Not in Hall of Fame News

Gary Sheffield has officially retired and has made his case for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Twenty years ago, a baseball star with over 500 Home Runs would be an automatic lock for the Hall of Fame. That is not the case anymore now is it? Sheffield's career stats are solid, there is no doubt of this. He hit 509 Homers, was a nine time All Star and a five time Silver Slugger. Subsequently, his 2,689 Hits and 1,676 Runs Batted In are also impressive tallies. Still there are three things that worl against him. Journeyman Perception. Sheffield may have…

Peter Forsberg returned to National Hockey League on Friday Night to the Colorado Avalanche after spending two seasons with Modo in the Swedish League. Forsberg was a favorite of ours, and we are happy to see him back in the NHL, but it got us thinking.... What of the other stars still competing in Europe, like Jaormir Jagr and Dominik Hasek? Here is why we are thinking about it. The Hockey Hall of Fame will not consider anyone eligible until they have finished their professional career (even in Europe) for three years. We will be looking to create a Future…

Does 240 Wins make a Hall of Fame Career? Probably not, but there should be little doubt that Pettitte carved himself a nice career and is retiring with some fairly nice statistics. His 240 wins is paired with only 138 losses leaving him a .638 win percentage, which is 9th overall in Major League History. Pettitte also retires as the games's all time win leader in the Post Season, of which he netted five World Series Rings. The three time All Star, also whiffed 2,251 career batters. With that said, detractors have reasons to sneer. Playing for powerful Yankees teams…

Well gang we have finally reached the point where we are taking the main list that we are known for and have been forced to revise it. With the selection of Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Tom Waits and Darlene Love, five new spots automatically opened. With votes tabulated, from us and from you; Rush has overtaken Kraftwerk and are this year's number one selection on our Rock and Roll List. In addition, we would also drop some from the original 500, in favor of the new batch of eligible artists. Three of which (Guns N' Roses, Soundgarden and…

Today the music world lost Don Kirshner who passed away of heart failure. Kirshner was a music producer who was known in the industry as "The Man with the Golden Ear" and was instrumental in discovering many Singers and Songwriters. Perhaps, to most of us, Kirshner was important for the producing of "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" Television Series, which featured the top Rock and Roll acts of the day. Although Kirshner was mocked for his deadpan delivery as the program's host, Rock fans were thrilled to see the biggest stars of the day actually perform their music as opposed to…