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Eliminating Cooperstown Candidates as Easy as Picking Them

By Terence MooreDec 31st 2010 – 1:30PM

With the clock ticking toward the midnight deadline on New Year's Eve, I'm sitting here looking at my 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. And you know what? Something keeps occurring to me after more than two decades of filling out these things. This is going to be so easy. Roberto Alomar gets a check mark next to his...

Near Misses Headline Hall Snubs

By Matt SnyderJan 6th 2010 – 3:50PM

Earlier Wednesday, it was announced that the BBWAA has selected Andre Dawson for enshrinement into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Let's check out the players from this year's ballot who did not make it, their cases, and their shot to make it in in future years. On the Cusp Bert Blyleven: His case been covered...

FanHouse's 2010 Hall of Fame Ballot

By FanHouse NewswireJan 6th 2010 – 2:30AM

The 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced on Wednesday afternoon at 2 PM ET. With seven Hall of Fame voters on staff, FanHouse made a small but significant impact on this year's election. Below are the results of how each FanHouse staff member voted on their 2010 ballot as well as a list of each candidate...

BaseCast: Playing the Fame Game

By Andrew JohnsonJan 6th 2010 – 1:00AM

It's a baseball podcast. The math is easy, right? BaseCast. Let's rock. What goes into the Hall of Fame voting process? What criteria do voters use as they go down the ballot? And who from this year's class of Cooperstown contenders should get in this time around? Two of FanHouse's own Hall gatekeepers, Jeff Fletcher...

From the Windup: A Look at Baseball Hall of Fame 2010 First-Time Eligibles

By Matt SnyderJan 16th 2009 – 9:30AM

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.The Hall of Fame talk has begun to die down and baseball fans are starting to look forward to that oh-so-exciting date -- February 15th, when pitchers and catchers report -- but before we get there, let's look ahead at the players who...

Background on fred mcgriff

Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963 in Tampa, Florida) is a left-handed former Major League Baseball player who starred for several teams from the mid-1980s until the early 2000s.

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