Not in Hall of Fame News

It had long been speculated that Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame on their first try.  Not only did that happen, but they will be joined by Craig Biggio making this the largest Hall of Fame class in sixty years. Let’s take a look at who got in and who didn’t make the cut. Inductees: Randy Johnson, 1st Year, 97.3 percent.  15 voters did not choose Johnson.  I would love to hear explanations from each of them as to why “The Big Unit” was not Hall of Fame worthy. Pedro Martinez, 1st…

There are chances that if you are regular visitor to this website, you know that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the constant controversy that surrounds it, is the backbone of what this site about.  The Pennsylvania based “America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame” may not have nearly the same prestige or name recognition, but they have unveiled their third Class, which will be the official Class of 2015. Named to their Hall of Fame are the following: Paul McCartneyLinda RonstadtGlen CampbellPaul AnkaChubby CheckerThe EaglesThe Everly BrothersThe Four SeasonsTom JonesRicky NelsonThe Righteous BrothersJohnny TillotsonAndy Williams With all due…

We were not playing to really look at Pro Bowl selections, but every time the Pro Football Hall of Fame announces their classes, articles always point to the amount of Pro Bowl selections a player accumulated.  With that in mind, we thought we would take a brief look at this year’s Pro Bowl selections, and what, if any impact that holds for the Hall of Fame. Quarterbacks: Tom Brady, New England Patriots.  10th Pro Bowl Selection.  Brady is already a First Ballot Hall of Fame inductee, and there is a very good chance he could add a fourth Super Bowl…

It was a sad day in the world of Rock and Roll as we learned today that Joe Cocker died of lung cancer at the age of 70. The English Blues/Rocker hit worldwide prominence in the late 60’s on both sides of the pond where his Beatles cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” went number one in the United Kingdom, and though only went to 68 in the United States, his live version of the song at Woodstock was a major moment of what would become the most important concert of a generation.  Joe Cocker would embark…

Some of you who are regular visitors to our website know that we will be unveiling in the future a look at each North American franchise and ranking them in order of how they honor their former players and/or contributors.  That will not be unveiled until late next year, but the natural progression of that will be to look at the major U.S. Universities and as such whenever one major college Hall of Fame announces a new class you can believe we will be interested. Missouri University has just announced their latest class, which includes six new members, three of…