Not in Hall of Fame News

I woke up today and got an email from Dennis Keith Orlandini, who has begun blogging on our site.  He informed that Minnie Minoso passed away, thus making any possible Hall of Fame induction for him posthumous.  Minoso was a Golden Era Candidate this past year but failed to generate the necessary support. Rather than give a biography on his life, I am going to ask you to follow this link to an article that Mr. Orlandini wrote that summed up why he should be in the Baseball Hall. RIP: Mr. Minoso, this is a huge loss for Baseball.

Regular visitors to our website know that we will be launching in 2016 our fourth section which will discuss and rank the North American franchises from the four major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA  & NFL) and how they honor their past players and contributors.  With that in mind, the Kansas City Royals have announced that their former captain, Mike Sweeney will be joining their franchises’ Hall of Fame. Sweeney was drafted as a Catcher in 1991 and would make the main roster in 1995 and by 1999 he was an everyday player alternating from First Base and Designated Hitter.  Sweeney…

The Blues Foundation in conjunction with the Blues Hall of Fame have announced their Class of 2015, which will include multi-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Tommy Brown. Clapton is the headliner of the trio, having popularized the music in his native Britain as well as the rest of the world through his incorporated that style of music into his rock sound for years.  Fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Little Richard will also be joining the Memphis based Hall.  Little Richard was one of the most important R&B and Rock…

The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their latest Hall of Fame Class and it is certainly a diverse group of inductees. Inducted this year is Cyndi Lauper, a star of the 1980’s and was a feminist icon of the decade.  Her biggest songs, Time After Time and True Colors have been often covered and propelled her stardom and as a respected songwriter. The late Jerry Garcia and lyricist, Robert Hunter from the Grateful Dead, will also be joining the Hall.  The Dead are already members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Linda Perry, who might be best…

Hopefully in a year’s time, we will be able to unveil our ranking of all four major North American sports franchise and how they retire numbers or have their own Hall of Fame.  Basically it will be a ranking of post career accolades.  As you can imagine, the New York Yankees are a strong contender to top that list, and it looks like they are going to add another three retired numbers sometime next season. Andy Pettitte will have his number 46 retired by the organization.  Pettitte played fifteen of his eighteen seasons in Baseball in Yankee pinstripes and would…