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thenewgreen  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: None of the 37 Candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Are Inducted

Great post, the sports on Hubski comes in waves it seems. I do like to read a good sports article, and I have found that [Grantland]( http://www.grantland.com/) does a really nice job. scrimetime occasionally posts stuff from there which is how I found out about it.

We had a NCAA basketball tourney bracket here that Scrimetime won and insomniasexx won our NHL Stanley Cup bracket. Hope to have more this year.

Edit: Also, I agree with all your points regarding Cooperstown. I mean if Piazza can inspire a Belle and Sebastian song surely he is a first round pick.

Also b_b is spot on regarding Trammel.





user-inactivated  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love this post. Grantland is always good for an entertaining hour -- I note that the second article right now is titled "The Fallacy of the Baseball Hall of Fame" -- and I would have a great time doing a March Madness bracket or predicting baseball playoff results. To top it off, I'm a Belle & Sebastian fan.

However I'll go to war over Ozzie Smith.

b_b  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Goddam right I am! Just an amazing dude, also. I used to play hockey with his son, Lance. Tram took us into Tiger Stadium and let us all go in the dugout, locker room, etc. For my 10 year old self, it was unbelievable.

thenewgreen  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You should write Cooperstown and tell them about that locker room story, it could be the edge Tram needs to get inducted.