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Breaking Down 2011 Hall of Fame Results
By FanHouse TV - AOL NewsOn Wednesday morning, Steve Phillips broke down all of the candidates for the Hall of Fame in 2011 and came to a final conclusion: Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar would be the only players to get in this time around. Well, that's exactly what happened, and he's back to discuss why it did, and why several candidates who were shut out may never get closer to Cooperstown. ...
Jeff Bagwell Shrugs Off Hall of Fame Snub
By Tom Krasovic - AOL NewsJeff Bagwell said he was neither shocked nor disappointed upon learning Wednesday that he got 41.7 percent of the vote for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "I'm just thank thankful I'm even on the ballot, and we'll go on from here," the former Houston Astros slugger told reporters by telephone. Bagwell, who went onto the ballot this offseason, hit 449 home runs, reached base in 41 percent of his career plate appearances, won a Gold Glove as a first baseman and received the National League MVP award in 1994. He also played in the Steroid Era, and his candidacy has inspired ...
In Baseball Hall of Fame Voting, Only the Ballot Is Black and White
By Jeff Fletcher - AOL NewsIt's Hall of Fame Election Day, or, as it's commonly understood on the web, Rip the BBWAA Day. I suppose that's what's great about the Baseball Hall of Fame. People really care about it. They get all worked up and in a lather about who absolutely should have gotten in and who absolutely shouldn't. Thing is, there are no absolutes in all of this. I don't mind anyone having an opinion. The beauty of this is that everyone has an opinion. The problem, and what makes the voting process so frustrating for voters like me, is that so many people seem to believe that their opinion is the ...
Hall of Fame Decision Day: Who's In?
By FanHouse TV - AOL NewsThe Baseball Hall of Fame is set to announce their class of 2011 and the discussion of who will and won't get in is filled with intrigue and controversy. The likes of Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, and Roberto Alomar will meet their Hall fate on Wednesday. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips thinks two players will get in, but it probably isn't who you are thinking. Click to watch: ...
Rafael Palmeiro Could be Telling Truth, Says Former Congressman
By A.J. Perez - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Rafael Palmeiro uttered the words a few corridors from here that defined his career more than his 3,020 hits, 569 home runs and three Gold Gloves. "I have never used steroids, period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that," the slugger said before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in March 2005. The former head of the Congressional subcommittee Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Jose Canseco testified in front of told FanHouse that Palmeiro indeed may not have knowingly used steroids despite a positive test days after he recorded his 3,000th hit ...
Eliminating Cooperstown Candidates as Easy as Picking Them
By Terence Moore - AOL NewsWith the clock ticking toward the midnight deadline on New Year's Eve, I'm sitting here looking at my 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. And you know what? Something keeps occurring to me after more than two decades of filling out these things. This is going to be so easy. Roberto Alomar gets a check mark next to his name, and so does Barry Larkin. I'll also select Bert Blyleven for the 14th consecutive time (that's how many times he's been on the ballot), and I'll go with Fred McGriff again and Lee Smith again. That's about it. Oh, just so you know, you can choose up to 10 folks out of ...
2011 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Revealed
By Andrew Johnson - AOL NewsThe candidates for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011 via the Baseball Writers' Association of America vote were announced Monday. Heading the list are a number of noteworthy first-time candidates, including Astros great Jeff Bagwell, two-time MVP Juan Gonzalez, Rafael Palmeiro and Larry Walker. Palmeiro, one of only four players in major league history with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, tested positive for the steroid stanozolol in 2005. He'll follow Mark McGwire as the second significant test case of the Steroid Era -- a player with the credentials to merit election, but also ...
New Congress Less Likely to Tackle Drugs in Sports
By A.J. Perez - AOL NewsCongressional hearings that have put the likes of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens in the crosshairs appear to be far less likely to occur as the Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives this week. Rep. Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the House subcommittee that called the iconic hearings into steroid use in baseball, has no interest in exploring performance-enhancing drugs in sports, his spokesman told FanHouse. "I think it's clear to the American people that jobs and the economy are more important than steroids in baseball," Frederick Hill said. "It would ...
Barry Bonds Wants to Be Hitting Coach
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record. Now he wants to follow Big Mac into the coaching profession some day. Bonds spoke just outside the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse before Game 1 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. "I love being home. I love being here," he said. When asked if he'd like to do more than just cheer on his former team in the future, Bonds said he would be interested in becoming a hitting coach in the future. "I have a gift and sooner or later I have to give it away," Bonds said. "I have to share ...
Baseball, the World Series and Steroids: George W. Bush Was Right
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyWhen he was part of the syndicate that owned the Texas Rangers, George W. Bush usually eschewed the owners' box for a seat in the stands, all the better to shuck peanuts and kibitz with the players, sometimes in his basic Spanish. Now that the Rangers are finally in the World Series – which opened Wednesday night in San Francisco -- the network cameras will scan the box seats looking for Bush, who likes to sit next to his old friend Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. Perhaps some of Bush's old critics ought to also search him out -- and apologize. Baseball is a better game, a truer game, ...
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