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• Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, center fielders who excelled at the plate and with their gloves, were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Beltrán, making his fourth appearance of the ballot, received 358 of 425 votes for 84.2% from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 39 above the 319 needed for the 75% threshold. Beltrán moved up steadily from 46.5% in 2023 to 57.1% the fol...2026
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 25

Happy birthday, Mick Kelleher! | Photo by Diamond Images/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday, Mick Kelleher*! Dawson enters the Hall and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 11

Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Adolfo Phillips* is in the news, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a hand...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies offense is broken — again.

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 14th, 2025 I’m tired of writing this article. I wrote it in 2022. I wrote it in 2023. I wrote it in 2024. And now I’m writing it again. I could be writing about literally anything else, like some of my favorite prospects or the pickle lemonade I had with my lunch yesterday. (It was surprisingly good!) I co...2025
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• The 2025 Atlanta Braves season brings milestone anniversaries

Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images Greg Maddux, Chipper Jones, Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman are had momentous moments. The 2025 season is chock full of expectations on the field, but it is also a milestone year as the Atlanta Braves will host the All-Star Game for the first time since 2000 and for only the third time since the team moved to Atlanta. The All-Star...2025
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• CC to have Yanks logo in HOF; Astros for Wagner
CC Sabathia (Yankees), Billy Wagner (Astros), Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners), Dave Parker (Pirates) and Dick Allen (Phillies) will represent their longtime teams on their Hall of Fame plaques....2025
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• Outside The Confines: Do you need a new ugly hat?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Spring training lids are here! Well, spring training is around the corner, which means it’s time to have a look at new spring training caps! While many of them look remarkably similar to last year’s, they certainly look... not that great. The 2025 Spring Training hats(h/t @HatAddicts) pic.twitter.com/fd0gBhZBGY— Talkin’ Baseball...2025
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• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

Photo credit should read JOHN MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Few Americans knew what to expect of Ichiro Suzuki when he first came to the United States in 2001. He had been an otherworldly hitter in Japan, tearing up the NPB with a .353/.421/.522 triple...2025
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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images I have thoughts. On Sunday, former Brewer All-Star Dave Parker was one of two players (along with Dick Allen) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, via the Era Committee’s Classic Baseball Era (formerly known as the Veterans Committee) ballot. I’m a Hall junkie, so I had a million thoughts, some of which I will share. But the thought that will guide me: who...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ichiro Suzuki leads a long list of Hall of Fame hopefuls On Monday, the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting was released. (We already covered the Classic Era ballot–formerly referred to as the Veterans Committee ballot–here.) There’s one obvious choice and a few others who have a shot at getting voted in this year, plus a handful of interes...2024
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot

RICK WOOD / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Three former Brewers appear on this year’s ballot Monday marked the release of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The biggest new name on the ballot is that of Ichiro Suzuki, who could become the second unanimous Hall of Famer after Mariano Rivera in 2019. But there are two newcomers and one holdover who have a history with the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: LA Story

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
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• Combined no-hitters in major league history

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s some more interesting baseball history. The Cubs had Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine for a no-hitter over the Pirates Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field. That's still a rare enough feat that I thought you'd like to see a list of the 20 other combined no-hitters in major-league history. June 23, 1917, first game. B...2024
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"3% in 2025, when he fell 19 votes short as Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected."

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"The wild story of how Billy Wagner went from righty to lefty"

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"Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73."

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"2 percent and Billy Wagner, with 68."

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"Billy Wagner: Players suspended for PEDs should be ineligible for HOF"

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"Billy Wagner continues to make progress in Hall of Fame voting cycles; should he get in?"

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"If we're putting closers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, then why not Billy Wagner?"

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"Sports Talk Philly interviews former major league closer Billy Wagner about his Hall of Fame chances and the induction of longtime Astros teammate Jeff Bagwell."

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"Of those, only second baseman Jeff Kent and reliever Billy Wagner made a dent in balloting,"

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"The 2016 ballot was unveiled this week, and other first-timers include, among others, outfielder Jim Edmonds, infielders Mike Lowell, Troy Glaus and David Eckstein and closer Billy Wagner."

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"Trevor Hoffman, Joe Nathan, Francisco Rodriguez, and Billy Wagner are part of the next tier down but are short the dominance over many years of the guy above them."

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• The 2025 Atlanta Braves season brings milestone anniversaries
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• Ichiro’s Hall of Fame induction presents an odd problem

Frank Becerra Jr / USA TODAY NETWORK Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 23, 2025 Another Hall of Fame voting cycle has come and gone, and the most hallowed of baseball halls will now be adorned with three new, deserving faces: those of Billy Wagner, CC Sabathia, and a personal favorite of mine in Ichiro Suzuki. While the announcement of these players’ inclusion in the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Your new Hall of Fame inductees

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images I just want to talk to that one voter who left Ichiro off their ballot... Well, the long-anticipated time arrived last night as the newest class of MLB Hall of Famers was announced. Ichiro Suzuki was one vote shy of being a unanimous inductee, and I think perhaps anonymous ballots shouldn’t be allowed because I just want to have a quick chat with the pe...2025
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• Braves News: Billy Wagner elected to Hall of Fame, Sean Murphy, and more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed three new members on Tuesday night, including former Atlanta Braves closer Billy Wagner. Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia were also inducted. Billy Wagner gets the phone call that he's been waiting 10 years for (via @OrtizKicks)pic.twitter.com/EH7h4iaY6i— FO...2025
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• Braves News: Andruw Jones Hall of Fame update, rumors, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Another week, the same hope for moves to be made... We are one day away from the 2025 MLB Hall of Fame class being announced, and the results seem to be very similar to where they were a few weeks ago. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia are locks, Billy Wagner appears to be in by a good margin as well, and Carlos Beltran will likely come down t...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The voice of the Brewers is silent

Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images A true baseball legend, Bob Uecker has passed away. It seems to be a great truth of baseball that some of the least inspiring players become powerhouses in some other capacity, either in the dugout, or, in the case of Bob Uecker, behind a microphone, as the voice of the Brewers. Uecker, later lovingly called “Mr. Baseball” had the kind ...2025
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• Braves News: Bob Uecker passes away, trade targets, and more

Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. Former major leaguer and legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker passed away Thursday at age 90 after a battle with cancer. Uecker suited up for the Milwaukee Braves in 1962 and 1963, and with a few teams in between, he made it back to the Braves again in 1967, only that time in Atlanta. During his pa...2025
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• Baseball Hall of Fame voting results: Nine things to know, including hope for Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected into Cooperstown Tuesday night...2025
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame

Getty Images Ichiro fell one vote short of being the second player elected unanimously. Ichiro Suzuki failed to become the second player elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously, when the results of the 2025 Baseball Writers Association of America results were announced late Tuesday in a live broadcast on MLB Network. There were 394 ballots received by the Hall of Fame and Ichiro was named ...2025
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• Baseball Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: Who else got good (or bad) news?
The results are in! Our experts break down the highs and lows of the 2025 vote that made Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner Hall of Famers....2025
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• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame
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• Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Andruw Jones, Brian McCann fall short on the 2025 ballot. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the results for the 2025 elections, as voted on by qualifying members of the Baseball Writer’s Association of America (BBWAA). On his tenth, and final appearance on the ballot, former Atlanta Braves closer Billy Wagner was elected after narrowly missi...2025
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• 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results: Ichiro Suzuki elected alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner

The trio will join Dick Allen and Dave Parker in Cooperstown this summer...2025
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• Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Very well might be a question without an answer. On Tuesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its newest class of inductees. Here at Royals Review, our writers took a look at the ballot and voted a few weeks ago. That’s just one of—what?—hundreds, if not thousands, of articles across the land about the Hall of Fame and who will get the call. Like...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Aaron Judge is on the cusp of a major career moment. As of Wednesday morning, Aaron Judge is currently sitting at 299 career home runs. The major 300 home run milestone is just around the corner, and Judge will join a special club, and doesn’t seem poised to slow down any time soon. Judge’s quest (and how he adjusted his swing) is a big story of the week...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to the Hall

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images As a Todd Helton and Joe Mauer apologist, I’m thrilled. Well friends the moment has arrived, the official votes have been tallied, and your new class of Hall of Fame inductees has been selected. The 2024 inductee class is a pretty good one this year as one long-lingering hopeful and two first-ballot contenders will be headed to Cooperstown....2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame

Adrián Beltré leads the 2024 HOF class, with 366 votes. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mark Buehrle drops 2.5% in voting, but survives to see another year New InducteesAdrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer are the newest MLB Hall of Fame members. All three reached the necessary 75% support on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot. Beltré recei...2024
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• The wild story of how Billy Wagner went from righty to lefty
A natural right-hander made a career throwing 100 mph with his left...2025
• Hall of Fame Class of '24: Beltre, Helton, Mauer

Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73.8%....2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame
The Hall of Fame announced this evening that Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton have been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America. They will be elected alongside Jim Leyland, who was selected by the Era Committee last month. Beltré received 95.1% of the vote, Helton 79.7% and Mauer 76.1%. Billy Wagner got…...2024
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• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner gain Hall of Fame entry
Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He'll be joined by CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner in the Class of 2025....2025
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• Scott Rolen has been elected to the Hall of Fame
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He’ll be inducted in Cooperstown this summer. Longtime major league third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in the results of balloting announced Tuesday evening. Rolen got 76.3 percent of the vote, five votes over the 75 percent required for induction. Others who came close to induction: Todd Helton, with 72.2 per...2023
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• A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers

A.J. Minter is the third longest tenured member of the 2024 Atlanta Braves. | Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Now the franchise leader in holds, Minter joins other long-time Braves relievers with elite career availability. What’s that old trope people love to throw around in sports and business? “The best ability is availability.” The older I’ve gotten, the more I have...2024
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• Billy Wagner: Players suspended for PEDs should be ineligible for HOF

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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He is one of the greatest catchers in Atlanta Braves history, but is he a Baseball Hall of Famer? Brian McCann is on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year and for many of us, it is hard to believe the baby-faced catcher who was part of the 2005 “Baby Braves” and who took Roger Clemens deep in that season’s playoff series against...2025
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• How are former Braves doing in the 2025 Hall of Fame vote?

Billy Wagner | Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Three former Braves players are on the ballot with at least one knocking on the door to Cooperstown. Three former Atlanta Braves players are on the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. With more than one quarter of the vote total tallied in the outstanding HOF Tracker, founded by Ryan Thibodaux, how are these retire Braves players doing in th...2025
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist is also on the ballot. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia headline a list of 14 new candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Also on the list is former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist, who was part of the championship team in 2015. Other first-timers include Carlos González, Curtis Granders...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Election Day

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who you would vote for the Hall of Fame. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the swingingest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the weather. It’s warm and dry in here. There’s no cover charge this evening. Let us take your coat for you. Grab a...2024
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote, but if I did, this is what it would look like. This is an exercise that I have thought about doing for the last three years, but ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble. Voting for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in my opinion is the ultimate honor for a writer, but in recent years we have seen b...2024
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