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The controversial slugger has made big gains on back-to-back ballots, and might still have a shot at election via one route or another.

The Baseball Hall of Fame has lost much of its relevance, but Page 2s Bill Simmons has a plan to fix it.

Today on Pinstripe Alley - 5/20/21 Share this story Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Almost 20 years later, I still remember that fateful night at Fenway Park when Mike Mussina nearly threw a perfect game against the Red Sox. Hell, I even blogged about it 10 years ago in one of the first FanPosts I ever did at Pinstripe Alley. I was not following baseball during the Yankees’ several no-hitters in the ‘90s, so this was the first time that I had ever cheered for someone to reach that mag...

This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead By The Associated PressApril 22, 2021 GMT April 23 1903 — The New York Highlanders won their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators. 1913 — New York Giants ace Christy Mathewson beat the Phillies 3-1, throwing just 67 pitches. 1939 — Rookie Ted Williams went 4-for-5, including his first major league home run, but the Red Sox lost to Philadelphia 12-8 at Fenway Park. 1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit the Boston Bra...

Apr 20, 2021 On this date in Texas Rangers history, Ian Kinsler was honored as the American League co-Player of the Week. On April 20, 2009, Kinsler earned the honor in the wake of his incredible 6-for-6 outing on Jackie Robinson Day on April 15. But, for the week during which he claimed the honor, he led the Majors in batting average, .556, along with hits (15), extra-base hits (7) and runs (9). He also had a .600 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage. Kinsler had previously won...

MLB Trade Rumors Dodgers have hired Dontrelle Willis as a special assistant in the player development department.  Willis made the announcement himself via Twitter, joking “ Special assistant sounds dope even tho i don’t know what it means.”  A veteran of nine MLB seasons, the D-Train is best remembered for his time with the Marlins from 2003-07, a stint that included NL Rookie Of The Year honors in 2003, a second-place finish NL Cy Young voting in 2005, two All-Star appearances, and a...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. Originally written for the 2015 election at SI.com, it has been updated to reflect recent voting results as well as additional research. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing...

Is known for its multicar crashes and yesterdays race did not disappoint. after an over 3 1/2 hour rain delay, hlns own robin meade on hand, she kicks things off singing the national anthem. we saw a couple crashes in the race. a big one coming with just six laps to go here. kurt busch gets hit, he barrel rolls, ends up on top of ryan newmans car. luckily everyone would be okay. after the restart david ragan passes carl everett to take the checkered flag for his first win of the season. on satur...

0 boston bombing suspect struggling to bury his body as communities fight to keep him out. as a friend accused of helping the surviving suspect heads to court. what can we learn more about the terror attack? >> and israel accused of launching rocket attacks into syria with iran encouraging retaliation. will the u.s. be forced to respond? were live in syria and israel, covering the story like no other network can. >> plus a teenage surfer swims for his life after a shark bites through his ankle r...

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