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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the 2022 Finalists
Dec 03, 2022
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Committee Chairman
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2022, which will be the 9th full class. The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees. There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame: The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks)…
RIP: Gaylord Perry
Dec 01, 2022
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Committee Chairman
It has been rough week for us at Notinhalloffame.com, as following the deaths of John Had and Christine McVie, Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher, Gaylord Perry, passed away at the age of 84. The master of the spitball used cunning and guile to last 22 Seasons in the Majors, playing for San Francisco, Cleveland, Texas, San Diego, New York (AL), Atlanta, Seattle and Kansas City. Debuting for the Giants in 1962, Perry did not learn the spitter until two years later, and while it was widely known he used the illegal pitch, he was not caught until 1981. Batters were flummoxed by…
RIP; John Hadl
Nov 30, 2022
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Committee Chairman
Former Quarterback, John Hadl, who played most notably with the San Diego Chargers, passed away at the age of 82. A College Football Hall of Famer from the University of Kansas, Hadl played 11 years for the Chargers and was a three-time AFL leader in Passing Yards, compiling 33,503 Yards with 244 Touchdown Passes. He also played for the Rams, Green Bay and Houston, and was a six-time AFL All-Star/Pro Bowl Selection. In our latest Notinhalloffame list of those to consider for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hadl was ranked at #92. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our…
RIP: Christine McVie
Nov 30, 2022
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Committee Chairman
The music world lost one of its sweetest voices as it was announced that Christine McVie, of Fleetwood Mac, passed away at the age of 79. It was not mentioned how she died, only that it was a brief battle. McVie was born Christine Perfect, she married John McVie, the bassist of Fleetwood Mac and would join the band soon after. After the addition of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the band released “Rumours” the album that catapulted them to the stratosphere, and yielded many hits, some which were written and sung by McVie. The band continued to perform for decades, generating many…
Notinhalloffame NHL Cup Standings Update
Nov 29, 2022
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Committee Chairman
If you are a regular visitor at Notinhalloffame.com, you know that we created the Notinhalloffame NHL Cup, where in every regular season game, we award points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five performers. This is the second year that we have done this, and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid won the first one. To keep everyone regularly in the loop this time, we have decided to give regular updates, starting at when the first player cracked 40 Points, and tell all of you the top ten. We will this going forward with every update as the first player breaches the elevated ten-point threshold afterward. Here…
Notinhalloffame NBA Cup Standings Update
Nov 29, 2022
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Committee Chairman
If you are a regular visitor at Notinhalloffame.com, you know that we created the Notinhalloffame NBA Cup, where in every regular season game, we award points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five performers. This is the third year that we have done this, and Denver’s Nikola Jokic won the first two. To keep everyone regularly in the loop this time, we have decided to give regular updates, starting at when the first player cracked 80 Points, and tell all of you the top ten. We will this going forward with every update as the first player breaches the elevated ten-point threshold afterward. Here…
Cam Ward Elected to the Carolina Hurricanes Hall of Fame
Nov 29, 2022
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Committee Chairman
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that Cam Ward has become the first person elected to the Carolina Hurricanes Hall of Fame. Ward was a First Round Pick (25th Overall) in 2002, and debuted for the Canes in 2005, playing for them until 2018. Holding the all-time franchise record in Wins (318) and Shutouts (27), Ward has a Caroina…
Our All-Time Top 50 Pittsburgh Pirates are now up!
Nov 28, 2022
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Committee Chairman
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. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates first came into existence in 1882, first as the Alleghenys before changing their name to the Pirates in 1892. They played in the first modern World Series in 1903, and won their first in 1909. Since then, they have won four more, 1925, 1960, 1971 & 1979, and was the home of some of the greatest names…
Our 2026 Baseball Futures are up
Nov 26, 2022
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Committee Chairman
We love to add more sub-sections at Notinhalloffame.com, and if you have been looking at our recent posts, you can see that our current focus is on our Futures Section, which look at eventual candidates who have retired from their respective sport, but are not yet Hall of Fame eligible. Today, we unveil the latest add-on, the 2026 Baseball Futures of the players who qualify for Cooperstown in 2026. Here are the players in our 2026 Baseball Futures Section: Alex Gordon: Playing his entire career with the Royals, Gordon won three Gold Gloves, was a three-time All-Star and was a member of…
Our 2025 Hockey Futures are up
Nov 26, 2022
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Committee Chairman
It is onward and upward for us at Notinhalloffame.com, as we have added on to our Hockey Futures Section, with the creation of the 2025 dropdown of the former players who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame that year. Those who you can now vote and give your opinions on are: Alexander Semin: Semin had three 70-Point NHL Seasons, and had a World Championship Gold Medal with Russia. Andrej Sekara: The former Defenseman is mostly known for his time in Buffalo, and he represented Slovakia multiple times. He also won a Silver Medal in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey representing…