Not in Hall of Fame News

This weekend, the most decorated team in National League history, the St. Louis Cardinals ushers in its second group of inductees to their Hall of Fame.  This collection of talent includes Marty Marion, Willie McGee, Jim Edmonds and Mike Shannon. The Cardinals Hall of Fame inducts people from three categories, the Veteran, Modern and Lifetime Achievement.  This year’s Veteran Category inductee is Mary Marion, the 1944 National League Most Valuable Player.  Marion was considered the finest defensive Shortstop in his day and even with advanced metrics he would lead the National League in Defensive bWAR three times.  Marion was selected…

The Los Angeles Kings have announced that they will retire the number 4 of Rob Blake, marking the sixth time that the organization has retired a number.  Blake joins a group that includes Marcel Dionne (#16), Dave Taylor (#18), Luc Robitaille (#20), Rogie Vachon (#30) and Wayne Gretzky (#99). Blake was drafted by Los Angeles in 1988, Blake worked his way up the ranks to become one of the top Defenceman in the National Hockey League.  He would have his breakout campaign in the 1997/98 season where he won the Norris Trophy Award as the NHL’s top Defenceman and earned…

The Arena Football League announced their Class of 2014 during their National Conference Championship Game.  The relatively new league first began operation in 1987, and inducted their first member to their own Hall of Fame in 1997.  Currently, the AFL has fourteen teams and is doing substantially better economically, as we are only five years removed from when they League suspended operations in 2009 for one season to restructure their business model Four players were selected for this year’s class. The arguable headliner of the Class is Damian Harrell, who is the all time Arena League leader in Receptions.  Harrell…

The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their latest crop of inductees for their Minnesota based institution, and former New Jersey Devil and Detroit Red Wing Defenceman, Brian Rafalski will headline it. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Rafalski was the defensive anchor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was named a WCHA First Team All Star in his senior year.  Going undrafted in the NHL, Rafalski turned to Europe and found his niche in the Finnish League, most notably playing for HIFK.  In his final season there (1998/99) he won the Kultainen Kypara (Translated into Golden Helmet) which is…

We were wondering when this was finally going to happen.  Although an official date has not been announced, the Green Bay Packers have announced that Brett Favre will enter their franchise’s Hall of Fame in the summer of 2015, and that his number will be officially retired. On Favre’s website, where the announcement first took place he had the following to say: “I’m pleased to announce that I will be returning to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2015 for induction into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and retirement of my jersey. It was a tremendous honor to play 16…