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When news broke that Al Kaline died Monday at 85, reaction among the Deadspin staff was split between two wildly…
Mar 24
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1941. The world was at war, but in America, Ted Williams hit .406. Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio got a hit in 56 straight…
Mar 19 2019
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Our beloved colleague Dave McKenna tells good stories. He’s done a lot of cool shit, met many weird people in weird…
Jan 24 2019
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There’s no sense in waiting for it at this point. The New England Patriots, who have been shitting up the mid-winter…
Jan 23 2019
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For all its oversights, Hall of Fame announcement day is a day of joy. As a fan, it’s a day to remember great…
Jan 22 2019
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The late Roy Halladay earned a well-deserved first-ballot nod from the BBWAA on Tuesday, with 85.4 percent of voters…
Jan 22 2019
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For the seventh straight year, the greatest hitter of all time and the greatest pitcher of his era will not be…
Jan 22 2019
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame is a museum commemorating a particular professional iteration of an old American…
Jan 16 2019
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Six days to go until the announcement, but the Baseball Hall Of Fame Ballot Tracker is getting really interesting. Mussina’s a toss-up right now, but the more fascinating projection could be that we’re looking at a 2020 class of Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling.
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Dec 21 2018
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The most important man in baseball every December is Ryan Thibodaux. Thibodaux runs the Baseball Hall of Fame Vote…
Dec 13 2018
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Beyond the obvious broad comedy inherent in the words fuming baseball purists, one of the more amusing aspects of…
Dec 12 2018
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It was terribly unfair of the “Today’s Game Era Committee” of the Baseball Hall of Fame to put Harold Baines in this…
Dec 10 2018
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The baseball world is very bored right now, and so is in high dudgeon over the election to the Hall of Fame of Lee…
Dec 10 2018
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Relief pitcher Lee Smith and right fielder/DH Harold Baines were both elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday…
Dec 7 2018
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The way baseball’s Hall of Fame and the veteran sportswriters who vote in its elections have responded to the…
Nov 19 2018
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The 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is out, and Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, and Andy Pettitte are new on the ballot. Also, it’s Edgar Martinez’s last year of eligibility. [BBWAA]
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Mar 21 2018
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Cleveland Indians legend Jim Thome got a well-deserved first-ballot Hall of Fame nod this year, and after some…
Jan 29 2018
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There are few—if any?—genres of baseball writing that are more entertaining across the board than the Hall of Fame…
Jan 25 2018
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Barring something truly unexpected like a teary confession from Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera becoming the subject…
Jan 25 2018
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As worked up as we all were for the results of Baseball Hall of Fame voting, I suppose the players who got in were…