seamheads.com - 7/4/2009
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My friend John Mooney asked me to pass this along :
When the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Walter O’Malley on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, it will become the first New York City-based organization to honor the longtime Dodgers owner (the man who moved the team out of Brooklyn to Los ...
Cooperstown Confidential: Defending the Hall of Fame Classic
hardballtimes.com 6/26/2009 — The village of Cooperstown was treated to a new baseball experience last weekend. Here's a take on the Hall of Fame Classic from a writer who knows the town. Click the title to read more. Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
The 10 Best Quarterbacks Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
bleacherreport.com 6/15/2009 — Continuing the position-by-position look at the best eligible players not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we now turn our attention to the most visible and scrutinized position on the field: quarterback.
Many would argue that quarterbacks receive ...
MMA Hall of Fame
keyboardkimura.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — To put it as simplistically as possible, we need a Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame. During the continuing discussions of yesterday's post about the candidacy of Evan Tanner and others for the UFC Hall of Fame, I was reminded that we currently do not have a true Hall of Fame that operates in ...
The Hall of Fame: it's all about the money
bases.newsvine.com 7/23/2009 — Next time you hear Hall of Famers spout off about how the steroids cheats should be kept out, keep in mind that it may very well be more than the alleged integrity of the institution that they're
protecting. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame can ...
Shame in Their Fame?
sports-central.org 7/9/2009 — As the baseball stars align in St. Louis, two of the "bad sheep" have recently resurfaced. With that comes questions of legendary status in the "Steroid Era." However, SC's Jonathan Lowe says that those questions have already been answered.
Hall of Fame Classic Dips Its Toes in the Water
hardballtimes.com 6/22/2009 — File this one in the category of “just for fun.”
Team Wagner edged Team Collins, 5-4, on Sunday afternoon in the inaugural Hall of Fame Classic, an old-timers game featuring 26 retired major leaguers. The Wagners (named for Hall of Famer Honus Wagner) rallied from a 4-0 deficit, scoring four ...
Just Sue It? SportsFuzion v. Nike and Basketball Hall of Fame
sports-law.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — Deadspin has an interesting piece on a lawsuit brought by a small company named SportsFuzion against Nike and the Basketball Hall of Fame alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, and fraud. The lawsuit concerns the following: ...
10 Players Who Barely Made it to the Hall of Fame
bleacherreport.com 6/29/2009 — Jim Rice finally eked into the Hall of Fame with 76.4% of the vote on the most recent ballot. It made me wonder if anyone has ever made the Hall of Fame with less support (you need 75% of the vote to get in).
It just so happens that there are nine ...
How Good Will John Lannan Be? —
Nationals Journal 7/4/2009
The most interesting question about the Nats, in what has otherwise been a nightmare season, is to speculate about how good their young starting pitchers will become when they mature. Please, no silly comparisons to the Braves' trio that's going to ...