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Baseball List revised: Ken Griffey Jr. to the top

Feb 04, 2015

Much like we sped up our process for revising the Rock and Roll list, we did the same with our Baseball one.

Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that four players would be entering the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. Recapping those players and the rank that they had on our list are:

Randy Johnson (Ranked #3)
Pedro Martinez (Ranked #5)
Craig Biggio (Ranked #11)
John Smoltz (Ranked #13)

Along with the addition of Ken Griffey Jr., your votes and comments, there is a significant change in the top ten of our Baseball list. As per the last three years, there is a 1A, 1B and 1C to reflect both Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson who are not eligible for the Hall of Fame but are players who we feel should be.

The new top ten with their previous rank in parenthesis are:

1A. Pete Rose (1A)
1B. Shoeless Joe Jackson (1B)
1C. Ken Griffey Jr. (NEW)
2. Roger Clemens (2)
3. Barry Bonds (1C)
4. Mike Piazza (4)
5. Jeff Bagwell (6)
6. Mike Mussina (7)
7. Tim Raines (8)
8. Bill Dahlen (9)
9. Curt Schilling (10)
10. Lou Whitaker (12)

Griffey is not the only new entry as Jim Edmonds and Trevor Hoffman debut at 44 and 47 respectively. As there were only three new eligible players cracking the top 100, and four players on last year’s list inducted, Boog Powell returns to the list at number 100.

As always, we encourage your opinions and votes, and thank you for all of your support of Notinhalloffame.com

Triple H comments on Chyna and the WWE HOF

Feb 04, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

We assume that many of you WWE fans listened to the “Stone Cold” Steve Austin podcast with Triple H, the COO, and likely future head of the WWE.

It was a great listen, but rather than review the entire piece, we want to focus on comments that Triple H made regarding Chyna and the Hall of Fame.

Although the company is still owned by Vince McMahon, the fingerprints of the man who is professionally known as Jean Levesque has been instrumental in the growth of their feeder system, NXT, and mending fences that brought Bruno Sammartino and The Ultimate Warrior back into the fold with the WWE and getting the inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Although we don’t know for sure, we have strong suspicions that he may have had a hand in getting Lanny Poffo to relax his stance and get Randy “Macho Man” Savage inducted into the Hall of Fame this year.

When asked by Steve Austin about his former love interest and former Intercontinental Champion, Chyna, and the Hall of Fame he had this to say:

“You know, that's one of those questions... Does she deserve to go in the Hall of Fame? Absolutely. ... It is a little bit of a double sided edge. It's not just as easy as 'should this person go in the Hall of Fame?' Completely 100-percent transcended the business, changed the business, paradigm shifter of the business, right? Did what no woman ever did before and was awesome at it, and a phenomenal talent. All the other stuff that happened and I don't need to get into any of the other stuff but there is no beef on this side with anything, and I mean that 100 percent. From a career standpoint should she be in the Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

It's a bit difficult, though, and this is the flip side of the coin that nobody looks at... You have a, I've got an 8-year-old kid. My 8-year-old kid sees the Hall of Fame, and my 8-year-old kid goes on the Internet to look at... 'oh, this is Chyna, I've never heard of her, I'm 8-years-old, I've never heard of that.' So I go type it in, I go punch it up, and what comes up? And I'm not criticizing anybody, I'm not criticizing lifestyle choices; everybody has their reasons. I don't know what they were and I don't care to know. It's not a morality thing or anything else. It is just the fact of what it is. That's a difficult choice.

The Hall of Fame is a funny thing in that it is not as simple as 'this guy had a really good career, a legendary career. He should go in the Hall of Fame.' Yeah, but we can't because of this reason, we can't because of this legal instance, we can't because of this. ... It's different than any other Hall of Fame in the world and at the end of the day, it's for our fans.”

Some have pointed that this is sexist, claiming that there is a good chance that Sean Waltman (X-Pac) who participated in one of those videos might get in as an individual or as a member of D-Generation X, though the circumstances are not the same. Chyna would make multiple pornographic films, while X-Pac’s was a home video that was leaked and marketed, which granted he did participate in. The levels are not the same.

Current WWE Hall of Famer, Sunny (Tammy Sytch) has dabbled in soft core pornographic material is also in the Hall, but again the levels aren’t even close.

As the WWE is now a publically traded company the headlines that it could make are certainly ones that want to avoid, even if she did change the narrative for women’s wrestling in the United States.

Rock List Revised: Deep Purple stays number 1

Feb 03, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

We told you we were not going to waste a lot of time revising our Rock and Roll List.

In what for us was one of the most anti-climactic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selection none of our top ten will be making the trip to Cleveland, though there were two of them (Kraftewerk at #2 and the Smiths at #5) were nominated. Combined with the fact that none of the incoming eligible acts made our top forty, the top ten did not change very much.

Recapping, the following acts will be officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year and are thus removed from the list:

Stevie Ray Vaughn (Ranked #11 by Notinhalloffame.com)
Green Day (Ranked #20 by Notinhalloffame.com)
Lou Reed (Ranked #38 by Notinhalloffame.com)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Ranked #115 by Notinhalloffame.com)
The Five Royales (Ranked #148 by Notinhalloffame.com)
Bill Withers (Ranked #218 by Notinhalloffame.com)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Ranked #280 by Notinhalloffame.com)
Ringo Starr (Ranked #284 by Notinhalloffame.com)

The following acts have been added based on being eligible for this year’s vote. Links are provided by to each act so that you can vote now.

Blur (Ranked #42)
Smashing Pumpkins (Ranked #51)
A Tribe Called Quest (Ranked #63)
Mariah Carey (Ranked #121)
Massive Attack (Ranked #127)
Alice in Chains (Ranked #148)
Ween (Ranked #175)
Kid Rock (Ranked #189)
Moby (Ranked #235)
Hole (Ranked #241)
The Black Crowes (Ranked #255)
En Vogue (Ranked #304)
The Breeders (Ranked #331)
Primus (Ranked #346)
Ice Cube (Ranked #352)
Uncle Tupelo (Ranked #357)
311 (Ranked #402)
The Charlatans “U.K.” (#459)
Slaughter (#484)

As you see, the highest debut only comes in at #42, and there really isn’t any sure fire first ballot inductee on the next ballot.

This resulted in minimal changes in the top twenty-five, though significant changes did occur based on your online votes, comments and emails.

The new top twenty-five with links to their pages and their previous rank in parentheses:

1. Deep Purple (1) remains on the top spot after again not being nominated. This was coming off their first and second nominations, but Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (Rush, Kiss & Metallica) have been open that the omission of Deep Purple has been a horrible snub.

2. Kraftwerk (2) comes in at number two. They were nominated last year, which was the third time that they have made it that far. Kraftwerk at one time was ranked number one on our list.

3. Roxy Music (3) remains at the three spot. They are the highest rated band on our list that has never received a nomination. They have been ranked in the top since our site’s inception.

4. Jethro Tull (5) moves up one spot to number four. Tull has yet to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

5. The Smiths (4) drops one slot, though they did receive their first ever nomination last year.

6. MC5 (7) moves up one position. The Proto-Punk band has been nominated once in 2001.

7. New Order (6) swaps positions with MC5. New Order, nor Joy Division have ever been nominated.

8. Willie Nelson (8) remains in the number eight hole. Nelson has never been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

9. Gram Parsons (9) remains at number nine. This is the first year that Parsons did not move up on the list.

10. John Coltrane (10) also keeps the name position. Coltrane’s rank has not wavered more than two spots since the inception of our website.

11. N.W.A. (12) moves into Stevie Ray Vaughn’s eleven spot. They were nominated last year and the two years before that.

12. Chicago (13) moves up one spot. The band has yet to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has been climbing every year since we began the site.

13. Judas Priest(14) also moves one spot. The British Heavy Metal stars have never been nominated.

14. The Cure (15) moved up one spot too. The 80’s Alternative group had been nominated once before in 2012.

15. Dick Dale (17) went up two positions. The master of the surf guitar has consistently climbed our rankings and has yet to be nominated.

16. Yes (22) makes a very significant six spot jump in the top twenty-five. The Progressive Rock Band was nominated in 2014.

17. Big Star (16) dropped one spot. The influential group has been in the top twenty-five since we began the website.

18. T. Rex (18) holds its position. The Glam Rockers have never been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

19. Iron Maiden (21) moves up two spots. The Heavy Metal powerhouse has never been nominated.

20. Pixies (19) drop one position. The Alternative pioneers have never been nominated.

21. The Steve Miller Band (25) climbs four spots. The 70’s superstars continue their steady climb up the ranking and has never been nominated.

22. Joy Division (23) moved up one position. Like New Order, Joy Division has not been nominated.

23. Todd Rundgren (30) moves up a touchdown. Rundgren, who has never been nominated has moved up our ranking significantly every year.

24. The Moody Blues (33) jumped up from 33, the largest jump in the top twenty-five. The Moody Blues have also never been nominated.

25. King Crimson (24) dropped one spot. The Progressive Rock band has never been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

If you go through the entire list you will see that it extends past 500. This is in anticipation of eventual expansion to 1,000, which will be slowly be inputted through the year.

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you all for your input and ask you to continue to do so as we grow our website. Your votes, comments and emails are very important to us and will always be.

2015 Pro Football Class Announced!

Feb 01, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It’s Official!

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced their Hall of Fame Class of 2015 and our favorite five week period where the Baseball, Rock and Roll and Pro Football Hall of Fames all announce their Classes.

This year’s class includes:

Junior Seau, the number one player on our Notinhalloffame.com list. Seau was not only regarded as one of the best Linebackers of his era, but of all time.

Charles Haley, the only man with five Super Bowl rings. Haley has been eligible since 2005 and has been a Finalist every year since 2010.

Jerome Bettis, who has been eligible since 2011 and was a Finalist every year. The former Pittsburgh Steeler and Super Bowl winner in his final game is currently sixth all-time in Rushing Yards.

Tim Brown, who has been a Finalist the past six years and has finally overcome the logjams of Wide Receivers ahead of him. Brown is a former nine time Pro Bowl Selection.

Will Shields, the long time Kansas City Chief Offensive Lineman who was a nine time Pro Bowler.

Mick Tingelhoff, this year’s lone Senior Candidate and seventeen year veteran Center from the Minnesota Vikings.

Ron Wolf, one of two Finalists in the new Contributors category. Wolf was a Finalist last year, and his evaluation of player personnel made champions out of both the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers.

Bill Polian, the other Contributor Finalist, who was the architect of the Bills power in the early 1990’s and longtime executive with the Indianapolis Colts.

This marks the second consecutive snub for Marvin Harrison, who has stat wise and accolade wise has been the top Wide Receiver on the ballot.

Another notable exception is Kurt Warner, who entering his first year on the ballot was expected by many to make it in. The same goes for Orlando Pace, his teammate with the St. Louis Rams, who did not get in.

All three of the Coaches who were nominated, Jimmy Johnson, Tony Dungy and Don Coryell were not chosen.

Kevin Greene, John Lynch and Morten Andersen also were not chosen.

We would like to congratulate this year’s Class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and in one month’s time, we will unleash the new list for next year.