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• Near Misses Headline Hall Snubs
• By Matt Snyder 1/06/2010 3:50 PM ET
• Earlier Wednesday, it was announced that the BBWAA has selected Andre Dawson for enshrinement into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Let's check out the players from this year's ballot who did ... More »
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• FanHouse's 2010 Hall of Fame Ballot
• By FanHouse Newswire 1/06/2010 2:30 AM ET
• The 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced on Wednesday afternoon at 2 PM ET. With seven Hall of Fame voters on staff, FanHouse made a small but significant impact on this year's election. ... More »
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• BaseCast: Playing the Fame Game
• By Andrew Johnson 1/06/2010 1:00 AM ET
• It's a baseball podcast. The math is easy, right? BaseCast. Let's rock. What goes into the Hall of Fame voting process? What criteria do voters use as they go down the ballot? And who from this ... More »
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• Should Jason Isringhausen Spend 2009 On Detroit's DL?
• By Tom Fornelli 1/15/2009 2:04 PM ET
• The story of the Detroit Tigers has been pretty much the same over the last two seasons. In 2007, their bullpen cost them a chance to reach the playoffs and get back to the World Series, and in 2008 ... More »
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• Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice Officially Elected Into Baseball Hall of Fame
• By Matt Snyder 1/12/2009 2:01 PM ET
• The Baseball Hall of Fame is expanding to include the giant resume of Rickey Henderson. Much to the chagrin of Corky Simpson -- who is "not a Rickey guy" -- Henderson easily cake-walked to induction ... More »
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• From the Windup: One Man Fills Out a Hypothetical Hall of Fame Ballot
• By Andrew Johnson 12/02/2008 2:45 PM ET
• From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime. The 2009 Hall of Fame ballot was released Monday, and with it is certain to come heated debate right up until ... More »
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• Will Tommy John End Billy Wagner's Career?
• By Matt Watson 9/09/2008 2:00 AM ET
• After shutting himelf down on Sunday, Billy Wagner received some grim news when he was examined by doctors on Monday: he has a torn flexor pronator and MCL in his left elbow, meaning he needs to ... More »
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• Ozzie Guillen Has a New Target
• By Tom Fornelli 7/20/2008 3:02 PM ET
• In my last post about Jose Contreras' trip to the disabled list, I marveled at the fact White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was able to string together 75 consecutive words without swearing. I'm pretty ... More »
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