The Cleveland Guardians missed out on their chance to add the franchise’s first Hall of Fame inductee since Jim Thome was elected in 2018. Former Cleveland ace CC Sabathia decided to don the New York

Derek Jeter attended the 2024 Reserve Cup Series in Miami as a celebrity captain, emphasizing his support for the sport of Padel and founder Wayne Boich. In an interview, Jeter commented on Hall of Fame vote accountability,

When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became the 22nd player born outside the United States (including Puerto Rico, which, though it is a U.

Regrets? Who knows if the Wilpon Family has any during their time as majority owners of the New York Mets? Former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips seems to h

In my business, that knee-jerk response comes in handy. Fending off blame is a survival skill. A columnist knows he can’t fight a tidal wave of angry emails and social-media posts and, at some point, gives up trying to argue he is not, in fact, a nitwit. From there, it’s a short hop to a renunciation of any personal responsibility.

Even if you don’t know baseball, you’ve probably heard of Ichiro, the way that many non-sports fans still know Babe Ruth or Willie Mays or Bob Uecker. (“Juuuust a little outside!”) He’s a name.

During the gestation period for the place that would become baseball’s sacred shrine, Time Magazine, the New York Times and other periodicals referred to it as the “Baseball Hall of Fame.” Then, when the stately brick building housing the Hall officially opened in 1939,

The New York Mets made the postseason for the first time since 2022 after finishing with a record of 89-73 and coming in second place in the National League East. With an offseason that saw the team acquire the top free agent Juan Soto from the New York Yankees,

Willie McGee won the National League MVP or the 1985 season, in which he hit just 10 home runs. McGee also batted .353. Vince Coleman scored 107 runs that season, and he had more than three times as many stolen bases (110) as he had extra-base hits (31). The leading home run hitter on the team, Jack Clark, hit just 22 homers.

Voting for the Hall of Fame is an incredible honor, and it’s something I and the others who have those votes spend a great deal of time on. I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t spend at least a few minutes thinking about next year’s vote.

Ichiro Suzuki falling one vote short of unanimous election raised eyebrows, but it’s far from the biggest flub in Hall of Fame voting history.

Sure, mapping out games for 18 teams coast to coast is challenging, but do you miss the relative sanity of the old Pac-12’s basketball schedules?