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26: Ken Griffey, Jr.
Scott and Korban discuss the 2016 Hall of Fame ballot, discuss the likelihood of Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell’s election in ’16, and the slam-dunk Hall of Fame case of …Continue Reading »
25: Hall of Fame Elections and Charlie Hough
Scott reacts to Craig Biggio’s 2015 Hall of Fame election (along with first-timers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz) and explains why there were 8-9 other deserving candidates who …Continue Reading »
24: The 2015 Hall of Fame Ballot
Scott returns after a sixteen-month absence to bring listeners his 2015 hall of fame ballot. First, he allows his new co=hosts Kaleb and Korban introduce themselves. Kaleb and Korban are …Continue Reading »
23: Dave Stieb
Most baseball writers believe that Jack Morris will be elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014, his final year of eligibility. Despite his lifetime 3.90 earned run average and otherwise pedestrian numbers (he does have 254 wins,
22: Darryl KIle
Darryl Kile may not be a Hall of Famer, but I will never forget him. - He was never considered the best pitcher in baseball, but he was very good, and was emblematic of the rise of the Astros in the 1990s.
21: Don Sutton
Don Sutton looks, at first blush, like a no-doubt Baseball Hall of Famer. He won 324 games, struck out 3574 batters, and compiled 58 shutouts in his career. He never missed a start and, had the 1981 player's strike not happened,
20: Kirby Puckett
Scott discusses the Hall of Fame case of Minnesota Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett (1960-2006). Puckett was the face of the Twins franchise during the mid eighties and early nineties, coinciding with the Twins World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 (bot
19: Lou Whitaker
Scott discusses the Hall of Fame case of Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker. Whitaker was never given serious consideration from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, getting only 2.9 percent of the vote in 2001, his only year of eligibil
18: The Pine Tar Game
Recently, there have been several incidents of questionable umpiring. Between Bo Porter taking a pitcher out of a game before he faced a batter and Angel Hernandez's willful blindness disallowing a home run,
17: George Sisler and the St. Louis Browns
It’s May 9, and fans of the Astros, Blue Jays, Marlins, Padres, and others are despairing. Their teams are off to terrible starts, and in some cases it’s hard to …Continue Reading »