Sad Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson – – Who Belongs In the Baseball Hall of Fame

Baseballology

by Harvey Frommer - April 20, 20190

This year of 2019 is the 100thanniversary of the “Black Sox” scandal. This article comes from the Frommer vault On July 16, 1889, Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson was born into a poor family in Greenville, South Carolina. He never learned to read or write. By the time he was six

THE BOSS: GEORGE STEINBRENNER

Baseballology

by Harvey Frommer - December 12, 2018December 12, 20180

“If things go right, they're his team. If things go wrong, they're your team. His favorite line is, 'I will never have a heart attack. I give them.'" -Bob Watson, former Yankee GM With the recent unfair turn down of his admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame, one can only wonder

Harold Baines Hall of Fame Induction Has Opened the Flood Gates

Hockeyology

by Russ_Cohen - December 12, 20180

For years the National Baseball Hall of Fame made sure their membership was pretty elite. That’s not to say there wasn’t a debatable induction here or there but by and large, the writers and committees did a fine job. This year when they announced that Harold Baines would be one

The Modern Era Hall Panel Whiffs on Ted Simmons

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - December 11, 2017December 8, 20190

Ted Simmons needed 12 votes to be inducted and he got 11. He played fewer seasons than Carlton Fisk and had more RBI and was a better hitter. He didn’t have the power and Fisk was better behind the plate but Simmons has a place in baseball history. The eight-time All-Star