There are few things more perfect than a Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y., as the newest class of the Baseball Hall of Fame takes turns…
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No Schilling, No Bonds, No Clemens. Hall of Fame Rejects All Finalists.
The Baseball Hall of Fame voters pitched a shutout on Tuesday, rejecting all 25 candidates for enshrinement in Cooperstown, N.Y. But some of the players…
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A Hall of Fame Poll Allows the Players to Vote
There is only one sure way to become an eligible voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame: compile 10 consecutive years of membership in the…
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Hall of Fame Voting, Once an Honor, Is Now Seen as a Hassle
When Jim Baumbach arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., in the summer of 2007 to cover the inductions of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. into the…
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Hank Aaron, Baseball’s Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86
After beginning the 1952 season with the Clowns, Aaron was signed in June by the Braves, who were in their last season in Boston. They…
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Don Sutton, Hall of Fame Right-Hander, Is Dead at 75
Don Sutton, a right-handed pitcher who won 324 games over 23 years for five teams, most notably the Los Angeles Dodgers, and was inducted into…
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Tommy Lasorda, a Dodger From His Cleats to His Cap, Dies at 93
Tommy Lasorda, the irrepressible baseball lifer who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers to four National League pennants and two World Series championships in a Hall…
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With Phil Niekro’s Death, Baseball Has Lost the Knuckleball and Its Master
Niekro learned the pitch he used through 24 major league seasons from his father, also named Phil, a sandlot pitcher in Ohio who turned to…
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Baseball Hall of Fame Hopes to Contextualize Problematic Inductees
A plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., confers a kind of halo to each member. The gallery feels like a chapel,…
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Dick Allen’s Hall of Fame Case Ran Out of Time
Allen had 351 homers and 1,848 hits. He never played in the World Series and was traded five times in a six-year stretch. He won…
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