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Debunking the case against Gil Hodges' Baseball Hall of Fame resume
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor years, baseball writers and historians debated Gil Hodges’ worthiness for the Hall of Fame....
Souhan: Upon further review, should Hunter be in the Hall of Fame?
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoWhen Joe Mauer retired in 2018, I reassessed whether he should be in the Hall of Fame. I tried to...
MVP catcher Joe Mauer is looking like a Hall of Fame lock
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoJoe Mauer’s greatness was truncated, his optimal outcome as a ballplayer very much unrealized. His...
Charley Walters: Bert Blyleven, Jim Kaat are next in line for statues outside Target Field
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBaseball Hall of Fame Minnesota Twins Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and Tony Oliva have bronze statues outside Target Field. Expected next are fellow Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven ...
Twins in the Hall of Fame: Can you name them all?
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoWhen your bookends are Harmon Killebrew and Joe Mauer, you know you've got a high-quality collection of baseball players. The list of Hall of Famers who spent time with the Twins is now 13 players ...
'I could not have done this without you': Ortiz gives thanks in Hall of Fame speech
Gloucester Daily Times, Mass. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 25—COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — What would David Ortiz say in his speech? That's the big question everyone had been asking him for weeks and as his Hall of Fame induction approached, Ortiz knew ...
Reusse in Cooperstown: Save the Met banner flies one last time today
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFollow along this weekend as Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse makes his way, eventually, to the heavily Minnesota-flavored National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday in ...
Charley Walters: Did Joe Mauer actually consider playing football at Florida State?
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoJoe Mauer’s Baseball Hall of Fame odyssey began at his family’s home on Lexington Parkway in St. Paul. Mauer had turned 18 in April of 2001 and would soon graduate from Cretin-Derham Hall after ...
From St. Paul to the Hall: A timeline of Joe Mauer’s Twins career
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoHere’s a look at Joe Mauer’s career timeline: June 5, 2001: The Twins selected Mauer, 18, with the first overall pick. The Cretin-Derham Hall alum said at the time that it was “kind of a fairy ...
Twins legend Joe Mauer, St. Paul’s son, is elected to Hall of Fame
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoIt was a Tuesday in June and anticipation was building in the Mauer household. The hometown Minnesota Twins held the first pick in the 2001 Major League Baseball draft and they had scouted every ...