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The National Baseball Hall of Fame has two new members. Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza have both been voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, it was announced Wednesday evening. Induction weekend will be held July 22-25 this summer, at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The induction ceremony itself will be held Sunday, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET. Griffey…

Alan Trammell at Tigers spring training in February 2015.(Photo: Julian H. Gonzalez, DFP) Alan Trammell’s days on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot are over. In his 15th year of consideration from the Baseball Writers Association of America, the longtime Tiger legend once again fell short of the 75% needed for induction to Cooperstown, earning 40.9% of the vote. “It’s flattering and honoring just to be talked about it,” Trammell…

More What FIFA Can Learn From the Biggest Scandal in Baseball History How Night Games Changed Baseball History On Wednesday, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will announce the inductees for the 2016 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The new additions will join a list that has been growing since Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson made up the first class, in 1936….

Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that nobody was elected in this round of Pre-Integration Era Committee balloting — the second straight year that one of the Hall’s era-based Veterans Committees failed to induct a player from before 1973. Nobody elected on pre-integration ballot. Silly to have an exclusive Vet committee for the most overrepresented part of baseball history. — Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) December 7, 2015 We don’t…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — On Wednesday evening, we’ll learn the identities of the next baseball stars to earn induction into Cooperstown. While we wait for the results of the 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, let’s examine the cases for each. Take part by casting your vote on each member of the ballot and voicing your opinion in the comments section below. Jeff Bagwell Year on ballot: 6 Career numbers: .297/.408/.540…

CLEVELAND — The Browns have made an out-of-the-batter’s box hire. Owner Jimmy Haslam has brought in Paul DePodesta, a baseball executive and analytics expert with 20 years of major league experience, to be the team’s new chief strategy officer. Haslam, who fired coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer on Sunday night after a 3-13 season, pulled DePodesta away from the New York Mets to help the Browns’ organization…

Two Major League Baseball players have filed defamation lawsuits against Al-Jazeera America over statements made in a documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies filed the suits Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington. The suits refer to the documentary “The Dark Side: Secrets of Sports Doping,” which Al-Jazeera America broadcast Dec. 27. The suit alleges that Charles…

Ken Griffey Jr. and Curt Schilling were the only two unanimous picks for the Baseball Hall of Fame on ballots submitted by the six members of the Boston Globe sports staff who are Hall of Fame voters. Peter Abraham, Nick Cafardo, Amalie Benjamin, Bob Hohler, Bob Ryan, and Dan Shaughnessy all have votes. To earn a Hall of Fame vote, a writer must have been an active member of the…

Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that nobody was elected in this round of Pre-Integration Era Committee balloting — the second straight year that one of the Hall’s era-based Veterans Committees failed to induct a player from before 1973. Nobody elected on pre-integration ballot. Silly to have an exclusive Vet committee for the most overrepresented part of baseball history. — Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) December 7, 2015 We don’t…

Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that nobody was elected in this round of Pre-Integration Era Committee balloting — the second straight year that one of the Hall’s era-based Veterans Committees failed to induct a player from before 1973. Nobody elected on pre-integration ballot. Silly to have an exclusive Vet committee for the most overrepresented part of baseball history. — Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) December 7, 2015 We don’t…

Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that nobody was elected in this round of Pre-Integration Era Committee balloting — the second straight year that one of the Hall’s era-based Veterans Committees failed to induct a player from before 1973. Nobody elected on pre-integration ballot. Silly to have an exclusive Vet committee for the most overrepresented part of baseball history. — Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) December 7, 2015 We don’t…

The Browns are really on one right now. Just a few days removed from chucking head coach Mike Pettine and GM Ray Farmer, the team has hired Paul DePodesta to be its … top executive? Per a gibberish-laden press release (“DePodesta will be responsible for assessing and implementing best practices and strategies that will provide the organization with the comprehensive resources needed to make optimal decisions”), his title will be…

The Browns have made an out-of-the-batter’s box hire. Owner Jimmy Haslam has brought in Paul DePodesta, a baseball executive and analytics expert with 20 years of major league experience, to be the NFL team’s new chief strategy officer. Haslam, who fired coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer on Sunday night following a 3-13 season, pulled DePodesta away from the New York Mets to help his organization with decision…

Ken Griffey Jr. is among the chief candidates for induction into the Hall of Fame. (Elaine Thompson/AP File Photo) The consensus after last year’s announcement of who would be inducted into the Hall of Fame – ace pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz along with second base stalwart Craig Biggio – was that the Baseball Writers Association of America, entrusted with the vote, had done fine work. They…

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The newest Baseball Hall of Fame members will be announced during a press conference at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The 2016 voting has been headlined by Ken Griffey Jr.’s chances of becoming the first unanimous selection in baseball history. He currently stands at 100 percent on the Hall of Fame vote tracker. The fine folks over at Lookout Landing, well, Nathan Bishop in particular, offers a stirring tribute to Griffey. While…

<!– –> Additional Baseball Night links Online Ticket Order Form PDF Ticket Order Form BLACKSBURG — All the details for the 2016 Virginia Tech Baseball Night in Blacksburg event are now set. The ninth annual event is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6 starting at 6 p.m. in Lane Stadium with Wyatt Toregas – former Tech catcher, major and minor league player, Reston, Virginia, native and current West…

Of the 32 players up for induction in 2016, 15 are on the ballot for the first time. In alphabetical order, here are 11 players who don’t have a prayer of receiving at least five percent of the vote.   Garrett Anderson, OF Anderson had a solid 17-year career, making three All-Star teams and compiling a lifetime .293 average and 287 home runs. But his 102 career OPS+ signifies that…