Taken with the 20th Overall Pick in 2019, George Kirby needed only three years to make it to to the Majors, where in his rookie year he went 8-5 and aided the Mariners make the playoffs.

Currently entering his fourth year in Seattle, Kirby has been one of the best control pitchers in the game and is on a two-year streak of leading the AL in SO/BB and BB/9, though he has surrendered a significant amount of hits.  He did make the All-Star Team in 2023 where he was eighth in Cy Young voting, and has the goods to make a top five Cy Young finish in 2025.

We are diligently working away at Notinhalloffame on revising our Baseball and Football lists to reflect the winter’s respective classes.

As such, we are pleased to announce that we have revised 281-300 on the NIHOF Baseball list.

This concludes this year’s revision.

Those ranked are:

#281. Ian Kinsler
#282. Jim Sundberg
#283. Darrell Porter
#284. Lindy McDaniel
#285. Edwin Encarnacion
#286. Preacher Roe
#287. Dom DiMaggio
#288. George Gore
#289. Javier Vasquez
#290. Hank Gowdy
#291. Brad Radke
#292. Milt Pappas
#293. Derrek Lee
#294. Bill Hutchinson
#295. Larry Gardner
#296. David Justice
#297. Dan Haren
#298. Placido Polanco
#299. Brian Downing
#300. Curt Simmons

The current (and under construction) list is here.

Look for more updates soon!

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The Country Music Hall of Fame has that Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash and Tony Brown will comprise the Class of 2025.

Chesney’s laid back musical style has entertained fans since 1994, and the self-taught musician racked up piles of number one albums and singles on the Country charts.  Later this year, he will become the first Country act to headline the Sphere at Las Vegas.  He is this year’s Modern Era Artist inductee.

June Carter Cash is this year’s Senior Era Artist, and is best known for her collaborations with her husband Johnny Cash.  She did have a strong run of individual success in the late 50s, 60s and 70s, and was also a prolific songwriter.

Brown, a pianist who played for Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, enters in the Non-Performer Category for his work as a producer.  He oversaw over 100 Number One songs in that capacity.

We here at Notinhalloffame would like to congratulate the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

We lost a legend today.

George Foreman, a two-time Heavyweight Champion passed away at the age of 76.

Foreman won Gold in the 1968 Olympics and turned pro shortly thereafter.  After amassing 37 consecutive wins, he received a shot at Joe Frazier for the World Heavyweight Title, which he won via a second round knockout.  Foreman then defended the belt against Jose Roman and Ken Norton, and proceeded to face former champion, Muhammad Ali, in the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire.  Foreman lost to Ali, and retired in 1977 after he lost to Jimmy Young.

In 1987, Foreman, who was now 38, made a comeback and after compiling 27 wins, challenged Evander Holyfield for the Heavyweight Title.  Foreman lost, but he continued on, and at the age of 45, he knocked out Michael Moorer to win the WBA and IBF Heavyweight Championship. 

The charismatic pugilist later became the pitchman for a fat-reducing grill, which became known as the George Foreman Grill.   The venture yielded Foreman substantially more revenue than he ever did during as a boxer.

We here at Notinhalloffame would like to extend out condolences to the fans, friends and family of George Foreman.