Wednesday Links: The Hall of Fame’s imperfect voting system could use some revisions

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...

Tuesday Links: What cap will Pedro Martinez don on Cooperstown plaque?

As I’m writing this the 2015 Hall of Fame election results have yet to be announced, but thanks to ballot trackers we have a pretty good guess as to who will join baseball’s greats in Cooperstown. Among the 34 names on the ballot, most predict that former...

Rumors Swirling

Just a quick note here to hope that everyone has had a great holiday season so far. Check back tomorrow early afternoon for a long column, but I’m far too beat to start my column now after a day filled with gifts, food and relatives. How about those Randy...