Tag: Fame
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Campaign for Immortality: Dale Murphy’s Hall of Fame Journey
There was never a single or simple reason that this Long Island kid and born-and-bred Yankees fan would choose Dale Murphy as a childhood idol. He was the hero who found me and so many others on “SuperStation TBS” in the 1980s — the grace, the style, the smile, the power, the speed, the red-white-and-blue…
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Don Mattingly Aims for Hall of Fame Recognition on 19th Ballot
Here is where we retell a story that has been told and retold and retold without an ending that most Yankees fans find suitable. Don Mattingly has been on a Hall of Fame ballot 18 times and has been rejected 18 times. Will it be lucky No. 19, symbolic of a Yankees 19th-round pick? The…
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Jeff Kent Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2026
Jeff Kent has earned election into the Hall of Fame Class of 2026 per voting by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee announced on Sunday night. Candidates needed to receive 12 votes (75 percent) on ballots cast by the 16-member committee to earn election. Kent received 14 votes (87.5%). The rest of the results are…
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Dale Murphy’s Hall of Fame Candidacy: Spotlight on the Era Committee Ballot
ATLANTA — Dale Murphy finds himself incredibly thankful for all that baseball has provided him and his family. This includes the incredible amount of support he has received from countless fans who are hoping he is elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame when the Era Committee ballot results are announced on Dec. 7. “It’s been…