Sentences with phrase «hall of fame ballots»

Then, after I fax my ballot to the secretary of the Baseball Writers» Association of America, I'll begin contemplating the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Hall of Fame ballots.

Mark McGwire hasn't fared well on previous Hall of Fame ballots, and isn't going to fare well this time around, either.

The Baseball Writers Association of America — also known as the BBWAA — released the 2016 Hall of Fame ballot on Monday.

In five years, he'll appear on a Hall of Fame ballot, and it will be the first time you've thought about him in a while.

Meanwhile, there are incredibly knowledgeable people, with decades of experience covering the game, who aren't allowed anywhere near a Hall of Fame ballot.

My 2013 Hall of Fame ballot has checks next to the names Craig Biggio, Tim Raines, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell and Larry Walker.

Ted Williams received 282 of 302 possible votes when he first appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot.

Leaving aside the actual results, I'm fairly sure that Lynn Henning's process for filling out his Hall of Fame ballot places him in the 99th percentile of voters.

See, the Hall of Fame ballot is really crowded now, and it's going to get a lot more crowded next year.

Along with all the other ex-superstars on this year's Hall of Fame ballot.

Lynn Henning, who's been around for a while and who I've known for a while, has published his Hall of Fame ballot: Barry Larkin, Alan Trammell, Tim Raines, Edgar Martinez.

Then there were the steroid accusations, McGwire barely generating a whisper on the Hall of Fame ballot, and now, the last unfortunate twist to his career: the Cardinals gave newly signed free agent outfielder Dexter Fowler his old number, 25.

Not exact matches

The 61 - year - old billionaire entrepreneur is a first - ballot entrant in the CEO Hall of Fame, and will be a shoe - in B - School case study for decades to come.

The Selection Committee will be polled by email from the Hall of Fame's Senators Board in which the board will eventually narrow the Selection Committee's ballot to a list to 10.

The Selection Committee will be polled by email from the Hall of Fame's Senators Board in which the board will eventually narrow the Selection Committee's ballots down to the final list to 10.

Randy Johnson sailed through the Hall of Fame on the first ballot because hardly anyone suspected him of steroids, then or now.

Jerry Tarkanian has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in his first time on the ballot, reports CBS Sports» Jeff Goodman.

This win, the 39th of his eventual first - ballot Hall of Fame career, had even more significance.

The retirement of first ballot Hall of Fame offensive tackle Joe Thomas leaves a huge hole on the left side of Cleveland's offensive line.

Considering that Trammell played with two first - ballot Hall of Fame shortstops, his six All - Star team selections are even more impressive.

Barry Larkin, a 12 - time All - Star and lifelong Cincinnati Red, was the only player on the 2012 ballot voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers» Association of America.

Fortunately, MLB.com has polled their 16 Hall of Fame voters about the 2013 ballot, thus giving us, if not a perfectly representative sample, a pretty good cross-section of the voters» various thought processes.

MILEPOSTS — NAMED: GEORGE WEISS, RUBE MARQUARD, HARRY HOOPER, JOE KELLEY, JAKE BECKLEY, CHICK HAFEY and DAVE BANCROFT to Baseball's Hall of Fame in the annual ballot of an oldtimers» committee.

The polls are closed, the ballots have been counted and the results are in — and this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan votes were all about classic Nudist matchmaking and dating.

The polls are closed, the ballots have been counted and the results are in — and this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan votes were all about classic

But the most puzzling divergence is that after Wade became Deadpool in «X-Men Origins,» his mouth was sewn shut, and the character became mute — yes, the antihero who became a cult - favorite as the Merc with a Mouth literally had no mouth, a first - ballot candidate for the Hall of Fame of Bad Comic Book Movie Decisions.

The top three highest voting games will be announced on May 3rd and will join 27 other International Selection Advisory Committee chosen ballots in the hall of fame.

While encouraging voters to consider his gameplay and not his cultural importance, he was a no - brainer first ballot selection for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.