The results of the 2025 Hall of Fame vote will be announced on Tuesday, January 21. After doing individual profiles of 20 of the potential electees, Connections reveals its own choices. As a follower of the dialogues and revelations of Hall of Fame balloting choices, I’ve long felt that voters […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. Act I: 1996 Seattle’s Álex Rodríguez fuses his enormous gifts in a burst that brings the MLB universe a new, ecstatic light. The […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. In 1911, Wildfire Schulte – a fixture in the Cubs outfield during that club’s rampage through the NL over the past six seasons – […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. During the 2001 season … Barry Bonds reached 500 homers on his way to establishing a single-season record with 73 big flies. Rickey Henderson […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. In terms of run production, few players – just a dozen – produced a more impactful imprint on a per game basis than Manny […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. Currently, there are 275 men who have been elected to the Hall of Fame as a “Player” (in contrast to “Manager” or “Pioneer/Executive” or […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. Years and years ago, when Baseball Reference hit the scene and afforded us much easier ways to design clubs of personal choice, I […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. From July 8 through September 28, the 2008 Brewers played 73 games and won 41 of them, a .562 clip of success. The endpoints […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. Until the announcement of the new class, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. Let’s make a lineup … C Thurman Munson 1B Don Mattingly 2B Lou Whitaker 3B Stan Hack SS Dave Concepción LF Roy […]
It’s Hall of Fame consideration season. For the rest of the calendar year, Connections will be looking at some of the names on the 2025 ballot. The accumulation of baseball history has produced 31 players who, through the conclusion of their age-34 seasons, had manned center field in at […]