There are two ways to get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The first is to receive at least 75% of the vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America. Players get a maximum of 15 years on the ballot before they’re no longer eligible, and even with that wide of a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Best of’
The 10 best Veterans Committee selections for the Hall of Fame
Posted: 15th January 2010 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of listsTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of
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P- Roy Halladay I nearly chose Johan Santana, but reconsidered after comparing numbers. Halladay had slightly more wins, two more All Star appearances, two 20-win seasons to Santana’s one, and, in the statistic that unexpectedly clinched it, five times as many complete games. Randy Johnson gets third place, mostly for what he did at the [...]
The “What If” Dream Team
Posted: 30th December 2009 by Graham Womack in Best of listsTags: Best of, what if
I’ve been kicking around the idea lately of creating a dream lineup for the players I feel were held back from immortality by one misfortune or another. These are the players who generally suffered some kind of catastrophic injury, left the game in shame, or died young. Barring these fates, many if not most of [...]
In the spirit of this site, I now offer another “Best of” list, this time a lineup of players I would want, were I assembling a defensive dream team. The number of Gold Gloves won by each player is listed next to their name in parentheses. P- Greg Maddux (18) – Far and away the [...]
The 10 Most Overrated Hall of Famers
Posted: 22nd December 2009 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of FameTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of, cause for debate, overrated hall of famers
Several months ago, when this site was in its infancy, I wrote a post, “The 10 best players not in the Hall of Fame.” It remains my most popular post, by far, and has lead to other entries. When in doubt, I learned, the Hall of Fame makes for thought-provoking writing. Today, I offer a [...]
Tug Hulett and 10 other great baseball names
Posted: 26th November 2009 by Graham Womack in Best of listsTags: Best of, great baseball names
The news concerning the trade of Tug Hulett the other day prompted two reactions for me: 1) Who the hell is Tug Hulett? 2) Why haven’t I ever heard of a player with such a cool name? Tug Hulett sounds like the name of a boat in an old Disney cartoon, a small, happy little [...]
Prediction: 10 Veterans Committee picks
Posted: 23rd November 2009 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of listsTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of, Veterans Committee
Months ago, I wrote about “The 10 best baseball players not in the Hall of Fame.” It remains one of my most-read entries and even got mentioned in a Mormon blog, since it included Dale Murphy. Were I really slick, I’d post the Top 10 Mormons not in the Hall of Fame. That’s a project [...]
Top Five All-Time Baseball Giveaways
Posted: 10th August 2009 by Graham Womack in Free agency, trades, and other movesTags: Best of
The news that the Toronto Blue Jays jettisoned right fielder Alex Rios in a waiver wire deal to the Chicago White Sox for – well – nothing, has prompted some thinking on my part. In that the Blue Jays got, again, nothing for Rios, save for relief from his $60 million contract, I got to [...]
The All Iconoclast Team: How They Did
Posted: 8th July 2009 by Graham Womack in UncategorizedTags: Babe Ruth, Best of, Casey Stengel on steroids, Jose Canseco
In October 1992, Sports Illustrated published all-time Dream Teams. Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were on the basketball team, alongside Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. Vince Lombardi coached the football team. I don’t remember too much about the hockey team (who really remembers hockey?), except it featured Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr. The baseball team [...]
The 10 best baseball players not in the Hall of Fame
Posted: 14th May 2009 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of lists, MLBTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, Best of, cause for debate, Dom DiMaggio, Sacramento baseball players
1. Pete Rose: No surprise here. The all-time hits leader is easily the most-talented (and charismatic) player who doesn’t have a plaque hanging in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York. Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for sports betting, a shame, considering racists like Ty Cobb and Cap Anson are [...]