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Hall of Fame Snubs Miller, Steinbrenner; Selection of Gillick Reveals Same Cracks in Committee Process

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, Yankees, tagged , , on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Pat Gillick was an accomplished baseball executive for well over 40 years, including 27 seasons as a general manager for four different franchises. Although he isn’t a blight on the Hall of Fame, his election this afternoon by the new […]

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Cubs Legend Santo Passes Away; Legacy Is Overcoming Diabetes, not Being Overlooked by the Hall of Fame

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, tagged , , on December 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The baseball world, but particularly Chicago, lost another giant figure today when Ron Santo succumbed to bladder cancer at the age of 70. After spending his entire 15-year career in the windy city (14 seasons on the North side and one on the South side), Santo added to his legend in Chicago when he joined […]

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Leading by Example: Picking an All-Time Team of All Star Managers

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , on November 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

After losing out to Mike Quade in his bid to become manager of the Chicago Cubs, Hall of Famer and team icon Ryne Sandberg has left the organization to pursue a managerial opportunity with the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Sandberg’s transfer is an ironic kind of homecoming. In one of the worst deals […]

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Hall Ballot Reunites Enemies Turned Friends; Reinsdorf to Vote on Boss’ Candidacy

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Hall of Fame’s inaugural “Expansion ERA” ballot has been released and the Yankees are well represented. Ron Guidry, Billy Martin and Tommy John are all eligible for consideration, but the headliner is George M. Steinbrenner III. When the new “veteran’s committee” process was announced back in July, I suggested that the revised rules seemed intended […]

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Hall of Fame Film Festival to Honor 61* on Anniversary of Maris’ Historic Blast

Posted in Baseball, Culture, Hall of Fame, MLB, Movies on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was the anniversary of the day the Babe hit 60, but October 1 belongs to Roger Maris and 61. Next year will mark the golden anniversary of Maris’ historic blast off the Red Sox Tracy Stallard in 1961, and the Yankees are sure to have something special planned to mark the occasion. In the […]

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