Not in Hall of Fame News

The first wave of inductees for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has been announced and the undisputed headliner thus far is the recently resigned commissioner of the National Basketball Association, David Stern. Stern served in that capacity for thirty years, and during that time the NBA flourished becoming one of the biggest entities in all of sports. Not only did the players make a lot more money, they became a lot more famous, as ESPN analyst Colin Cowherd often stated, he made the names on the back of the jersey matter. Stern will be joined International Committee selection, Sarunas…

As we have mentioned here on Notinhalloffame.com, we don’t foresee us ever ranking those who are not in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. This is not to say that we don’t have respect for this institution as we certainly do, but as much as songwriting is an obviously vital part of music, this Hall of Fame does not raise even a fraction of the ire and passion that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame does.Regardless of that fact, there is a major event which occurred yesterday as they have announced their 2014 Class which includes a pair of recognizable…

Ladies and Gentleman, we have always said that the Winter is our favorite time of year at Notinhalloffame.com. In a thirty day period, it is when the Rock and Roll, Baseball and Football Halls of Fame announce their new classes, and we have to back to the drawing board and revise our lists. The first up is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we are thrilled to announce that we have our revision done much quicker than we did last year. Our last year’s number one selection, Nirvana was selected on their first year of eligibility necessitating a…

Today, we lost another great in the world of Baseball as Ralph Kiner passed away today at the age of 91. Kiner was only in Major League Baseball for ten seasons as a sever back injury took him out of the game at the age of 32, but in his first seven seasons he was one of the most decorated power hitters ever. Kiner entered MLB with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1946 and won the National League Home Run title, which is an accolade he would win the next six seasons after. His career total would be 369, and to…

Another major retirement in the world of Major League Baseball has occurred as Lance Berkman has called it a career. Berkman last played with the Texas Rangers, won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, but had his seasons with the Houston Astros where he was part of the “Killer B’s” with Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell.Berkman was an All Star six times and on four occasions he made the top five in National League MVP voting. He wrapped up his career with some very good power numbers, totalling 366 Home Runs and was a Doubles champion twice. He…