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Fictitious Rock & Roll Semi Finalists Announced

Jan 22, 2015

We have a major announcement here at Notinhalloffame.com as the 40 Semi-Finalists have been announced for the first ever Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class.

The 40 Semi-Finalists are:

Aldous Snow (Get Him to the Greek)

Alice Bowie (Up In Smoke)

Alvin & The Chipmunks (Alvin & The Chipmunks…TV, Movie & Music)

Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)

Dethlkok (Metalocoplypse)

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (The Muppet Show)

Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers)

Faith + 1 (South Park)

Gorillaz (band)

Jem and the Holograms (Jem)

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

Jesse and the Rippers (Full House)

Jerome “Chef” McElroy (South Park)

Josie and the Pussycats (TV Show)

Michigan J. Frog (The Looney Toons)

Nick The Lounge Singer (Saturday Night Live)

Otis Day and The Knights (Animal House)

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)

Robin Sparkle (How I Met Your Mother)

Rowlf the Dog (The Muppet Show)

Schroeder (Peanuts)

Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sgt. Pepper’s Movie)

Spinal Tap (This is Spinal Tap)

Stillwater (Almost Famous)

Tenacious D (band & The Pick of Destiny)

The Archies (The Archies, Song)

The Banana Splits (The Banana Splits, TV Show)

The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live)

The Commitments (The Commitments)

The Junkyard Band (Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids)

The Monkees (The Monkees)

The Partridge Family (The Partridge Family)

The Rutles (The Rutles: All You Need is Cash)

The School of Rock (School of Rock)

The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

The Wonders (That Thing You Do)

Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman & Taxi)

Vince Everett (Jailhouse Rock)

Wyld Stallyns (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)

The 40 Semi-Finalists are up and you can vote for your favorite ten here. The top ten receiving votes will advance to the Finals.

Those 40 will be on the ballot until May 1, 2015 when the top 10 Finalists will be announced with the intent of announcing the first Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class on October 1, 2015.

As always we encourage you to vote on these Semi-Finalists and help us decide who will be the first group of Finalists for the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose discusses Bonds and Clemens

Jan 21, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Pete Rose is never one to shy away from letting people know what he thinks. In a television interview with Reuters today, the Hit King was asked if he thought if the Steroids players should get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rose wasn’t on the fence with his answer at all.

“Would I vote for Roger Clemens? You're damn right I would. Would I vote for Barry Bonds? You're damn right I would. These guys are seven-time MVPs, seven-time Cy Young Award winner."

When asked about his own Hall of Fame case Rose continued to be contrite as he has been in many other interviews blaming himself for his exclusion from the game though hopeful that the new commissioner, Rob Manfred, will give him a second chance and that hopefully with the All Star Game being in Cincinnati, he will be able to be a part of it in some capacity.

Frankly, we hope so too!

1986 Hockey HOF Class is up

Jan 18, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

We have been working diligently to add our Hall of Fame futures over the last few months, and we have made great strides in that, as many new sections opened up in 2014.

Saying all of that, we here at Notinhalloffame.com need to make sure that we are actually mentioning those who are already in their respective Halls of Fame and that are what we are doing here, with the additions of existing Hockey Hall of Fame Classes, and in the future we will be adding existing Baseball, Football and Basketball classes, and will do so with a historical perspective.

With that, we are pleased to announce that the 1986 Hockey Hall of Fame Class is up and you can vote on whether this group belongs in the Hall.

The Players/Builders are:

Bill Hanley, a longtime administrator in the Ontario Hockey Association.

Dave Keon, who four times won the Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs, twice would win the Lady Byng and once the Conn Smythe.

Leo Boivin, a stay-at-home Defenceman, known for his work with the Boston Bruins.

Serge Savard, who would win the Stanley Cup nine times with the Montreal Canadians and was part of the “Big Three” of Montreal’s Defensive corps.

Please feel free to give your opinion as to whether these players should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame and look for more classes to come!

Paul Konerko's number to be retired

Jan 16, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Regular visitors to our website know that we will be launching in 2016 our fourth section which will discuss and rank the North American franchises from the four major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA & NFL) and how they honor their past players and contributors.

With that in mind, the Chicago White Sox have announced that the will be officially retiring the number 14 of Paul Konerko on May 23 at their home game against the Minnesota Twins.

Konerko would spend sixteen seasons with the White Sox after arriving there from a trade from the Cincinnati Reds. He would quickly ascend up the popularity chart and emerge as the team’s power man, where he would blast 432 of his career 439 Home Runs, a mark that puts him only second in franchise history, though he would take over as the White Sox leader in Total Bases.

His other significant stats as a member of the Chicago White Sox include 1,141 Runs Scored, 2,292 Hits, 1,383 Runs Batted In, a Slash Line of .281/.356/.491 and a bWAR of 29.3.

Konerko will become the tenth former player to have his number retired by the organization.