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	National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Among baseball fans, "Hall of Fame" means not only the museum and facility in Cooperstown, but more likely the pantheon of players, managers, umpires and builders who have been named to enshrinement there.
		In 2005 the Hall completed a study on African American players between the late 19th century and the integration of the major leagues in 1947, and conducted a special election for such players in February 2006; seventeen figures from the Negro Leagues were chosen in that election, in addition to the eighteen previously selected.
		An ongoing controversy facing the Hall of Fame is that of the status of Joe Jackson and Pete Rose.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum (2627 words)

	AP: McGwire may fall short in Hall vote - Boston.com
		Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wouldn't address McGwire specifically, saying it was unclear how this generation of home run hitters will be judged.
		Baseball did not have an agreement with its players' union to ban steroids until after the 2002 season.
		Eleven of the 15 Hall of Famers with 500 homers were elected on the first ballot.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2006/11/28/ap_mcgwire_may_fall_short_in_hall_vote/?page=full (1264 words)

	Baseball Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1939 - The 1939 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were the last ones conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year.
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		Hall of Fame Simply Devine (Missouri Cover): Memoirs of a Hall of Fame Coach by Dan Devine, Dan Devine: Memoirs of a Hall of Fame Coach is the autobiography of the former University of Missouri national football league hall of fame...
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	Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting, 1944 Encyclopedia Article @ Pitched.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There was no regular election in 1944 to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame; in 1939 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually, and the next scheduled election was to be in 1945.
		Two weeks after Landis' death, the Old-Timers Committee met at baseball's winter meetings in New York City and unanimously moved to elect Landis to membership in the Hall of Fame; Connie Mack sent his approval of the move by telegram from California, where he was vacationing.
		Landis was formally inducted into the Hall of Fame on June 13, 1946, with New York Governor Thomas Dewey unveiling his plaque in Cooperstown.
	www.pitched.org /encyclopedia/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1944 (530 words)

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		The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 by Lee Ferrick Andrews, grandson of Edward Clark, who was a founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
		Among baseball fans, "Hall of Fame" means not only the museum and facility in Cooperstown, but the pantheon of players, managers, umpires and builders who have been named to enshrinement there.
		Players are currently inducted into the Hall of Fame through election by either the Baseball Writers Association of America (or BBWAA), or the Veterans Committee, which is now composed of living Hall of Famers; additional special committees, some including recipients of the two major awards, are also regularly formed to make selections.
	diemazz.com /vids/United-States-Baseball-Hall-of-Fame.htm (2968 words)

	CNNSI.com - Baseball - Carter falls 11 votes shy of enshrinment - Wednesday January 09, 2002 03:45 AM
		Carter fell 11 votes shy Tuesday in balloting for the Hall of Fame, forcing him to wait until next year for another chance.
		Carter was listed on 72.7 percent of ballots in voting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, short of the 75 percent needed for election.
		Carter was picked on 42.3 percent of the ballots in his first appearance in 1998.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/news/2002/01/08/carter_hall_ap (622 words)

	Negro League Baseball Blog: February 2006
		TBO.com is featuring an excellent set of career profiles of the newly elected members of the Hall of Fame selected by the special committee yesterday, Feb. 27th.
		During the Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony to be held on July 30th, Brown will join 16 other former Negro League players and executives to be enshrined in baseball's most sacred place.
		Baseball historians are almost universally agreed that Brown's career was of Hall of Fame caliber.
	blog.negroleaguebaseball.com /negro_league_blog/2006/02/index.html (796 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- McGwire likely to fall far short in Hall vote
		Just as baseball allowed Gaylord Perry to go out and cheat his way to 300 wins – which got him to the Hall of Fame – it allowed McGwire and all of these players to compile their stats and break their records and earn their money and accolades based on those feats.
		The AP contacted 125 of the approximately 575 present or former members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America who are eligible to cast ballots.
		Dave Kingman (442) has the most home runs for a player who has been on the Hall of Fame ballot and was not elected – he received three votes in his only appearance, in 1992, and was dropped.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20061127-1545-bbo-halloffame-mcgwire.html (1835 words)

	Answers to Knoweldge Test No. 8
		The Hall of Fame lefty who, among other things, won 305 games for the Philadelphia A’s in the early part of the century was Eddie Plank.
		New York Yankees Hall of Famer Bill Dickey was the catcher whose mark of four consecutive 100-RBI seasons Mike Piazza is in the process of eclipsing.
		Hall of Famer Johnny Mize hit 51 home runs in 1947, while striking out a mere 42 times, becoming the only 50-homer guy in history to have more homers than strikeouts.
	www.ballparkguys.com /trivia/test8_answers.html (502 words)

	Baseball Hall of Fame information - Search.com
		The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 by the Clark Foundation, a private organization based in Cooperstown that traces its money to the original Singer Sewing Machine Company.
		Outside the exhibit are various display cases devoted to youth baseball, American presidents and baseball, baseball cards and a ball from every no-hitter since 1940.
		In April 2003, one month after the start of the Iraq War, Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey caused a furor when he canceled an event meant to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the well-known 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham because of the anti-war stance of two of its stars, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.
	webshots.search.com /reference/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame (2200 words)

	The Ballplayers - Monte Irvin \| BaseballLibrary.com
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		After baseball's color line was broken in 1947, Monte Irvin was one of the first fl players signed by the Giants.
		The Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1973; he later became a member of that body and of the Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /ballplayers/player.php?name=Monte_Irvin_1919 (603 words)

	Famous Arkansas
		He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1985.
		He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
		He was inducted in to the Braves Hall of Fame on August 13, 2002 and the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame in 1993.
	www.arkansaskids.com /famous/sports.asp (1921 words)

	Oakland A's Fan Coalition - Athletics baseball enthusiasts dedicated to watching a winner
		At the time, the writers were in the midst of holding their regular Hall of Fame election, and about 30 writers had already returned ballots with Clemente’s name written in, even though no decision had been made on his eligibility.
		On January 3, the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors announced that it had amended its eligibility rules in the case of Clemente, and would allow the baseball writers to hold a special election.
		Hall of Fame Handbook: This week’s topic deals with the annual revelation of the Frick Award, a prestigious honor that is presented each year by the Hall of Fame to a legendary baseball broadcaster.
	www.oaklandfans.com /columns/markusen/markusen147.html (3689 words)

	Baseball_hall_of_fame_balloting,_1939 info here at en.about-gasoline-alley.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 1939 elections to chilling inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were the climactic disparity conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year.
		Needing unmixed peculiar extension to unimpaired the elementary zero of 10 inductees from the 20th century, portions of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were once anon inured authority to chilling either rookies dynamic in the 20th century, excepting dynamic players.
		In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; either stumper receiving votes on at molecular 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall upon its opening in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 of that year.
	en.about-gasoline-alley.info /Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1939 (857 words)

	Negro Baseball Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Many of the great ballplayers of the Negro League have been forgotten simply because baseball's Hall of Fame would not recognize fl players until Jackie Robinson negro baseball hall of fame and Satchel Paige made their way into the Hall of Fame.
		For this book, more than 50 former Negro League players negro baseball hall of fame and baseball historians were asked to vote for players who they believe should have been included in the Hall of Fame, negro baseball hall of fame and to select an All-Time Negro League All-Star Team.
		In addition to presenting negro baseball hall of fame and discussing their choices, the book profiles the lives negro baseball hall of fame and careers of the players selected.
	baseballsongs.usamsoc.com /negrobaseballhalloffame.html (942 words)

	Casino online portal \| information about Casino online \| Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1947
		The 1947 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame again followed a major revision of the methods used one year earlier.
		The ongoing difficulties in electing modern players led the Hall of Fame Committee to make further changes in the ballot process of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), and to redefine the electoral jurisdiction of the Old-Timers Committee.
		The new members of the Hall were formally inducted in Cooperstown on July 21, along with the previous year's 11 selections by the Old-Timers Committee, with National League president Ford Frick presiding.
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	Archived Weblog Entry - 03/19/2003: "Cooperstown Confidential; by Bruce Markusen"
		Most Hall of Fame elections take place in January, when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces the results of its vote, or February, when the Veterans Committee selections are revealed.
		To me, we in baseball had simply lost one of the greatest players that we’ve had, one of the greatest personalities that we had, and the tragedy of it was still, I think, in my mind.
		Although the Frick Award has been part of the Hall of Fame’s fabric since Mel Allen and Red Barber were first honored in 1978, much of the national media continues to get the story wrong when reporting on both the Frick Award and the Spink Award, which is given to an outstanding baseball writer.
	baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000186.htm (3909 words)

	Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1947 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hall of Fame Committee also instituted a change in the rules regarding eligibility of voters.
		Previously, all members of the BBWAA were permitted to cast ballots; however, it would now be necessary that a writer have been a BBWAA member for ten years before becoming eligible to vote.
		For the first time in three elections and five years, the election was successful, electing four new inductees to the Hall; it was the largest group of inductees since the initial selections in 1936, and no runoff was necessary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1947 (1154 words)

	American Heroes
		A member of baseball's Hall of Fame, Fox led or tied for the league lead in hits four times, hit better than.300 six-times and posted a.288 lifetime batting mark.
		Fox teamed up with shortstop Louie Aparicio, who was second in the All-Star balloting, to form one of the best middle infield in baseball history.
		Hall of Fame pitcher Early Wynn, finished third in the MVP balloting and was the only AL pitcher to win over 20 games in '59.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=126 (1693 words)

	Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Super70s Baseball
		This is source of embarrassment for the Hall as the Doubleday Myth (which was created by Albert Spalding in 1907 and suggested that the game had been invented in Cooperstown) only reason it was ever located in the tiny New York town to begin with.
		A Legend for the Legendary: The Origin of the Baseball Hall of Fame by James A.
		Our baseball section is new, but don't let that stop you from sharing your memories of the first game you went to, your favorite player, a now-forgotten stadium, etc. Of course you can also ask questions, post trivia, tell the world what you think of Barry Bonds, or just read what others are saying.
	www.super70s.com /Baseball/Awards/Hall_of_Fame (622 words)

	SPORTSbyBROOKS
		Ballots from nine clubs have yet to be tabulated, which has the potential to significantly impact the Top 10.
		The in-stadium balloting program concludes on Sunday, September 29, after which MLB.com will be the exclusive balloting destination for the duration of the program.
		The 30 moments on the ballot for the MasterCard Presents Major League Baseball Memorable Moments Program were selected by a special panel of media members, baseball executives and baseball historians appointed by Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig.
	sportsbybrooks.com /baseballsgreatestmoments.html (984 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: December 2003 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In fact, Rollie Fingers in 1992 was the last pitcher that was voted into the Hall of Fame without 300 wins and he, of course, was a reliever.
		As a point of clarification, had you held to that magical mark all along, there would only be 20 pitchers currently in the Hall of Fame with another one on his way (Clemens) and perhaps a second one on the horizon (Greg Maddux).
		The Hall has found room for Candy Cummings for supposedly inventing the curveball and on Morgan Bulkeley for being the first president in the NL even though William Hulbert called the shots.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/2003_12.html (16679 words)

	Mazeroski makes case for Veterans selection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Veterans Committee of baseball's Hall of Fame is the last hope for players who weren't elected during 15 years of eligibility on the writers' ballot.
		In 1992, Mazeroski's final year on the writers' ballot, his 182 votes were a distant 141 short of induction.
		In the wake of the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, a strong sentimental candidate might be Larry Doby.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/sbd012.htm (774 words)

	Negro League Baseball Blog
		All that was needed to implement their plan for the new Lone Star Colored Baseball League Of Texas, they believed, was an experienced baseball man at the helm.
		As the National Baseball's Hall of Fame's 12-member committee considers the names of 39 Negro League players and executives for possible induction into the Hall of Fame, Wilkinson's substantial contributions will be hard to overlook.
		The 39 candidates were nominated for induction as a result of an intensive study of Negro League baseball commissioned by the Hall of Fame and conducted by a research team of 50 historians and researchers headed by former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent.
	blog.negroleaguebaseball.com (1443 words)

	Frankie Frisch - BR Bullpen
		Frankie Frisch was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1947.
		After no players had been selected by the writers in the previous two years (the only elections since Hornsby's selection in 1942), the rules were revised to limit eligibility to those players who had retired after 1921; Frisch was among the first four players to benefit from the more reasonable field of candidates.
		In 1999, he ranked number 88 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Frankie_Frisch (1036 words)

	November 12 - BR Bullpen
		In Japanese baseball, pitcher Victor Starffin wins his 42nd game in a 96-game season, leading the Yomiuri Giants to the pennant, and setting a post-1900 world record for season victories that will be equaled by Kazuhisa Inao in 1961 but never broken.
		Born in Russia, Starffin moved to Asahikawa, Hokkaido at a young age, and was picked as part of the national baseball team for an exhibition game against the United States in 1934.
		He receives all 28 first-place votes and 392 points in balloting to become the first unanimous AL pick since Frank Thomas in 1993, and the 13th unanimous selection overall.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/November_12 (1198 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - Baseball Hall of Fame
		Inspired by the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University, the Baseball Hall of Fame was established in 1936 with the selection of five players: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner.
		The location of the hall and the year of its opening were chosen because of the myth that Abner Doubleday had invented baseball at Cooperstown in 1839, although the myth had been pretty thoroughly discredited by the time the Hall of Fame opened.
		To allow the election of Casey Stengel in 1966, the Hall of Fame revised its rules to allow consideration of a candidate after six months of retirement, if he has reached the age of 65.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/basebhof.shtml (671 words)

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