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Who decides which hat Baseball Hall of Famers get on their plaques? Here's how Cooperstown makes the call
Later today, we'll finally learn the results of the BBWAA vote for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ... Cooperstown building, engraved with a picture of the player. The players wear hats in the ...
Wall Street Journal28d
Barry Bonds Belongs in Cooperstown
The controversy around PED use by star players in the 1990s and 2000s has kept several of them out of Cooperstown. The baseball writers who vote on admission to the Hall of Fame have applied the ...
National Review8y
Cooperstown Must Decide Whether It’s a Museum or a Shrine
Cooperstown’s administrators — it is not run by Major League Baseball — and the writers-cum-gatekeepers must decide what the institution is. Its title — the National Baseball Hall of Fame ...
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The Gamble for Cooperstown: Should Pete Rose Be Eligible for the Hall of Fame?
Voters for the Baseball Hall of Fame are conflicted over whether they would vote for the late Pete Rose if he is removed from the ineligible list and considered for induction into Cooperstown. Rose, ...
CC Sabathia on His Hall of Fame Induction, the Beard Ban Lift, and Those Controversial Torpedo Bats
CC Sabathia is the New York Yankees' good luck charm. When the retired Yankee pitcher threw the ceremonial first pitch on ...
CC Sabathia reveals what his Baseball Hall of Fame speech theme will be
CC Sabathia may not be done writing his Baseball Hall of Fame speech, but he knows the main theme he wants to get across. And ...