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2013 Baseball HOF Weekend

Jul 28, 2013

          You may not have noticed, but this is the Baseball Hall of Fame weekend. Or maybe you did notice, and decided not to be too interested. If it is the latter, count us among that group.

          In many articles that permeate this website we have openly stated that we are for many of the PED users to get in; however only those who partook in that prior to Major League Baseball having a set policy in place against the aforementioned unnatural boost.   Actually, we want to applaud MLB, which has dramatically changed its culture and is even overzealous at times in their search for “cheaters”.

          So no…this article is not about our opinion on the matter (we’ve already written it) and the internet is full of articles about how the all-time hit king, all-time home run king and the man with the most Cy Young Awards are out of the Hall of Fame, and will likely remain such. No, right now we are curious about those who made their trek to Cooperstown to see this Class of 2013, because other than family members, we really don’t see why anyone would visit the shrines of these people.

          We aren’t trying to be cynical. The lone player inducted is Deacon White, who last played in ’90…..1890 that is. Is there anyone who is going there who even remembers him alive? Let’s say there is; but we know for certain that nobody who attended this weekend’s events saw him play live. How about a step further and say that nobody there even saw him play on film?

          Not excited? Well how about the excitement for Umpire, Hank O’Day? Oh…wait; we said Umpire. Ok, well we have former New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who owned the Bronx Bombers during many championships in the 20’s. Of course, he kept the color barrier afloat in Baseball; so let’s move on.

          How about radio commentator, Tom Cheek, who was an excellent broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays? Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago (marking our total of dead Hall of Famers to four). Ask Blue Jays fans and they will tell you he deserves it, but will they visit upstate for New York to see his plaque?

          We have Dr. Frank Jobe, who developed Tommy John surgery which has saved the career of many Pitchers; including of course Tommy John. Maybe the medical community will come out in full force to show support? At least Jobe is alive.

          Any wonder why attendance is down in Cooperstown? End of our little tangent.

Coming Soon at NIHOF

Jul 27, 2013

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

           It may be the “Dog Days of Summer” and the sports world may not be at its most eventful, but that does not mean that we here at Notinhalloffame.com do not have some serious plans for the remaining hazy days of the season.

          Coming soon will be the next Basketball revisions. We can tell you that a brand new #1 will be crowned as last year’s #1 & #2 (Gary Payton & Bernard King) were selected for enshrinement.   Overall, eight new first year eligible players will be making their way onto our Basketball 100, two of which will be entrenched in the top five.

          Once that is done, we will look to world of Hockey. Unlike Basketball, the #1 Selection (Don Cherry) remains, but four of the top ten were selected last month. With Dominek Hasek, Mike Modano and Peter Forsberg entering their first year of eligibility, a major reshuffling of the top ten will occur.

          Once Hockey has been revamped, we are planning a retooling of the WWE List. It will expand to 300 with the addition of old school candidates that were not previously considered. Unlike the large sports, the WWE has consistently pushed in candidates who were outside our top 50. A top 300 is not as farfetched as you think.

          Finally, a MAJOR new section is coming. We have been working on this for a few months, but it will be a separate Hall of Fame, created by us for all of you. We will decide the inaugural entry, but after that, it is all up to you. A bit of a tease, we want you think about your favourite sports “characters” of the last forty five years. Look for that in September.

          We thank all of you for your support, and we look forward to growing the website together with all of you.

Bill Geurin and Doug Weight to the USHHOF

Jul 26, 2013

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

          The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has added five new members to its institution. In our eyes, there are two co-headliners, that being Doug Weight and Bill Guerin.

          Weight played for nineteen seasons with seven different NHL clubs. He finished his career with 1,033 career points, a Stanley Cup Ring with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and the King Clancy award in 2011. Like Weight, Bill Guerin is a four time NHL All Star. The Right Winger won two Stanley Cups (1995 New Jersey & 2009 Pittsburgh) and was once a Second Team All-Star Selection. The two American were teammates on three U.S. Olympic squads.

          The two players are joined by Carolina Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr., former Michigan State men's coach Ron Mason and women's star Cindy Curley.

          We here at Notinhalloffame.com congratulate these five selections to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

A New Logo for NIHOF

Jul 22, 2013

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

          Here is something you may not have noticed….. We here at Notinhalloffame.com have altered our logo a tad. With the new design of the website, the logo has taken a bit of a smaller profile; however it is a design that is meant to fluctuate.

          In our first incarnation, the four profiled were Alice Cooper, Don Cherry, Randy “Macho Man” Savage and Pete Rose. Cooper would receive his first nomination and subsequent induction shortly after our initial logo. We replaced Alice with Rush, and we actually thought that the Canadians would stay on the logo for a few years. We were pleasantly surprised that they were inducted, and were happy to remove them.

          As such, we are here to launch our third version of the Notinhalloffame.com logo. In Rush’s place is KISS, a band who will always have a top ten spot on our list, and is likely to remain out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for an extended period of time. The new logo also has Barry Bonds in place of Pete Rose. Although the “Hit King” has not entered the Hall, and is banned from Baseball, Bonds is the top player of the PED era, and the man with the career Home Run record appears to be forever banished from Cooperstown. As such, we thought, this was an effective change.

          Gang, there is a lot more coming on this site, and we can’t wait to show you what is coming next!