Search results for "hall of fame"
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3.8KHall of FameOff The Bench’s 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Chat
Max 6:33 PM – Sean, it’s that time of year again- the time I dig up my Slack password and log in...
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6.5KResearchOne Semiserious Rationale for Every Player on the Hall of Fame Ballot
There are 26 players on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot. All of them played at least ten years in MLB and...
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9.5KAL WestFélix Hernández inducted into Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame
I was among the many fans who packed T-Mobile Park to watch the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame Induction ceremony for Félix...
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7.8K2AL EastThe Aaron Judge Hall of Fame Question
Aaron Judge is the best baseball player in the world right now. With apologies to Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and the other...
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7.7KHall of FameHall of Fame Ballot through Salaries, Superlatives, and Similarity Scores
Most every baseball fan has their own personal take on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. They have their own standards, their...
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14.4K1Hall of FameLet’s Add 19 Catchers to the Hall of Fame
Have you ever taken a guided tour of a cave? The backstory is always something like, “In 1821, Farmer Wilson was tending...
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4.3KHall of FameThe Hall of Fame Doesn’t Deserve Our Attention
Last week, David Ortiz was the lone player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. 75%...
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4.6KHall of FameA Simpler Way to Consider the Hall of Fame Ballot
Here’s the premise: let’s say the 30 players on this year’s ballot are available in a hypothetical time-machine expansion draft and a...
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5.3KResearchThe 2022 Off The Bench Hall of Fame Ballot Chat
3:31 PM Max Hello! Is it that time of year again? 3:34 PM Sean I believe it is! We’ve been doing this...
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Four MORE Flavors of Hall of Fame Ballots
Yesterday, Off the Bench published the Four Flavors of Hall of Fame Ballots, wherein we covered the multitude of ways that people...
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5.4K1Hall of FameThe Four Flavors of Hall of Fame ballots
Along with Bill of Rights Day, the Winter Solstice, and Rickey Henderson’s birthday, December is Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot month. It’s...
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14.4K3Hall of FameIs Evan Longoria a Hall of Famer?
In his heyday as the face of the Rays, Evan Longoria appeared to be on a collision course with the Hall of...