by domara | Jan 7, 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Billy Wagner, Boston Red Sox, Craig Breslow, Curt Schilling, Dan Butler, Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Ballot, Jeff Bagwell, Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Trevor Hoffman
For the first time in 60 years, the Baseball Writers Association of America elected four new players to the Hall of Fame. In their first year on the ballot starting pitchers Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and John Smoltz coasted into Cooperstown, while center fielder...
by askillin | Jan 7, 2015 | Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Ballot, Pedro Martinez
There is only one Pedro Martinez. That much is certain. And while the same sentiment has been used to describe any number of people, no one has ever been quite like Pedro. I don’t remember the first time I saw Pedro pitch, or the first time I even heard his name. I...
by bcowett | Jan 11, 2013 | 2004 ALCS, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Writer's Association of America, Ben Cherington, Clay Buchholz, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Nava, Hall of Fame Ballot, Joel Hanrahan, Jon Lester, Justin Upton, Mike Napoli, Sammy Sosa, Will Middlebrooks
Guys, I’m making the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame class reunion letters and need some creative – oh. Right. Blank ballots, morality debates, and no players voted in. Here’s some links for you all while I stare at this situation incredulously. Of all...
by tbrooks | Jan 8, 2013 | Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Ballot, Jack Morris, Murray Chass
Yes, quite clearly this is a Red Sox site. Format, content have not been changed. Soon enough you will have your Tuesdays rescued by a good bit of Cafardo hilarity. Please forgive me as I make my debut stretching a bit outside of Red Sox nation, but some things just...
by bcowett | Jan 7, 2013 | 2004 ALCS, Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Ballot, Javier Vazquez, Will Middlebrooks
Hello again everyone! Roughly six weeks until pitchers & catchers report! Aren’t you excited? Not really? Well, that was more than I expected, I guess. Anyway, links galore! Logic, not just optimism, dictates that your Red Sox will be better in 2013. Or, if...
by bcowett | Dec 26, 2012 | Adam LaRoche, Andruw Jones, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Curt Schilling, Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Ballot, Joel Hanrahan, Mike Napoli, Nick Punto, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ryan Zimmerman
Hello again, everyone! I’ve got another batch of links for you to read while resting from the fast & furious shopping binge you’re on, thanks to all these after-Christmas sales… Since the pieces in the Joel Hanrahan trade are supposedly being...
by chipbuck | Dec 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame Ballot
With the flurry of the Winter Meetings feeling like a distant memory, many baseball writers have shifted their attention away from the hot stove league (albeit temporarily) to writing articles about the upcoming Hall of Fame vote. As with nearly every election, there...
