by Dennis on January 9, 2012 · 2 comments
It’s official. The Baseball Writers Association of America voters have selected Barry Larkin as the newest member of the baseball Hall of Fame. Huzzah! Unfortunately, it appears that maybe a few voters were asleep at the wheel. Check the full results (courtesy of bbwaa.com). That’s a shame. It seems that maybe a few voters were […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Barry Larkin, Baseball Writers Association of America, Jack Morris, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
by Dennis on January 5, 2012 · 12 comments
By “We”, I am referring to many of us armchair voters who don’t actually have a say. We tend to lack a set of criteria or have certain biases that cannot be suppressed when discussing Hall of Fame voting. The collective “we” can do much better. To aid the collective “we”, it is time to […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Predictions, Barry Larkin, Brad Radke, Cooperstown, Cooperstown Predictions, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, jeff bagwell, Jeromy Burnitz, Jim Kaat, Mark McGwire, Morris, Phil Nevin, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, Terry Mulholland, Tim Salmon, Tony Womack, Vinny Castilla
by Nick on December 31, 2011 · 6 comments
Once again, as a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Pitchers Hit Eighth is casting a ballot for that organization’s symbolic Baseball Hall of Fame voting. Four of us from the site got together on Episode 10 of the Pitchers Hit Eighth podcast this week to go through the ballot name-by-name to come up with […]
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Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Bernie Williams, Bill Mueller, Brad Radke, Brian Jordan, Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, Eric Young, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, Jack Morris, Javy Lopez, jeff bagwell, Jeromy Burnitz, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Phil Nevin, Rafael Palmeiro, Ruben Sierra, Terry Mulholland, Tim Raines, Tim Salmon, Tony Womack, Vinny Castilla
by Nick on December 30, 2011 · 0 comments
Dennis and Andrew join the show this week to almost make a Pitchers Hit Eighth clean sweep. We discussed EVERY PLAYER on the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, and whether or not we thought they should get in. Using the consensus opinion from the show as a site-wide vote for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance balloting, […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Podcast
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin, Bernie Williams, Bill Mueller, Brad Radke, Brian Jordan, Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, Eric Young, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, Jack Morris, Javy Lopez, jeff bagwell, Jeromy Burnitz, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Phil Nevin, Pitchers Hit Eighth, Rafael Palmeiro, Ruben Sierra, STOFMA, Terry Mulholland, Tim Raines, Tim Salmon, Tony Womack, Vinny Castilla
If you love baseball’s “silly season” during which baseball players routinely have the opportunity to injure themselves patting themselves and each other on the back, then the inaugural “Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show” is just the thing for you. That’s right. ESPN has set aside a whole hour dedicated to an announcement that really shouldn’t […]
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Posted in: Awards,Major League Baseball
Tagged with: A.J. Pierzynski, adrian beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Avila, Alex Gonzalex, Alex Gordon, Andre Ethier, Asdrubal Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Barry Larkin, Brandon Phillips, Brett Gardner, Brian McCann, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Ruiz, Casey Kotchman, Chris Young, Clayton Kershaw, Clint Barmes, Dan Haren, Daniel Descalso, Dustin Pedroia, Erick Aybar, Evan Longoria, Fausto Carmona, Gaby Sanchez, Gerardo Parra, Hiroki Kuroda, Ian Kinsler, J.J. Hardy, Jacoby Ellsbury, James Loney, Jay Bruce, Jeff Francoeur, Joey Votto, John Kruk, Karl Ravech, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Lohse, Mark Buehrle, Mark Teixeira, Mark Trumbo, Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, Matt Wieters, Neil Walker, Nick Markakis, Omar Infante, Pablo Sandoval, Peter Bourjos, placido polanco, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, robinson cano, Ronny Cedeno, Ryan Braun, Sam Fuld, Shane Victorino, Torii Hunter, Troy Tulowitzki
by Dennis on February 5, 2011 · 4 comments
Yesterday’s news about Jim Edmonds signing a minor league deal with the Cardinals immediately raised several questions in my mind. After allowing them to bounce around the somewhat empty space within my cranium, I eventually was left with one unanswered question. With retirement for Jimmy Ballgame waiting somewhere on the not-too-distant horizon, is Cooperstown beckoning just […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Barry Larkin, Cardinals Baseball, Cooperstown, Hall of Fame, Jim Edmonds, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire
by Dennis on January 11, 2011 · 16 comments
It’s never too early to start griping about something, so let’s get this one out of the way early. Here at PH8, I’m all about berating confusing eviscerating educating baseball fans by collecting information and making it even less palatable than it was in its original form. With that in mind, here’s the 2012 baseball Hall […]
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Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Barry Larkin, Cooperstown, Hall of Fame, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, PED, Rafael Palmeiro, steroids
by Nick on January 6, 2011 · 10 comments
Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way. Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could certainly brand me as such. Amongst all of the bickering, name-calling, and endless columns, posts, and Twitter sniping about who belonged in the Hall of Fame from the 2011 ballot – Jack Morris versus […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Benito Santiago, Bert Blyleven, Bobby Higginson, Carlos Baerga, Cooperstown, Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, jeff bagwell, Jim Caple, Jim Rice, Kirk Rueter, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Lenny Harris, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, ron santo, Tim Raines
by Dennis on January 5, 2011 · 2 comments
Why the title? Let’s face it. Their names are forever linked. According to Bert Blyleven: “It’s been 14 years of praying and waiting.” Really? If it were me, I’d have a 14 full cuss jars sitting in a room by now. Can you imagine the combination of excitement and relief? Just watch the reactions of the latest round of […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: b. j. surhoff, Barry Larkin, Bert Blyleven, bret boone, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
by Dennis on December 28, 2010 · 20 comments
Please do not be alarmed. Nobody has been foolish enough to actually entrust yours truly with a vote that actually helps determine who gets enshrined in Cooperstown and who does not. Not even Charlie Sheen has ideas that bad. However, the members of the BBA have been asked to participate in an interesting project. We’re […]
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