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Will Sheffield be a Hall of Famer? Probably not

Gary Sheffield hasn’t played in a major league game since 2009. But he finally put an end to any speculation that he was mulling a comeback on Wednesday when he informed the players’ union that he was retiring. Sheffield had … Continue reading

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Steroids Era sluggers don’t fare too well this time

Sports Illustrated writer – and former “Sports Talk” guest – Joe Posnanski raised an interesting point in his blog post last night reacting to the Baseball Hall of Fame voting. The bulk of the post is in regards to the … Continue reading

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Blyleven finally makes the Hall of Fame

It took quite a long time – 14 years to be exact – but Bert Blyleven is in the Hall of Fame. Blyleven crossed the 75 percent threshold during Wednesday’s 2011 vote and will join Roberto Alomar at this summer’s … Continue reading

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Early returns favor Blyleven

One of my favorite December and January blog activities last year was checking out Baseball Think Factory’s website and its “Hall of Fame Ballot Gathering Machine.” The website takes the ballots posted online by writers that vote for the Baseball … Continue reading

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A gut-wrenching good day for Blyleven

Though he came up five votes short of induction, former Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven made a huge stride Wednesday toward reaching the Baseball Hall of Fame. Blyleven finished at 74.2 percent of the votes, with 75 percent needed for … Continue reading

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Alomar will get call today, while Dawson and Blyleven among those deserving

The Baseball Hall of Fame 2010 voting is announced today at 12:30 p.m. (I think). Roberto Alomar will most definitely be gaining induction, at least according to preliminary vote totals. Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven – a former Minnesota Twins … Continue reading

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Alomar will get call today, while Dawson and Blyleven among those deserving

The Baseball Hall of Fame 2010 voting is announced today at 12:30 p.m. (I think). Roberto Alomar will most definitely be gaining induction, at least according to preliminary vote totals. Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven – a former Minnesota Twins … Continue reading

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Twins have plenty of rotation options, but no defined ace

The starting rotation was unquestionably the most disappointing unit on the Minnesota Twins last season. The Twins entered the 2009 season hoping a very young rotation could build on the success it had in 2008, when many of the starters … Continue reading

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Hall of Fame voting, the Internet and Bert

Baseball Hall of Fame voting is announced on Jan. 6, and while making my usual round of Internet baseball blog visits today (Neyer, Posnanski, Gleeman, Big League Stew – all linked to on the right), there’s plenty of chatter about … Continue reading

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