Hall of Fame
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
It’s a double-edged sword of a question that needs asking. Is Cooperstown really worthy? Is it worthy of all the respect it is given, considering just how much the people charged with its hallowed gate-keeping have dropped the ball over the years? Also, is it really worthy of all the hoopla, considering that it sits out […]
This isn’t a snarky post about the Cubs, and I hope that everybody understands that my snide remarks are all in fun (except maybe for the ones about Zambrano). I do have an appreciation for the rivalry’s history, and I rank it right up there with Celtics – Lakers, Coke – Pepsi, ND – USC, and Red […]
Edgar Martinez Nick: As a National League honk – I’m inclined to just dismiss any player that was primarily a Designated Hitter out of hand. As a baseball fan, I know that I would be dismissed out of hand by fans of the American League. Just because I don’t like the Designated Hitter in baseball […]
Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Andre Dawson, designated hitter, Edgar Martinez, Frank Thomas, Hall of Fame, Hall of Famer, Jim Rice, MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP, Ozzie Smith, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Roberto Alomar, Todd Helton
Tim Raines Nick: Tim Raines led the National League in stolen bases four times. He is currently ranked fifth all-time in stolen bases. Raines also ranks 50th all-time with 1571 runs scored. His 1636 career runs created rank 53rd all-time. “Rock” was a prototypical lead-off hitter for many years – he compares favorably to Hall […]
