One common statement I heard during the MLB Draft was “Outside of the first 8 picks, the quality drops off.” I was curious if that was a general theory for this draft, or if this was common every year.
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Jamie Moyer is my new hero. On April 17, 2012, Moyer became the oldest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to win a game. At the time of the victory, he was 49 year and 151 days old. He broke an 80-year old record, set by the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jack Quinn in 1932 at the age of 49 years, 70 days. Continue reading
Peyton Manning was released from the Indianapolis Colts this week. He was the first pick overall in the 1998 draft and had been their starting quarterback ever since. The Colts were the only club that he ever knew. However when he signs with a new organization, he will leave another exclusive club; players that were drafted by one organization and played for that team their entire career (and a minimum of 14 years). Continue reading
The Minnesota Twins have announced that they will be retiring Number 10, the number of former manager Tom Kelly. Kelly won two World Series as the leader of the Twins (1987 and 1991) and is the team’s all-time leader in managerial wins, 1,140 in 15 seasons with the Twins. The number will be retired on September 8.
This got me wondering about the retired numbers and what number has been the most retired. Continue reading
(Reuters) – Barry Larkin, baseball’s newest Hall of Famer, is curious to see how some of the best known players of the so-called steroids era would be treated in next year’s election.
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It was announced today that former Cincinnati Reds SS Barry Larkin was announced into the Hall of Fame; Larkin received 86.4% of the vote.
Notables Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell, Jack Morris, Lee Smith, and Rafael Palmeiro did not get elected, along with first ballot nominee Bernie Willimas.
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In the annual polling of members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin and former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell were recommended for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is the third year the organization has conducted this survey of the membership.
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The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has it’s members vote on the Hall of Fame each year, just to see how the vote compares to the BBWAA’s inductees. We’re not required to write on it, but I wanted to just for the sake of doing it.
Like the BBWAA, the BBA members will have 10 votes and any player that is on 75% of the ballots would be inducted (if there were a BBA HOF).
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