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Strange, True Realities of Hall Voting Push Blyleven, Alomar Over Top

The strangest things happened Wednesday. Roberto Alomar, who was judged not ready for the Hall of Fame a year ago, was resoundingly pushed into Cooperstown. And Bert Blyleven, who was judged not ready for induction 13 times in 13 years, finally made it on try No. 14. All of which underscores the uneven process that is...

Tim Raines' Hall of Fame Case Rock-Solid

Tim Raines gets my vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame every December. I wish Christmas shopping was as easy. Conversely, most of my fellow voters leave the box blank next to Raines, who has received, in order, 24.3 percent, 22.6 and 30.4 percent of the vote since first appearing on the ballot. It's easy to know why...

Field of Screams: Baseball Ghost Sightings

(Aug. 11) -- If you see a baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit and also think you see a ghost, you may not be completely off-base. Employees who work there swear they occasionally see a shadowy apparition in the lobby, and sometimes the elevator mysteriously opens and closes as if it's carrying an invisible...

The Dugout: Ty Cobb Your Pants and Jacket

Earlier today, in a great example of PostmanE being PostmanE, Fanhouse reported on An Evening With Ty Cobb, your only opportunity this Spring to see an old man wearing a Tigers jersey in Central Florida assuming you don't run into Lou Whitaker at Disney World. If you haven't already, watch the video. In it, a guy who looks...

Spend a Day With Some Beardy Guy In a Tigers Jersey

In case you're wondering, this is some dude named Norm Coleman acting like Ty Cobb, a performance will apparently reprise soon at the Dining Hall at Tiger Town for the Detroit Tigers Foundation of Florida. Coleman is apparently a specialist in this sort of behavior, though it's difficult to tell when his own accent leaves...

Ty Cobb News From the Web

05/23/12 The 20 Greatest Power Hitters Of All-Time Source: The Business Insider We all know that Barry Bonds hit more home runs than any other player in Major League Baseball history.
05/22/12 Words from the past prove the Coast's baseball affair Source: The Sun Herald - Biloxi MS "Ty Cobb, he was the next best thing to Babe Ruth. His being here made a lot of boys pick up baseballs to play."
05/19/12 Strike! The Shortest Baseball Walkout in History Source: The Pilot - Southern Pines NC There have been five strikes by Major League Baseball players and three lockouts by team owners since the American League formed in 1901 and joined with the 25-year-old National League to create the current MLB organization.
05/16/12 This Day in History: Ty Cobb beat the hell out of a fan Source: Comcast SportsNet Via BTF , we are reminded that today is the 96th anniversary of Ty Cobb doing something which, if today's Hall of Fame voters are to be believed, wasn't as bad as taking some HGH: he beat the hell out of a fan : My favorite part came right afterward.
05/07/12 MLB Notebook: Davis goes 0-for-8, earns win Source: MLB In 1911, Ty Cobb batted .420 and won the American League batting title.