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 Baseball Hall of Fame
Among baseball fans, "Hall of Fame" means not only the museum and facility in Cooperstown, but also the pantheon of players, managers, umpires and builders who have been named to enshrinement there.
An ongoing controversy facing the Hall of Fame is that of the status of Joe Jackson and Pete Rose.
Members of the Hall of Fame (by year of election) The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 by the Clark Foundation, a private fortune based in Cooperstown that traces its money to the original Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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 Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame The baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, and the hon...
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Fame Fame is the condition of being known to the general public.
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 Men's Varsity O Hall Of Fame
He was also captain of the 1944 team, leading OSU to a 10-2 Big Ten record and the conference championship.
Gradishar won Academic All-America honors in 1973, the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1974 and is a member of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame.
The two-time all-Big Ten and All-American posted a 24-3 record in two years with the Buckeyes.
ohiostatebuckeyes.collegesports.com /genrel/osu-mhof.html

  
 Georgia All-Americans :: Sixty-one in 90 years
Smith later coached ends and baseball for the University of Georgia, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Mississippi.
He was inducted in to the National College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1964, and the UGA Circle of Honor in 1996.
McWhorter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1964, and the UGA Circle of Honor in 1996.
georgiadogs.collegesports.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051702aaa.html

  
 Prince Hal finally crowned
He has never walked into the gallery that contains nothing but the chiseled plaques of baseball's most honored players along the walls.
In 1962, the first year he was eligible for the Hall of Fame, Newhouser received four votes.
In 1975, the final year he was on the writers' ballot, he received 155 votes; 272 were needed for induction that year.
www.freep.com /sports/othersports/qvince9h.htm

  
 Category:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page was last modified 04:50, 11 June 2004.
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 Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association
Baseball has lost many important contributors over the past 12 months, including two Hall of Famers, two current-day Major League players, and several Hall of Fame caliber writers and broadcasters.
He also worked extensively with the baseball program in Clarence, helping construct several playing fields at Clarence City Lake during the 1960s.
Wilhelm was elected to the Hall in 1985.
www.mlb.com /mlb/features/alumni/remember.html

  
 National Baseball Hall of Fame - 2002 Necrology - The Game Lost Many in 2002
According to longtime Cleveland writer Russ Schneider, the famed photograph was "considered a landmark in what was then only the second year of the integration of baseball." Gromek retired in 1957, leaving the game with a record of 123-108 and an ERA of 3.41.
According to the rules of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Kile's passing in July made him eligible for the 2003 ballot considered by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
In 1997, he attended the opening of the Hall of Fame's new exhibit on African Americans in baseball, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /history/necrology/2002.htm

  
 STaF Yankees { Hall of Fame Inside Pitch }
Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson was born on February 22, 1934, in Bridgewater, South Dakota, but grew up in California, where the warm weather fueled his love of baseball.
Terry was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
The exhibition's appearance at the Smithsonian is part of a four-year, 10-city, nationwide tour, marking the first time treasures from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum have ever left their legendary home.
yankees.stafathletics.com /insidepitch_archive.htm

  
 Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Hodges, Oliva, Santo headline Veterans ballot
Candidates were selected by a committee selected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and second screening committee of six Hall of Fame members.
The Veterans Committee is comprised of the 60 living members of the Hall of Fame, 14 Ford C. Frick Award recipients, 10 J.G. Taylor Spink Award recipients, and one former Veterans Committee member whose term has not yet expired.
Eighty-five people are eligible to vote, including the 60 living Hall of Famers, 10 members of the writers wing and 14 members of the broadcasters wing.
www.addictsports.com /baseball/printthread.php?t=45814

  
 Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: December 2004 Archives
I find it amusing how some Hall voters feel they’re the “keepers of the gate” and believe it is their duty to keep out the riff-raff — or at least not let certain players in until they’ve waited the “proper” number of years.
McKeon walks by, exchanges pleasantries with the Hall of Fame manager (with a lifetime pitching record of 0-4 and a 6.48 ERA, he wasn’t voted in as a player, right?), and proceeds to exit the hotel to light up another one.
TR : There are players in the Hall of Fame I didn’t vote for or, if I had been voting at the time, wouldn’t have voted for — and I don’t feel compelled to use their comparisons in assessing a candidate’s worth.
www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/2004_12.html

  
 OOTP Developments Forums - SO49: 1954 Hall of Fame Ballot
All-Star in 1944, 1947 with the Tigers; 1950 with the Dodgers
- Inside the Park Baseball Patch 1.03 released, DEMO now available!
Since the seasonal balloting is always an iffy thing - sometimes I get 100% returns, sometimes not...I have decided to expand the SO49's HOF Balloting to the Dynasty forum.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=36944

  
 BTF's Hall of Merit
You have to persistently push your case to the people running the Hall, to the voters, to the media, to MLB and to the ball clubs.
One of the aims of the HoM project is to be able to show them who ought to be in their Hall.
To get a long-retired player into the Coop is like supporting a candidate for canonization to the Catholic Church; it takes many years and you have to prove miracles were performed.
www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/primer/hom/P30

  
 hofinducteesbios.html
In baseball, he was a starting third baseman for Ralph Lapointe (one of the original UVM Athletic Hall of Fame inductees in 1969) for two seasons.
Professional baseball and Bert Wood Abbey were born in the same year, 1869.
Along with Hall of Famer Kirk McCaskill and current baseball coach Bill Currier, Farrell was one of the offensive leaders that led the Catamounts to the championship game of the 1981 ECAC New England Regionals.
www.uvm.edu /athletics/hof/hofinducteesbios.html

  
 athletic
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 and received the Varsity Alumni "S" Club's Jack Breslin Lifetime Achievement Award in 1988.
An assistant wrestling coach at MSU from 1951-60, Mikles was described by legendary MSU coach Fendley Collins as having "the speed of a sprinter, the agility and suppleness of a dancer, and the athletic poise of a champion."
Smith was named to the all-time MSU football team in 1969 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
www.msu.edu /unit/msuaa/magazine/w93/athletic.htm

  
 SABR-L Archive Index
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 1998 SABR-L Subject Index
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 1944 St. Louis Browns Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Baltimore Orioles > 1944 Statistics / Schedule and Splits / Transactions
www.baseball-reference.com /teams/SLB/1944.shtml   (200 words)

  
 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
This was the first World Series to feature two teams that had finished the previous season in last place.
The World Series has been a best-of-seven series except in the years 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, when it was best-of-nine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series   (200 words)

  
 Al Michaels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster.
Since then, he has covered a wide variety of sports for the network, including Major League Baseball, college football, ice hockey, track and field events, figure skating, and many events of the Olympic Games.
In 1971, Michaels moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became the lead announcer for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Al_Michaels   (610 words)

  
 Sixteen Elected To Inaugural Class Of Army Sports Hall Of Fame :: Heisman Trophy Winners, All-Americans, Legendary Coaches Comprise Coveted Charter Class
In addition to his accomplishments on the soccer field, Palone served as Army's baseball coach from 1955 to 1957.
He also assisted in coaching football, baseball and boxing at that time before assuming duties as head football coach at the University of Tennessee in 1925.
Selected "Outstanding Player of the Year" by the Helms Foundation in 1944 and 1945, Davis was also selected "Outstanding Player of the Year" by the Maxwell Club in 1944.
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 Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society's Official Website and Online Shoppe
The proposal to commemorate Connie Mack’s 50 years as a Major League manager originated with Ed Pollock, the baseball columnist of “The Evening Bulletin.” Pollock was with the Athletics during their 1944 spring training stay in Frederick, Maryland—wartime travel restrictions prohibited the A’s from taking their customary trip to Florida for pre-season conditioning.
During the afternoon of Friday, 4 August 1944, Connie Mack and assembled guests gathered at the Warwick Hotel for a 5 PM dinner and to watch Mack cut a three-layer cake baked for the occasion.
As a culmination to the ceremony, Connie Mack named his all-time, all-star team of living players, each one exiting the dugout and lining up next to the microphone near home plate when introduced.
philadelphiaathletics.org /history/macktribute.htm   (1478 words)

  
 Washington College Hall of Fame
It was on the baseball diamond as an outfielder that Bill attained his greatest success, leading the 1935 team to twelve wins, one loss and one tie, and the Maryland Collegiate League Championship.
After graduating in 1936, Bill began what was to become a 17-year career in professional baseball, playing for the Chicago Cubs until 1948 and with the Philadelphia Phillies through 1953.
Failing health at the height of his career forced Bill to leave baseball, and he retired to life on his farm near Chestertown.
athletics.washcoll.edu /halloffame/1981/wn36.html   (1478 words)

  
 Baseball Digest: 7th inning stretch: "The Treatment" - intentional walks given by pitchers when the bases are loaded
Bill Nicholson, July 23, 1944 (2nd game)--The Giants led the Cubs, 10-7, in the top of the eighth with the bases loaded, none out, and Nicholson--who had homered four times already that day--at the plate.
Baseball Digest: 7th inning stretch: "The Treatment" - intentional walks given by pitchers when the bases are loaded
AS A TEENAGER IN 1944, EVERETT "ACE" Parker--now a retired New York City cop living in Napa, California--was at the Polo Grounds when Bill Nicholson was intentionally walked with the bases loaded.
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 Baseball Direct - #1 online source for baseball videos, books & calendars
Every game in the Series was a dramatic story all its own-- Branca's brilliant performance suddenly shattered, Reynolds' blowout, Berra's historic pinchhit homer, Lavagetto's hit to break up Beven's no-hitter, Gionfriddo's catch, and the heroics of Page and Henrich.
Also see "1947 World Series (and 1947 All-Star Game)" in the Rare Films section.
Series MVP Jose Rijo defeated the A's twice, and Eric Davis, Billy Hatcher and Chris Sabo (two homers in Game 3) also played key roles in Cincinnati's four-game sweep.
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 Sports timeline
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 1944 World Series - STL vs. SLB - Baseball-Reference.com
1944 World Series - STL vs. SLB - Baseball-Reference.com
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