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
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
One of the best parts of baseball is the arguments. Fans can argue and debate which player is better. Fans can get heated defending their choice and come up with statistics to back their favorites. There are times when it is not so easy to decide who is better, no matter what is used to back their favorite player. Other times, there is no debate because of the magnitude of the team or player being debated. There is never any debate over the all-time players. Continue reading
So, the Baseball Hall of Fame Slugging 16 is set. In all of the brackets, all of the #1, #2 and #3 seeds moved on, but only one #4 seed moved on. The voting was plentiful and the results showed some interesting trends. Here, broken down by bracket are your Slugging 16. Continue reading
Here is the second part of the second round of MLB HOF March Madness – the Branch Rickey and Casey Stengel brackets.
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Here are the first round results of the MLB HOF March Madness. We received a great turnout for the voting.
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The month of March is here and it is time for the sports madness that occurs each year during this time of the year. For those of us that are baseball fans, the madness is the month of build up, hope, and anticipation as the baseball season is soon to start.
After a recent visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and some conversations about the people enshrined in the Hall of Fame, we at 85% Sports and Inside Pulse Sports are trying to come up with that answer. Who is the top Hall of Famer of all time? We did not think we could answer that question alone, so we turn to you…the baseball world and baseball community for assistance.
Hall of Fame March Madness is here. We have taken the time to select the Hall of Famers that we believe are the Top 68 Hall of Famers of all time. The only factor was that they must have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The selections were not easy and we may not even right in your eyes in our choices and decisions, but we made our selections and we stand by them. We have separated the Famers into four brackets, named for four Hall of Fame managers representing four of the all-time stories franchises: Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati Reds), Leo Durocher (New York/San Francisco Giants), Branch Rickey (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers) and Casey Stengel (New York Yankees).
Just like that other tournament, we had an additional four Hall of Famers. The extra Famer in each bracket will go head to head with the last ranked player in that bracket. After this opening round is played, the bracket will continue in true form: 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14 and so forth. Every time there is a head to head matchup, one Famer moves on and the matchups get harder and harder.
Round one starts now, make your choice and let us all decide who the Top Hall of Famer of All-Time is.
Let the madness begin.
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Topps Sports Cards is celebrating their 60th anniversary and they are asking fans to vote on their favorite cards. Topps has selected their favorite 100 cards. Starting in Mid-December, they will countdown starting at #60. The top 60 will be reprinted for the 2011 Topps Series 1 set.
Fans can vote once per day.
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