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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Brian McCann

Though he was a seven-time All-Star, McCann was somewhat underappreciated until the value of his elite pitch framing came to light....2024
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Russell Martin

Framing the case for an elite receiver....2024
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• Royals Rundown: Trades Shake Up AL Landscape, Bullpen Breakdown from Anne Rogers

Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco dive into the latest Kansas City Royals updates, or rather, the lack thereof. The duo discusses the quiet winter meetings and the Royals’ inactivity, while also weighing in on the buzz surrounding Kyle Tucker and what his trade could mean for the Royals’ future. Jeremy shares insights from his Hall of Fame ballot and how it stirred up some passionate reactions. The ep...2024
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Félix Hernández

King Félix appeared on course for Cooperstown during his 20s, but faded quickly in his 30s....2024
• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot

Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson (1) steals third base against Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) during the eighth inning of the 2014 American League Wild Card playoff baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals Hall of Fame is about to get MUCH bigger. The Royals have an absolutely STACKED Hall of Fame ballot, this year. Were t...2024
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Omar Vizquel and Francisco Rodríguez

The last of this cycle's multi-candidate roundups covers two players with an unfortunate common thread....2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The fireworks came yesterday. What else is happening? Baseball’s winter meetings got underway on Sunday with the announcement of Baseball’s Classic Era Hall of Fame ballot, and then the party really got started last night when Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for a mind-boggling $765 million. Soto’s signing on the eve of the official start of the meetings f...2024
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• Giants news, 12/4: Tom Coughlin snubbed, Jermaine Eluemunor, Joe Schoen, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants news for Wednesday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View 6 bridge quarterback options for New York Giants Giants-Saints, Week 14 storylines: Is this the Giants’ last realistic chance at a victory this season? Tom Coughlin snubbed from this year’s Hall of Fame ballot Giants-Saints odds: Giants will, of course, be underdogs vs. ...2024
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• JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez

Two of the era's greatest sluggers appear destined to remain outside the Hall due to suspensions for using performance-enhancing drugs....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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• Braves News: Willy Adames, 2025 Hall Of Fame Ballot, More

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Awards Week Continues. While every baseball offseason is focused on how to make the present and future of franchises better, it also brings the opportunity to honor the past. And we are now at that time of the year where the next Baseball Hall of Fame Class will be determined over the next few months. Over the past few years, Andruw Jones has continued to ...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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• 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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• Today in White Sox History: November 8

Chicago’s Polish Prince, Richie Zisk, was unrecognizable as he showed up for spring training in 1978. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images The South Siders lose one of their Hit Men 1977 The upstart South Side Hit Men, who led the AL West for about a third of the season and took baseball by storm in peaking at 25 games better than .500, were laid to rest with the loss of outfielder and folk hero ...2024
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• De’Von Achane, the X-factor - The Splash Zone 6/24/24

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. f De’Von Achane had a stellar rookie season for the Miami Dolphins and it could have been so much better if he could have stayed healthy. Mike McDaniel operates one of the most dynamic offenses...2024
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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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"Former Browns DT Michael Dean Perry inducted into Hall of Very Good: His first interview"

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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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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024

These jerseys scream “early 2000s Royals” | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Friday the 13th seems less intimidating in December At The Star, Taylor Eldridge, Wichita State beat reporter, writes about Mike Sweeney’s son, M.J. Sweeney, going to Wichita State: The son of Kansas City Royals legend Mike Sweeney will suit up for the Wichita State baseball team in 2026. M.J. Sweeney, a hig...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• Championship Royals headline candidates on Royals Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Will all these guys get in? There are nine candidates for the Royals Hall of Fame in 2025, most of which have ties to the 2014-15 pennant-winning clubs. Carlos Beltrán, Billy Butler, Johnny Damon, Wade Davis, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Yordano Ventura are all up for enshrinement. ...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings: Juan Soto, Draft Lottery and more

Photo by Taylor Baucom/MLB Photos via Getty Images From the Soto Sweepstakes to the MLB Draft Lottery and some new Hall of Famers, Dallas will feature a busy winter week for baseball. For over a century, the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings have been circled on the league’s calendar as the highlight of the long dry spell before spring training. Just over a month after the end of the W...2024
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• Giants news, 12/4: Tom Coughlin snubbed, Jermaine Eluemunor, Joe Schoen, more headlines
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• This Week in Purple: Tender Hearts

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for November 23-24, 2024 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ It was a fairly busy we...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres unlikely to sign Roki Sasaki

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, November 20, 2024. San Diego Padres News Merrill the runner-up to Skenes for NL Rookie of the Year (MLB.com) The case for Shildt for NL Manager of the Year (MLB.com) Padres Suffer Big Loss After Jackson Merrill Loses Rookie of the Year Award (Sports Illustrated) Pi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Awesome rookies

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The Rookie and Manager of the Year Award winners were announced. Some ballpark and broadcasting news. The Hot Stove is moving slowing, And other MLB news. Good morning. It’s award-season. I know I’m tingling with excitement. The Pirates’ Paul Skenes and the Yankees’ Luis Gil were named National and American League Rookies of the Year, respectively. It...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• MLB Winter Meetings: Juan Soto, Draft Lottery and more
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• Ben Zobrist and Fernando Rodney are on the 2025 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images Two Rays have a chance at enshrinement The ballot is out for the Baseball Writers Association of America to vote to select the National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. In total, there are 28 players on the ballot for the nearly 400 voting members for the BBWAA to choose from. Voters can only selected up to 10 players on each ballot, but may also turn in ...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
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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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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
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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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• Mark Buehrle enters fifth year on the Hall of Fame ballot
The post Mark Buehrle enters fifth year on the Hall of Fame ballot appeared first on Sox On 35th. As much as White Sox fans hoped Mark Buehrle would see Cooperstown by now, the lefty will try to build much-needed momentum after losing votes in 2024. The 2025 BBWAA Hall of… The post Mark Buehrle enters fifth year on the Hall of Fame ballot appeared first on Sox On 35th....2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 19, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Is Matt Quatraro Manager of the Year? Anne Rogers makes the case for Matt Quatraro to win Manager of the Year, which is revealed tonight. In his second season as Kansas City’s manager, Quatraro led the club to a remarkable 30-win turnaround and an 86-76 record. The 2024 Royals were just the third team to make the postseason following...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 23, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The K introduced facial recognition technology. Anne Rogers has an update on MJ Melendez. He’s recovering in Kansas City and has already started hitting in the cages and doing some defensive drills on the field. His timeline to return could be 10 days to two weeks, putting him in line to rejoin the team by the end of July or early August. David Lesky th...2024
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• Marshawn Lynch, DK Metcalf’s dad among 2025 College Football Hall of Fame finalists

Could Marshawn be headed for the Hall of Fame in the pros and in college? Legendary Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, but it’s not the only HOF we could see him in very soon. Earlier this month, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame released the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. There are nearly 80...2024
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• Former Browns DT Michael Dean Perry inducted into Hall of Very Good: His first interview
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• This Week in Purple: #HeltonHOF

Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, January 27 and Sunday, January 28, 2024 It’s been a minute since we’ve done a true “This Week in Purple” roundup, and this week seemed like a good time to bring it back! In case you missed it, Todd Helton was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Tuesday with 79.7% of the vote. Let’s take a look back at everything Purple Row...2024
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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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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• MLB Winter Meetings: Juan Soto, Draft Lottery and more
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• Giants news, 12/4: Tom Coughlin snubbed, Jermaine Eluemunor, Joe Schoen, more headlines
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• Tom Coughlin snubbed from this year’s Hall of Fame ballot

John David Mercer-Imagn Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame has released its 2025 finalists, and legendary New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is not the coaching finalist. Instead, Mike Holmgren will get that honor: The Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists for 2025:Coach Mike HolmgrenSeniors:Sterling SharpeMaxie BaughanJim TyrerContributor:NFL Co-Founder Ralph Hay (as I previously ...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres unlikely to sign Roki Sasaki
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• Outside The Confines: Awesome rookies
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• Braves News: Willy Adames, 2025 Hall Of Fame Ballot, More
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
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• Royals Rundown: Trades Shake Up AL Landscape, Bullpen Breakdown from Anne Rogers
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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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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• Today in White Sox History: November 8
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• Atlanta Braves 2024-25 important offseason dates

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Every major date to circle on MLB’s offseason calendar With the World Series coming to a close and the Atlanta Braves themselves wasting no time in getting their offseason wheeling-and-dealing started, now is a pretty good time to take a look at the most important dates to keep an Eye on October 31: Free Agents File All eligible players ar...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 23, 2024
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• Giants news, 6/4: Darren Waller, Brian Burns, Darius Slayton, more headlines

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images New York Giants news for Tuesday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View Report — Giants’ TE Darren Waller expected to retire PFF ranks two Giants’ edge defenders in top-30 Miles Boykin’s ticket to Giants’ roster will have to punched on special teams Explaining 8-man defensive front spacing, which was Wink Martindale’s preference Other Gian...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: March 30

On this day 46 years ago, Pablo Torrealba came to the White Sox, at a pretty steep cost. | Topps A bad trade that helped doom the 1978 club 1970 In a swap of arms, the White Sox deal Jerry Nyman to San Diego for Tommie Sisk. Both players would throw their last in the majors in 1970, with Nyman making two starts (15.19 ERA, -0.4 WAR). Sisk did a lot of damage quickly, throwing 17 (1-1, 5.4...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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