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Anybody who suggests the Baseball Hall of Fame is irrelevant doesn't understand one prevailing truth about the sport: its history is more important than its present. Baseball treats its history as a sacred bauble, which, until recently, it hasn't tried to rinse, wash or scrub. Its darkest moments are some of its most famous. The sport is evermore human because the Black Sox succumbed to greed and threw the World Series, because the segregationists won until they could no longer bottle up social change, because the Hit King was a flawed man who couldn't overcome a gambling addiction. Baseball is all of us.
Much of its history is in the hands of writers given the imposing task of judging it, and the latest Hall election, in which
Barry Bonds was the first name I checked on my Hall of Fame ballot. Roger Clemens was the second name I checked. Sammy Sosa was the third. There was no hesitation. No moment of wavering. Didn't even blink. more »
The most highly debated election for entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame ended Wednesday without a new inductee. For the first time since 1996, eligible members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America did not... more »
The hand-wringing and vein-knotting over today’s Hall of Fame inductees – or lack thereof – has offered more than the usual amusement with what is already one of American sport’s most spectacular preening ... more »
For all of the controversy and verbiage regarding this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, there exists the very real possibility that none of the 37 players will muster the necessary 75 percent to gain election, which would result... more »
The Baseball Hall of Fame, the most august fraternity of its kind in American sports, unveils its latest induction class Wednesday. For the first time this year, balloters must weigh the fate of two eminent stars, Barry Bonds... more »
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