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Wait, another Hall of Fame column? Hey, there's never a bad time to talk about the Hall of Fame. I was talking to Jim Caple today, and at some point the discussion diverged to Jack Morris and his chances to get in next year ("Unlikely," Jim says) ...

USA TODAY Sports, Getty Images Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza all have been scrutinized by Hall of Fame voters. Here are the players appearing on my ballot for the Hall of Fame: 1. Jeff Bagwell 2. Craig Biggio 3. Jack Morris 4. Da...

Jerry Crasnick has a nice story on Dale Murphy and the push his family made for him on his final year on the Hall of Fame ballot. Murphy has no shot at getting elected after receiving just 14.5 percent of the vote a year ago; his family needed to ...

Dale Murphy's eight children have made a passionate plea for their father to be voted into the Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot.

Former star pitcher Greg Maddux will join Dale Murphy, Gerald Perry and three former major league managers as the United States baseball team's coaching staff under manager Joe Torre.

Murphy was just the sixth player in MLB history to have a 30-30 season. Welcome to SportsNation! On Monday, former baseball great Dale Murphy stops by to chat about the MLB playoffs. Murphy, @DaleMurphy3, played 18 seasons in the major leagues,...

Scott Hairston is back in the lineup Saturday, a day after becoming the 10th Met to hit for the cycle. Terry Collins portrayed it as a reward for recent strong play at the plate. Scott Hairston #12 RF New York Mets 2012 STATS GM18 HR2 ...

I'm not an actual Hall of Fame voter. But if I did have a ballot, here's what it would look like. Yes votes Jeff Bagwell: He's vastly overqualified by even tough Hall of Fame standards, an outstanding all-around player who was one of the very b...

There are a lot of columns and analysis out there advocating the case for Tim Raines for the Hall of Fame. I probably won't add anything new to the discussion, but let me start here: Player A is Raines. Player B is Tony Gwynn. That final colum...

With Jim Thome hitting his 600th home run and the Cubs unveiling a statue last week to honor Ron Santo, the Hall of Fame has been on my mind. I'll go more in-depth on Hall of Fame analysis in the offseason, but here are 10 eligible players who deserv...

The recent votes for the Hall of Fame have seemed to engender a lot of controversy. Whether it's Bert Blyleven finally getting in thanks to the efforts of sabermetricians such as Rich Lederer and Jay Jaffe, angry disagreements over the BBWAA's elect...

Here is why Friday's Baseball Today podcast with myself and researcher, writer, Mets/Rays fan extraordinaire Mark Simon is a must-listen: 1. Mark discusses his rules for being allowed to root for a second favorite MLB team, our emailers chime in ...

Getty Images Troy Tulowitzki and Chipper Jones are among those who have caused great pain to Mets fans recently. Each Thursday, Mark Simon will commemorate the Mets 50th season with stories and notes related to the history of the team. The s...

More from the mixed-up files of Mr. William E. Robinson, this time about a tough old catcher named Clint "Scrap Iron" Courtney: By the time Scraps joined the Orioles in 1960 he couldn't throw very well anymore. The story was that he'd hurt his arm ...

Joe Posnanski outlines the biggest problem with electing marginal (at best) Hall of Famers. We've all trod that ground before, but Joe's really good and if we can't re-trod, where are we? But it's this last little bit that I wanted to show you, becau...

Tom Glavine is joining Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, former teammate Greg Maddux and three others as the seventh Braves player to have his uniform number retired.