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Baseball Hall Of Fame Ballot For 2018 Includes Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, More
Players stay on the ballot for ten years as long as they get at least 5% of the vote. If I had a ballot, Trevor Hoffman, Vladmir Guerrero, Chipper Jones, Omar Vizquel, Jim Thome, and Edgar Martinez would all have their names called. The results will be broadcast live on the MLB Network on January 24th. [...]
MLB Pitching Great Roy Halladay Tragically Passes Away In Plane Crash
pic.twitter.com/SOFv3bOLyt — MLB (@MLB) November 7, 2017 This, sadly, is not the first time a prominent baseball player has been killed in a plane crash The two most famous examples are Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson Both of them died while still active players, however Roy Halladay was four years removed from the game. And[...]
MLB The Show 18 Coming In March, Aaron Judge Gets The Cover
MLB The Show will return next year on March 27 That is news to nobody of course, as it invades our PS4 every year Coming off a great year this past year with The Show 17, anticipation was high for the reveal of who would grace next years cover. We have an answer, and it was[...]
Know Your Baseball: Lou Gehrig, American Treasure
He was voted first baseman on the MLB All-Century team, as well. Gehrig was exactly what an athlete should be: an upstanding citizen, who played the game with class and dignity, carried himself the same way on the field as off, took time for the fans, and above all, had fun No matter what life threw[...]
MLB All-Star Teams Announced…So Who Made It?
The MLB All-Star Game rosters have now been announced, with the annual mid-summer classic taking place next Tuesday night on Fox A number of first year All-Stars will be making their debuts, while the rosters have been trimmed to 32 players on each side this year Fans look like they did a great job this[...]
Derek Jeter by Elias H. Debbas II / Shutterstock.com.
Weirdly, only 18 MLB players in history have ever worn #0, and the Yankees have never had anyone take that number The Yankees have traditions other MLB teams don't follow: no beards or long hair, no names on the back of the jerseys, no mascots; but no rule against wearing #0 You can't wear the[...]
Jeb Bush Finally Wins Something… With Help From Derek Jeter
based art dealer Jeffrey Loria who bought the team in 2002 for a $158 million… which is a pretty good return on investment in 15 years. All ownership change must be approved by MLB, but with it being the former Governor and brother of President George W Bush who used to own the Texas Rangers, the[...]