Minnie Miñoso and Buck O’Neil are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by special committees, but...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“The Cuban Comet” has landed in Cooperstown. Minnie Miñoso was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
Minnie Miñoso timeline: A look at his major-league career, from the New York Cubans in 1946 to the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter hitting .227 (32-for-141) in 1946, Miñoso saw his batting average improve by 129 points to .356 (63-for-177) in 1947 as he helped the New York Cubans win the Negro League World Series ...
Negro League trailblazers elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBlack baseball pioneers John “Buck” O’Neil, Bud Fowler, and Minnie Miñoso will join MLB greats Gil...
Minnie Miñoso is on the Golden Days Era ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame — and the Chicago White...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“There’s no better person to represent baseball,” said Sharon Rice-Miñoso, Minnie’s wife, during a phone interview last week. Minnie Miñoso was a nine-time ...
Bill Madden: Breaking down the candidates on the Hall of Fame’s Golden Era ballot
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSimilarly, Minnie Minoso, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and Dick Allen, the other leading candidates on the...
Dodgers, Mets legend Gil Hodges finally called to the Hall
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAlthough he hit 370 homers and was a seven-time All Star first baseman with the ‘40s and ‘50s Dodgers in Brooklyn, Hodges had only 1,921 career hits (when 2,000 has long been ...
Paul Sullivan: Inclusion of Negro Leagues stats adds to the fun of debating the all-time greats....
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe recent inclusion of Negro League statistics to the popular website found me marveling at Satchel...
Column: Incorporating Negro Leagues stats into the record books is a long time coming, but MLB —...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer Negro Leagues star Ted Radcliffe approached MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent one spring day in 1992 and asked for help getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame. “He came up to me and said, ...
Jose Abreu, a possible candidate for AL MVP, had an outstanding 2020 season. Here are 4 big numbers...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJose Abreu has been honored twice by his peers for his outstanding season. The Chicago White Sox...
One vote short last time, Oliva at peace as he waits for that Hall of Fame call
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe most awkward and uncomfortable part about not being elected to the Hall of Fame, Tony Oliva says, is that nobody actually tells you. Nobody has said "not this time" more than Oliva, one ...