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Tag: Baseball Hall of Fame

2023-02-162023-02-17 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

Philography: Tim McCarver

With the Phillies taking part in what would become a down-to-the-wire divisional race, McCarver was signed on September 1, 1980 to return as a player. He would serve as a veteran voice in the clubhouse, a lefty pinch-hit bat, and emergency insurance at first base and catcher.

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2022-12-02 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Scott Rolen deserves enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Rolen has a career bWAR of 70.1, which is higher than Tony Gwynn, Eddie Murray, Ivan Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, Edgar Martinez, Ryne Sandberg, Roberto Alomar, Craig Biggio, Andre Dawson, and other position players of recent decades.

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2022-02-072022-02-08 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Examining select Hall of Fame cases of Black players not yet enshrined

February is Black History Month, and with Baseball Hall of Fame talk still hot among many fans and scribes, now seems a good time to take a brief look at some Black players who have been considered and voted on but who are not enshrined at Cooperstown, at least not yet.

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2022-01-022021-12-30 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

My IBWAA 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

While I'm a Philadelphia Phillies fan and that team is the subject of the majority of my baseball writing, that my vote went to four players who performed with that team is merely coincidental.

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2021-07-27 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

MLB flashback: Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Eckersley won 197 games and saved 390 over 24 seasons. The righty pitched in 1,071 games and threw 3,285.2 innings with 2,401 strikeouts. At the time of his retirement, Eck had appeared in more games than any pitcher in MLB history.

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