Not in Hall of Fame News

It did not have a whole lot of fanfare, what with the World Series coming soon and all, but former two-time All Star, Brian Roberts has announced that he will be retiring from Professional Baseball. Roberts entered the Major League ranks in 2001 with the Baltimore Orioles, a team he would play for in his next 13 seasons.  Showcasing significant speed, Roberts swiped 185 bags, including an American League leading 50 in 2007.  He would also lead the AL in Doubles twice, a feat achieved in 2004 and 2009.  Playing Second Base for the bulk of his career, Roberts would…

We announced some time ago that we would not be doing a list for the World Golf Hall of Fame as their induction process was too lax for our liking.  Since that time, the Golf Hall announced that they would be revising their process, and today they announced their first induction class under the new system. This year’s headliner is Mark O’Meara, a 16 time winner on the PGA Tour.  O’Meara won two Majors, the 1998 British Open and 1998 Masters, the year he was named the 1998 PGA Player of the Year.  In total, he won 34 tournaments as…

A major apology is owed to all of you. As you have seen, we have been very busy with the creation of our new Fictitious Athlete and Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fames, and for that matter the continued expansion of our core site.  That being said, the new logo for Notinhalloffame.com was actually done months ago, not that long after we asked all of you who it should replace KISS on the banner. That informal questionnaire did not exactly result in any one artist who was the runaway winner.  In fact, it would be accurate to say that…

Shortly after the Los Angeles Dodgers were eliminated in the Major League Baseball Playoffs, Starting Pitcher, Josh Beckett has announced that he is retiring at the age of 34.  Beckett last pitched on August 8th, and was placed back on the disabled list due to issues with his hip.  He told MLB.Com that coming back from this injury at this stage of his life was not something that he could see himself doing.  He will be having surgery on the torn labrum this May. Beckett may be another in the long line of Baseball players whose career ended sooner than…

When a Hall of Famer sounds off about their respective Hall and those hoping to get inducted, it is always news to us. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Frank Robinson spoke on “Outside the Lines”, the popular ESPN program which was documenting the 40th Anniversary of Robinson becoming the first African-American Manager in the history of Major League Baseball.  When asked about his former teammate, Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame, Robinson did not sugar coat his opinion: “Nothing.  Lifetime ban means lifetime.  Pete Rose broke a sacred rule in baseball by gambling on baseball and gambling on…