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NEWS ABOUT: Baseball Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame stories: 20 news summaries
Cryogenic Tell-All

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Treated Like a Baseball

Former exec at cryogenics company details bizarre, unprofessional practices

Oct 2, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Baseball Hall of Fame • decapitation • freezing temperatures • Ted Williams • cryogenics • head • tell-all

 MLB Chief 
 Weighs Pardon 
 for Pete Rose 

Aaron, others want disgraced player in Hall of Fame

Jul 27, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pete Rose may yet have a shot at baseball’s Hall of Fame: Commissioner Bud Selig is weighing ending Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the sport, the New York Daily News reports. Hank Aaron, whose opinion counts heavily with Selig, told reporters over the weekend he’d like... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • gambling • Hank Aaron • Cooperstown • Pete Rose • Baseball Hall of Fame • ban • baseball

(Newser) - The Baseball Writers of America turn out to be a predictable lot. A new computer program from a Missouri State computer science professor can accurately predict who’ll join the Hall of Fame, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given a set of 1,592 players who retired between 1950... More »

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artificial intelligence • Cooperstown • Hall of Fame • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball

(AP) - Jim Rice's icy glare melted into a wide smile. Brash, flamboyant Rickey Henderson was humbled by it all. The former left fielders were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today along with the late Joe Gordon, and Henderson, baseball's all-time leading base stealer, was briefly overcome before evoking some... More »

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sports • Boston Red Sox • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • Jim Rice • Oakland A's • left field • Ricky Henderson • Joe Gordon

 Baseball Hall Pass 
 Means Cushy Retirement 

Players battle for spot with political-style campaigns

Jul 23, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are headed for baseball’s Hall of Fame—and a life without financial headaches, the Wall Street Journal reports. Retired players make money with autographs, speeches, and endorsements, and a place in Cooperstown means their values skyrocket. “‘HoF’ after a signature... More »

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MLB • Venezuela • Baseball Hall of Fame • Hugo Chávez • Dick Durbin • Paul Wellstone • baseball • Jim Rice • Rickey Henderson • Bert Blyleven • Ron Santo • Dave Concepcion

(Newser) - The Baseball Writers’ Association of America—which decides the annual Hall of Fame class—has voted down an attempt to make new guidelines for players implicated in steroid use, the AP reports. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander had suggested a committee be formed to create new rules that acknowledged the... More »

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steroids • voting • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire • sports doping • baseball • steroid use • juicing • Rick Telander

OPINION

 Top 'Rickey Being 
 Rickey' Moments 


Jun 21, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Rickey Henderson set to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, the Pepper blog rehashes top Rickey-being-Rickey moments. Some highlights:
  • “People are always saying, ‘Rickey says Rickey.’ But it’s been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I’
... More »

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MLB • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • Rickey Henderson

opinion

 Let Steroids Users  
 Into Hall of Fame  

Baseball should allow performance-enhancing drugs

Jun 20, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Hall of Fame has become baseball’s weapon of last resort against players who’ve used performance-enhancing drugs. Baseball writers can’t ban drug users from the sport or take away their money—but they can deny them a spot in Cooperstown. This crusade is senseless, writes Zev Chafets... More »

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sports • steroids • MLB • anabolic steroids • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire

OBITUARY

 Hall of Famer 
 George Kell 
 Dead at 86 

.306 career hitter won AL batting title in 1949

Mar 24, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baseball Hall of Famer and broadcaster George Kell died in his sleep this morning in Arkansas, MLB.com reports; he was 86. He batted .306 during 15 seasons in the 1940s and ‘50s, winning the American League batting crown in 1949. The 10-time All-Star, whose stops included Detroit, Boston,... More »

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obituary • Baseball Hall of Fame • broadcasting • baseball • George Kell • Ernie Harwell

OPINION

McGwire Hall Snub Bodes
Ill for Bonds, Clemens

Could Bonds, Clemens face exclusion?

Jan 13, 09 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mark McGwire's awful showing in Hall of Fame voting—he got only 21.9% of votes this year, which is actually worse than last year and way below the required 75%—is a good sign that that fellow steroid pals Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds face long odds when they... More »

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Barry Bonds • Roger Clemens • Cooperstown • Hall of Fame • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire • baseball

 Henderson, 
 Rice Headed 
 to Cooperstown 

Prototype leadoff hitter elected to Baseball Hall on first try; Rice gets in on last try

Jan 12, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, MLB reports today. Henderson, often cited as the best leadoff hitter ever, was considered a shoe-in, and captured 94.8% of votes in his first year on the ballot. Rice, a Boston stalwart, squeaked in with... More »

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Cooperstown • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • Jim Rice • Rickey Henderson • left field • Andre Dawson • Burt Blyleven

(Newser) - Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski underwent heart bypass surgery today after going to the hospital for chest pains, reports the Boston Herald. The beloved Yaz, who turns 69 on Friday, had a triple bypass and "everything's fine," said spokesman at Mass General. "The operation was... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • heart surgery • baseball's triple crown • Carl Yastrzemski

 Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

Emotions high as Yankee closer inducted

Jul 28, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Yankee closer Goose Gossage was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown yesterday along with Dick Williams and, posthumously, Walter O'Malley, Bowie Kuhn, Billy Southworth and Barney Dreyfuss. It was an emotional affair with Gossage weeping for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Baseball Hall of Fame • Brian Cashman • Bowie Kuhn • Goose Gossage • Chuck Tanner • Dick Allen • Jeff Idelson • Walter O'Malley • Billy Southworth • Barney Dreyfuss

 Seaver Trades 
 Curve Balls
 for Cabernets 

'The name should not sell it,' he says of his Napa-produced vintages under GTS label

Jun 5, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might think baseball Hall of Famers might be content to rest on their laurels, but not so Tom Seaver, Bloomberg reports. The three-time Cy Young winner spent some time as an announcer after his retirement in 1987, but his interest in wine led to the founding GTS Vineyards in... More »

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California • New York Mets • wine • Baseball Hall of Fame • Napa Valley • vineyard • Tom Seaver • GTS Vineyards

Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

Pitchers were honorary starters of event in Dominican Republic

Feb 7, 08 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Video of Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight in their native Dominican Republic—where the practice is legal—was briefly available on YouTube today, the New York Post reports. The pair is seen enjoying themselves and even throwing the chickens into the ring... More »

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New York Mets • animal cruelty • Baseball Hall of Fame • Dominican Republic • baseball • cockfighting

Goose Gets
Nod for Cooperstown

Gossage flies solo
as Rice, Dawson
wait by the phone

Jan 8, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Legendary closer Goose Gossage will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame this year by himself, the Hall announced today, making the grade after nine previous appearances on the ballot. The impressively mustachioed Gossage, who toiled for the Yankees, Padres, and seven other franchises, is only the fifth relief pitcher to... More »

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MLB • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • Goose Gossage • Jim Rice

Ex-Commish Kuhn Headlines HOF Class

Former adversary and players' union head Miller rejected, again

Dec 3, 07 9:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the overhauled Veteran’s Committee, along with former owners Walter O’Malley and Barney Dreyfus and ex-managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth. Noticeably rejected from the hall was former players’ union head Marvin Miller, who vigorously fought... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Pittsburgh Pirates • Los Angeles Dodgers • Baseball Hall of Fame • Bowie Kuhn • Marvin Miller • Dick Williams • Major League Baseball Players Association • baseball

A New Window Into BlackSox Scandal Opens

Historians intrigued by emergence of newly uncovered documents

Nov 26, 07 4:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A previously unseen series of documents related to the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players were accused of plotting to fix the World Series, goes up for auction this week, reports the Chicago Tribune. The papers, appearing to date from the criminal trial of eight Chicago White Sox players... More »

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Chicago White Sox • MLB • gambling • Baseball Hall of Fame • Black Sox Scandal • 1919 World Series • Charles Comiskey • Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis • Eddie Cicotte • baseball

Yankees Legend Rizzuto Dies

Aug 14, 07 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phil Rizzuto, who filled the annals of the New York Yankees as both a shortstop and a broadcaster, is dead today at 89. The Scooter tended the infield for 13 years with the Bombers, alongside Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, and took home seven World Series titles. After being cut... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • obituary • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mickey Mantle • Phil Rizzuto • Joe DiMaggio • baseball

Ripken, Gwynn Deck the Hall

75,000 fans show up for induction of loyal franchise centerpieces

Jul 30, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr., were inducted to baseball's Hall of Fame today; both were notable for their remarkable consistency over careers spanning three decades, and both spent those careers with single teams. Their loyalty was repaid by circa 75,000 fans who came to see them inducted, the... More »

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MLB • Cooperstown • Baseball Hall of Fame • Tony Gwynn • Cal Ripken Jr. • baseball

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