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Our All-Time Top 50 Pittsburgh Pirates Have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out, and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Pirates.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Pirates got off to a good start but were unable to hold that momentum, and they again missed the playoffs. There were no new entrants but one small elevation.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Honus Wagner
3. Paul Waner
4. Arky Vaughan
You can find the entire list here.
The only change was the returning Andrew McCutchen, who went up one spot to #11.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
RIP: Ole Anderson
Born Alan Rogowski, Anderson made his professional debut in the late 60s, and it did not take long for him to make his way to the Carolinas, where he adopted the Ole Anderson name as the kayfabe brother of Lars and Gene Anderson, the latter of whom he had a regular tag team with. They won multiple tag team titles, and Ole also established himself as a singles star. As Anderson gained knowledge, he took over as the booker in both Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling. When Jack and Jerry Brisco sold their interest in GCW to Vince McMahon, Anderson created the Championship Wrestling from Georgia.
Ole's promotion would merge with JCP, and Anderson remained a fixture. He gained a new tag team partner (and kayfabe brother) in Arn Anderson, and they would later form the Four Horseman with Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard. Ole entered semi-retirement in 1987 when he was kicked out of the group.
He returned to reform the group with Flair, Arn, Barry Windham, and Sid Vicious, but was used as the mouthpiece for the group for a short time before he went backstage as a booker. He would leave the promotion for good in 1994.
Anderson was as intelligent as he was curmudgeonly and was one of the few who legitimately did not care whether you liked him. He was one of the better bookers of his era, and though not all of his ideas worked (Black Scorpion), he was undoubtedly creative.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends, and family of Ole Anderson.
Our All-Time Top 50 Philadelphia Phillies have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2023 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Phillies.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Phillies had another great year, advancing to the NLCS. This good year by the team saw two new entrants in the Top 50.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Mike Schmidt
4. Ed Delahanty
You can find the entire list here.
Pitcher, Aaron Nola, was unable to move up from #23, and remains in that spot.
The new entrants were Pitcher, Zack Wheeler and former MVP, Bryce Harper, who enter at #39 and #45 respectively.
We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Russell Wilson says Marshawn Lynch is a Hall of Famer
Marshawn Lynch, who is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame next year, received an endorsement from a player who knows him very well; Quarterback, Russell Wilson.
The duo won Super Bowl 48 together with the Seattle Seahawks, and were on the losing side of following contest on a controversial play call where Wilson threw an interception that ended the game. If there were any hard feelings between the two, that has not extended to Wilson’s respect for Lynch, who recently said on the I Am Athlete Podcast, that his former backfield partner in Canton worthy:
“To me, he (Marshawn) should be a Hall of Fame football player. You know what he meant to Seattle, what he meant to our team, and what he meant to me. I wouldn't be as great as I am without him, watching him and observing him and also vice versa, just how hard he worked”
Lynch played most of his career with Seattle, and rushed for 10,413 Rushing Yards, 85 Rushing Touchdowns and had 2,214 Receiving Yards and 9 Receiving Touchdowns. He also went to five Pro Bowls, was a First Team All-Pro, and twice led the league in Rushing Touchdowns.
While there are other Running Backs who are Hall of Fame eligible who have more Rushing Yards and Yards From Scrimmage than Lynch, they do not have the same cultural impact, nor the big game moments that “Beast Mode” had.
Coincidentally, we will be working next month on our Notinhalloffame.com list on the football players who are worthy of PFHOF consideration, and Lynch will be ranked among them.