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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Adam Jones

The five-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner became a civic icon in Baltimore....2025
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• Outside The Confines: The new Evil Empire

Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images The Dodgers sign Roki Sasaki, Tanner Scott and are elevated to “Evil Empire” status. What’s next for the Blue Jays and Padres. And other offseason news from MLB. Good morning. The future is unwritten. But I’m sure you’ve heard about the Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers by now. The MLB dot com writers break down what the Sasaki signing means for Sas...2025
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Fernando Rodney

With his crooked cap and other quirks, the well-traveled reliever brought a unique flair to baseball....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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• 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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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote

Ichiro will cross the HOF line ahead of C.C. Sabathia, but both stand a great chance of election. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner lead a ballot that is almost certain to see multiple HOFers elected Once again, our Cooperstown ballot is hosted in this post, so you will be able to see the running results in real time right here, rather than having to vote off-...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies infielder Thairo Estrada is ready to contribute

Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Back on December 10, 2024, Mark Feinsand reported that the Colorado Rockies had signed former San Francisco Giants second baseman Thairo Estrada. Thairo Estrada has agreed to a one-year Major League deal with the Rockies, per source.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) December 10, 2...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (1/12): Quarterback news, free agents, trade speculation, and more!

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the Sunday Dawg Chow. The NFL playoffs opened on Saturday and continue today with a trio of games. The Cleveland Browns are not participating this season, of course, but there is one game today that will serve as an agitator for some Browns fans, which is the primetime me...2025
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Troy Tulowitzki

An endless litany of injuries derailed a face-of-the-franchise player who had the talent for Cooperstown....2025
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Hanley Ramirez

He was the best-hitting shortstop in baseball for the 2006-14 span, but his career unraveled due to a slew injuries and multiple positional changes....2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Noah Davis says goodbye to the Rockies organization

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 6th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies obtained right-handed pitcher Noah Davis from the Cincinnati Reds at the 2021 deadline along local kid Case Williams in exchange for Mychal Givens. The former UC Santa Barbara Gaucho rebounded from Tommy John surgery in college to become a top 30 organizational prospect w...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images New year, same ol’ quiet offseason Welcome to the new year! Here is the Kansas City Royals news you need today. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers names pitch Noah Cameron as the Kansas City Royals prospect to watch heading into 2025. Cameron, the Royals’ No. 12 prospect, might have made his MLB debut last year if the Royals weren’t making a postseaso...2025
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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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• 300-game winners now a thing of MLB’s past

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The ever-changing landscape of Major League Baseball has rendered the 300-game winner a thing of the past. . In 2005, Detroit called up a 22-year-old pitching prospect named Justin Verlander. He made two starts, but they did not go particularly well. The next season, he started a streak of nine years in a row with at least 30 starts. I...2024
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• That Dick Allen and Tommy John aren’t already in the Hall of Fame is a travesty

These doors should open wide for two ex-Sox players. One that can be rectified, though too late for one of them to know it the state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account of notable achievements That’s what the folks at Oxford say fame is, and when it comes to the English language, they’re the experts. Bear that definition in mind when we get to the second of...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025
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• Former Browns DT Michael Dean Perry inducted into Hall of Very Good: His first interview

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images 20 questions with a charter member of the “Browns Legends” In the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, all of the defensive tackles inducted have a maximum of five Pro Bowl appreances. Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Former Cleveland Browns DT Michael Dean Perry has six. Yet, he hasn’t even sniffed a Hall of Fame bal...2024
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• Manny Ramirez on Hall Of Fame chances: ‘Everybody makes mistakes, bro’
Now that Mark McGwire’s time on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is up, another controversial player will take his place: Manny Ramirez. The former Boston Red Sox left fielder had an incredible 22-year career, but it ended with two performance-enhancing drug suspensions. However, Ramirez doesn’t think that should necessarily take away from everything else he achieved. “Life is like that. You make ...2016
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"Jeff Kent Falls Off Hall Of Fame Ballot"

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"Baseball Hall of Fame results: How rule change ensured Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens wouldn't get voted in"

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"Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: How Todd Helton is deservedly making his way toward Cooperstown"

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"10 MLS alums among newcomers to 2020 National Soccer Hall of Fame ballot"

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" Baseball Hall of Fame ballot 2019: Manny Ramirez has the numbers to get in, but his failed PED tests stand in the way "

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"Blogtable: Which point guard nominees on Hall of Fame ballot get in this year?"

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"Carpenter, Rolen highlight Cards on HOF ballot"

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"Ken Griffey Jr. Robbed of Being Baseball's First-Ever Unanimous Hall of Famer"

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"Pedro, Big Unit, Smoltz, Biggio make Hall of Fame"

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• Outside The Confines: The new Evil Empire
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• Outside The Confines: The voice of the Brewers is silent
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy
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• Outside The Confines: Three left standing

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Roki Sasaki nears a decision and there are consequences. The international amateur market opens today. What’s up with Alex Bregman? And other news from around baseball. Good morning. I think we’re all familiar with Roki Sasaki narrowing his decision to three teams on Monday by now. But the fallout from that continues. This came out before Sasaki’s Monday an...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies infielder Thairo Estrada is ready to contribute
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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Ownership dramas are casting a dark cloud over San Diego Happy Monday, friends. While the hot stove hasn’t been too steamy this past week, there’s definitely some news to keep us busy. Drama continues to develop in San Diego as an ownership lawsuit takes shape and is forcing some unwelcome attention on the team thanks to a lawsuit from the...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 13, 2025

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Edward Olivares is headed to Japan. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Michael Lorenzen signing. This offseason, Lorenzen considered taking a shot at being a two-way player before deciding to return to the Royals. “I’m always just trying to find a way to get some at-bats, somehow,” Lorenzen said with a chuckle. Lorenzen wanted to be back in Kansas City. He ...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (1/12): Quarterback news, free agents, trade speculation, and more!
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• Monday Rockpile: Noah Davis says goodbye to the Rockies organization
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• Sunday Notes: A Hall of Fame Ballot (With Noteworthy Changes) Explained
Plus Craig Breslow on 6-man rotations, Dan Wilson on stabilized platoons, Nick Yorke on his first dinger. a Pujols-Big Hurt poll, facts and stats galore, and more....2025
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote
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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (1/12): Quarterback news, free agents, trade speculation, and more!
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• Sunday Notes: A Hall of Fame Ballot (With Noteworthy Changes) Explained
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot

Ben Zobrist after his 10th inning double in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Hall released its ballot Monday. I’m burying the lede here on purpose because a popular former Cub is on the Hall of Fame ballot. Clearly, Ichiro Suzuki is the top name among newcomers to this year’s ballot. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that Ichiro could become the se...2024
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• 300-game winners now a thing of MLB’s past
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• That Dick Allen and Tommy John aren’t already in the Hall of Fame is a travesty
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• MLB’s 2024-25 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more

Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning the 2024 World Series, the eighth title in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. Here’s a handy calendar to help you fill your fall and winter until Opening Day 202...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The voice of the Brewers is silent
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• Outside The Confines: Three left standing
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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 2, 2025

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The holiday season is officially over (unless you’re Catholic I guess). A bunch of Royals listcles from MLB dot com to start you off, first with one potential breakout prospect: Royals: Asbel Gonzalez, OF (No. 20) Scouts love their no-doubt center fielders, and Gonzalez has wowed plenty of Royals evaluators with his defense and speed...2025
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Andruw Jones

The Braves' longtime ballhawk has overcome a very slow start to his candidacy, building momentum towards eventual election by the writers....2024
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• Former Browns DT Michael Dean Perry inducted into Hall of Very Good: His first interview
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Todd Helton Is a Legend that will Never Die

Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 24, 2024 “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” These are the impactful words that the ghost of Babe Ruth tells Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez the night before his destined pickle with The Beast is The Sandlot. That quote has always stuck with me as a testament to how s...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Freddie Freeman was the least famous guy in the room

Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images MLB fans are having a field day with Freeman’s Photobomb How are we doing with our New Year’s Resolutions everyone? Still working out, eating well? Yeah, me either. But if your resolution was to stay up to date on what’s happening in the world of baseball, then we’ve got you covered. In today’s links roundup we’l...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy New Year!

Photo by Lukas Kabon/Anadolu via Getty Images Welcome to 2024, BCBers! Happy New Year everyone! It’s January 1 and 2024 is here, but that means one incredibly important thing: We are only six weeks away from spring training! While the baseball news well is a bit dry thanks to the holidays, there was one Sale that certainly created some headlines, as the Boston Red Sox sent Chris Sale to t...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Looking ahead to the Winter Meetings

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 4, 2023 The news-ticker is still at a snail’s pace when it comes to the Colorado Rockies but there is an opportunity for it to start picking up. So far, the big news surrounding the organization has been a trade with the Cleveland Guardians to acquire Cal Quantrill, the waiver-claim of ...2023
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• Big Unit, Pedro, Smoltz headline Hall of Fame ballot
For a second consecutive year, the National Baseball Hall of Fame player ballot, revealed today in conjunction with the Baseball Writers' Association of America, boasts an embarrassment of riches, this time for the prospective Class of 2015....2014
• Pedro, Big Unit, Smoltz, Biggio make Hall of Fame
In their first year on the Hall of Fame ballot, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday, while Craig Biggio was elected in his third year on the ballot....2015
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• Champ Bailey Signing 1-Day Contract to Retire with Denver Broncos
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• ESPN's 2015 Hall of Fame ballot
ESPN's 17 Hall of Fame voters would elect Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines and John Smoltz to be part of the Class of 2015....2015
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• Griffey, Hoffman debut on Hall of Fame ballot
Griffey, Hoffman debut on Hall of Fame ballot...2015
• Bryson Byrnes delivers Hall of Fame ballot his father left behind
Bryson Byrnes, the son of late FOX Sports broadcaster Steve Byrnes, delivers the NASCAR Hall of Fame ballot his father filled out before passing away. It was the highlight of Voting Day on Wednesday at the Hall....2015
• Griffey's case could test HOF ballot record
Even while he was playing and cementing his status as a baseball icon, Ken Griffey Jr. was viewed as destined for the Hall of Fame. With his name appearing for the first time on the Hall of Fame ballot, released Monday, it's not a question of if Griffey will get elected....2015
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• David Ortiz Records 500th Home Run: Highlights and Reaction
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• Big Unit, Pedro, Smoltz and More: Scott Miller's 2015 Hall of Fame Ballot
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• Is John Smoltz Worthy of Being First-Ballot 2015 Hall of Famer?
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• Outside The Confines: The new Evil Empire
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies infielder Thairo Estrada is ready to contribute
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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 13, 2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (1/12): Quarterback news, free agents, trade speculation, and more!
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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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• Monday Rockpile: Noah Davis says goodbye to the Rockies organization
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 2, 2025
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• Andruw Jones and Brian McCann appear on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Will this be the year for Andruw? The BBWAA has officially announced the 2025 ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Braves will have two prominent figures on the ballot this year, as Andruw Jones is returning to the ballot for another season and Brian McCann is making his first-ever appearance on the ballot. It’s bal...2024
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (1/12): Quarterback news, free agents, trade speculation, and more!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025
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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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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
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• Monday Rockpile: Three low-risk, high-reward free agents for the Rockies to consider

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 27, 2023 The quiet off-season rolls on for the Colorado Rockies. There has been little-to-nothing in terms of news for both the team and most of MLB in the waning days of November. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners recently struck a deal, with the Snakes acquiring 3B Eugenio Suárez from the ...2023
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• Former Royals Carlos Beltrán and James Shields on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Linda Cataffo/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images José Bautista, who was briefly on the Royals, also listed Former Royals Carlos Beltrán, and James Shields are part of the 26 players that will be on this year’s ballot for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. It will be the second time on the ballot for Beltrán, who received 46.5 percent of the vote last year and was likely...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: November 8

On this day 24 years ago, the U.S. House of Representatives took up the cause of Joe Jackson. Honors for Joe Jackson, and Jerry Manuel 1999 South Carolina Rep. Jim DeMint’s resolution to honor Shoeless Joe Jackson is passed in the House of Representatives, with the author saying, “it is worthy for this body to take a few minutes to stand up for fairness, and right an old wrong.” While the...2023
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