don Baylor, New York Yankees (1985)

Baylor was on the ballot for two years in 1993 and received 2.6% of the vote in both years.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Garry Maddox, Philadelphia Phillies (1986)

Maddox was on the ballot for one year in 1990 but did not receive any votes.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Rick Sutcliffe, Chicago Cubs (1987)

Sutcliffe was on the ballot for one year in 2000 and received 1.7% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves (1988)

Murphy was on the ballot for fifteen years in and finished as high as 23.2% in 2000.  Ranked #30 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Dave Stewart, Oakland Athletics (1990)

Stewart was on the ballot for two years and finished as high as 7.4% in 2001.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Harold Reynolds, Seattle Mariners (1991)

Although Reynolds was eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2000 he was not on the ballot.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Eric Davis, Cincinnati Reds (1997)

Davis was on the ballot for one year in 2007 and received 0.6% of the ballot.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs (1998)

Sosa has been on the ballot for seven years and finished as high as 12.5% in 2013.  Ranked #29 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Al Leiter, New York Mets (2000)

Leiter was on the ballot for one year in 2011 and received 0.7% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Curt Schilling, Arizona Diamondbacks (2001)

Schilling has been on the ballot for seven years and finished as high as 60.9% in 2019.  Ranked #5 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Jamie Moyer, Seattle Mariners (2003)

Moyer was on the ballot for one year and finished with 2.4% in 2018.  Ranked #105 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Carlos Delgado, New York Mets (2006)

Delgado was on the ballot for one year and finished with 3.8% in 2015.  Ranked #79 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox (2010)

Wakefield was on the ballot for one year in 2017 and received 0.2% of the vote.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Let’s update our tally, shall we?

So, who is up next?

The following are the players who have won the Roberto Clemente Award in the Major League Baseball who have retired but have not met the mandatory years out of the game to qualify for the Baseball Hall of Fame:

Derek Jeter, New York Yankees (2009)

Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox (2011)

Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Carlos Beltran, New York Mets (2013)

Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023.

Jimmy Howard, Philadelphia Phillies (2014) (Co-Winner)

Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox (2014) (Co-Winner)

Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.

The following are the players who have won the Roberto Clemente Award who are still active.

Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals (2008)

39 Years Old, Playing for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers (2012)

31 Years Old, Playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates (2015)

32 Years Old, Playing for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Curtis Granderson, New York Mets (2016)

38 Years Old, Playing for the Miami Marlins.

Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs (2017)

29 Years Old, Playing for the Chicago Cubs.

Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (2018)

36 Years Old, Playing for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Roberto Clemente Award winners seems to lean toward elite players and we suspect that this will be a pattern to continue.

Up next, we are going to stay within the tertiary Baseball Awards and look at the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award.

As always, we thank you for that support and look for that soon!

Big news from us as or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame as our Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2019 have been selected based on your on-line votes.

The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalistsare:

A.C. Slater: Saved By The Bell (Wrestling and Football star at Bayside High)

Adonis Creed: Creed & Creed 2 (Son of Apollo Creed and Heavyweight Boxer)

Al Bundy:Married With Children (Football star at Polk High in Chicago, IL)

Al Czervik: Caddyshack (Amateur golfer who challenged the status quo at Bushwood Country Club)

Alex Moran: Blue Mountain State (Backup Quarterback at Blue Mountain State)

“All The Way” Mae Mordabito: A League of Their Own (Centerfielder for the Rockford Peaches)

Amanda Whirtlitzer: Bad News Bears: (Female Little League Pitcher for the Bears)

Anakin Skywalker: Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Pod Racer on Tatooine)

“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken: Kingpin (Champion bowler)

Billy “The Great” Hope: Southpaw (Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion)

Billy Chapel: For Love of the Game (Aging Starting Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)

Brian “Smash” Williams: Friday Night Lights (Running Back for the Dillon High Panthers)

Bugs Bunny: Space Jam: (Basketball Player for the Toon Squad)

“Captain Chaos” Victor Prinzi: The Cannonball Run & The Cannonball Run II (Racer in the Coast-to-Coast Drive across country)

Calvin Cambridge: Like Mike: (Shooting Guard for the Los Angeles Knights for half of a season)

Charlie Tweeder: Varsity Blues (Wide Receiver for West Canaan High)

Chazz Michael Michaels: Blades of Glory (Champion Singles and Pairs Figure Skater)

Chris Ostreicher: American Pie, American Pie 2 and American Reunion (Lacrosse star at East Great Falls High and future Sports Anchor)

Clubber Lang: Rocky III: (Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World)

Dean Younblood: Youngblood (Left Wing for the Minor League Hamilton Mustangs)

Doug “The Thug” Glatt: Goon and Goon 2: The Last of the Enforcers (Enforcer for the Halifax Highlanders)

Drederick Tatum: The Simpsons (Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World)

“Fast” Eddie Felson: The Hustler and The Color of Money (Pool Shark)

Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon (Quarterback for the New York Jets)

Greg Goldberg:: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3 (Goalie for the Mighty Ducks)

Hamilton Porter: The Sandlot (Pre-teen who played baseball at the local sandlot)

Henry Rowengartner: Rookie of the Year (Chicago Cub Pitcher for half a season)

Homer Simpson: The Simpsons (Softball player on his company team, Mixed Curler Olympian and Heavyweight Boxer)

Ignacio/Nacho: Nacho Libre (Mexican Professional Wrestler)

Ivan Drago: Rocky IV (Former Soviet Heavyweight Boxer)

Jackie Moon: Semi-Pro (Player/Owner of the ABA’s Flint Tropics)

Jake Taylor: Major League & Major League 2 (Catcher and Interim Manager of the Cleveland Indians)

Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski: The Big Lebowski (Amateur Bowler)

Jesus Shuttlesworth: He Got Game (Highly Recruited Forward at Lincoln High)

Jimmy Chitwood: Hoosiers (Forward at Hickory High)

Johnny Lawrence: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II and Cobra Kai (Amateur Karate competitor in California)

Julian Washington: Any Given Sunday (Running Back for the Miami Sharks)

Kelly Leak: The Bad News Bears, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (Centerfielder for the California based Little League Team called the Bears)

Kevin “Thad” Castle: Blue Mountain State (Linebacker for Blue Mountain State)

Lee: Enter the Dragon (Competitor in an unnamed tournament on an unnamed island)

Lightning McQueen: Cars and Cars 2 (Race Car)

Pedro Cerrano: Major League, Major League 2 & Major League 3: Back to the Minors (Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians)

Peter LaFleur: Dodgeball (Captain of the Average Joe’s Gym Dodgeball Team)

Randy “The Ram” Robinson: The Wrestler (Professional Wrestler)

Ray Finkle: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Miami Dolphins Place Kicker who missed a key Field Goal in the Super Bowl)

Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby (Multi-Race winner on the NASCAR Circuit)

Sam Malone: Cheers (Former Relief Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox)

Shane Falco: The Replacements (Quarterback who once starred for Ohio State and becomes a replacement player for the Washington Sentinels)

“Steamin” Willie Beamen: Any Given Sunday (Quarterback for the Miami Sharks)

Terry Tate: Commercials (Office Linebacker)

You can vote for the Fictitious Athletes HERE.

The Fictitious Athlete Contributor Semi-Finalistsare:

Adrian Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V (Girlfriend, and later Wife of Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa)

Annie Savoy: Bull Durham (Sexual muse of many players for the Durham Bulls)

Bagger Vance: The Legend of Bagger Vance (African-American ghost who in the 1930s helps a white golfer gain confidence)

Billy Heywood: Little Big League (Owner of the Minnesota Twins)

Bud Kilmer: Varsity Blues (Football Coach of the West Kannan Coyotes)

Cameron Tucker: Modern Family (High School Football Coach)

Caretaker: The Longest Yard ’05 (Assistant Coach and Equipment Manager for the Mean Machine)

Cassidy: The Wrestler (Stripper who gets into a relationship with a professional wrestler)

Clyde: Every Which Way Be Loose and Any Which Way You Can (Orangutan who is a sidekick for Bare-Knuckle Boxer, Philo Beddoe)

Coach Ernie Pantusso: Cheers (Former Baseball Coach turned bartender)

Coach Klein: The Waterboy (Head Football Coach at Southwest Louisiana State)

Darcy Sears: Varsity Blues (High School student who dates West Cannan Quarterbacks)

Eric Taylor: Friday Night Lights (Dillon High School Football Head Coach)

Ernie Capadino: A League of Their Own (Baseball Scout)

Frank Drebin: The Naked Gun (Police Squad Detective who went undercover as an umpire in a California Angels game)

George Costanza: Seinfeld (Executive in the New York Yankees Organization)

Hayden Fox: Coach (Head Football Coach at Minnesota State and the Orlando Breakers)

Irv Blitzer: Cool Runnings (Coach of the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team)

Jimmy Dugan: A League of Their Own (Former Baseball Player and Manager of the Rockford Peaches)

Ken Reeves: The White Shadow (Head Basketball Coach at Carver High)

Lacey Underall: Caddyshack (Hot girl at Bushwood Country Club)

Lou Brown: Major League and Major League 2 (Manager of the Cleveland Indians)

Mr. Larson: Happy Gilmore (Former Employer and fan of Happy Gilmore)

Norman Dale: Hoosiers (Head Basketball Coach at Hickory High)

Patches O’Houlihan: Dodgeball (Former Dodgeball star and Dodgeball Coach for Average Joe’s Gym)

Paulie Pennino: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V & Rocky Balboa (Brother-In-Law and Cornerman of Rocky Balboa)

Pepper Brooks: Dodgeball (Dodgeball Commentator on ESPN: The Ocho)

Ray Kinsella: Field of Dreams (Builder of a baseball diamond in a cornfield that attracted dead baseball players)

Tony D’Amato: Any Given Sunday (Head Coach of the Miami Sharks)

You can vote for the Fictitious Contributors HERE.

The Fictitious Veteran Semi-Finalistsare:

Joe Boyd/Joe Hart: Damn! Yankees (Superfan of the Washington Senators who becomes a player for them)

Luis “Mountain” Rivera: Requiem of a Heavyweight (Heavyweight Boxing Contender)

Maish Rennick: Requiem of a Heavyweight (Manager of Luis “Mountain” Rivera)

Sport Goofy: Multiple films and television (Multi-Sport Athlete)

Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick: Kid Galahad ’61 (Boxer)

You can vote for the Fictitious Veterans HERE.

The Existing Inductees for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame are:

Fictitious Athlete:

Apollo Creed: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV

Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez: The Sandlot

Bobby Boucher: The Waterboy

Charlie Conway: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3

Crash Davis: Bull Durham

Daniel LaRusso: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2 and The Karate Kid 3 

Dottie Hinson: A League of Their Own

Forrest Gump: Forrest Gump

The Hanson Brothers: Slap Shot

Happy Gilmore: Happy Gilmore

Paul “Wrecking” Crewe: The Longest Yard ‘74

Reggie Dunlop: Slap Shot

Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn: Major League and Major League 2

Rocky Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V & Rocky Balboa

Roy Hobbs: The Natural

Willie “Mays” Hayes: Major League

Fictitious Contributors:

Carl Spackler: Caddyshack

Chubbs Peterson: Happy Gilmore

Gordon Bombay: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3

Harry Doyle: Major League, Major League 2 and Major League 3: Back to the Minors

Mickey Goldmill: Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III

Morris Buttermaker: The Bad News Bears

Mr. Miyagi: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2, The Karate Kid 3 and The Next Karate Kid

Fictitious Veterans:

Andy “Champ” Purcell: The Champ ‘31

Dennis Ryan: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Guffy McGovern: Angels in the Outfield

Huxley College: Horse Feathers

Voting for this round will go on to until October 1, where we will announce our 15 Fictitious Athletes, 10 Fictitious Contributors and 3 Fictitious Veterans. 

When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2019!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.