With a Major League leading 601 career saves, Trevor Hoffman is calling it a career.  There is a very good chance that this is a mark that will be broken soon, as Mariano Rivera stands 41 saves behind and has not yet shown any signs of slowing down.  Whether or not Hoffman's record is broken he had a career that few can match.  Hoffman was a seven time All Star who twice led the League in Saves, and finished second five times.  He spent sixteen of his nineteen years with the San Diego Padres and twice was the runner up for the National League Cy Young Award.  By all accounts, Hoffman should be a very strong Hall of Fame candidate, but his situation brings to mind that of Lee Smith who also retired as the career leader in Saves and seems to have hit a ceiling in terms of votes.  Should Trevor Hoffman be in the Hall of Fame, and if so should he go in on the first ballot?

Our #3 Selection for the WWE Hall of Fame, Shawn Michaels was announced this evening as the first inductee to the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Class.  This should not come as a surprise to anyone as he retired this past Wrestlemania and left in good standing with the WWE.  We will not remove Michaels just yet from our rankings, as we will await the next group of inductees, but rest assured rankings will be altering soon.  Congratulations Shawn!

The Football Hall of Fame has announced their fifteen Finalists.  Making the cut are:

Marshall Faulk

Deion Sanders

Shannon Sharpe

Willie Roaf

Curtis Martin

Cortez Kennedy

Cris Carter

Richard Dent

Jerome Bettis

Tim Brown

Chris Doleman

Andre Reed

Dermonti Dawson

Charles Haley

Ed Sabol

There are really little surprises in this list and the only think that does pop out is tha amount of first year nomineess; all of which have a legitimate shot to get in.  A minimum of four and maximum of seven will be chosen on February 5, the day before the Super Bowl.

Who should get In?