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Sports Central January 17, 2011 Jeff Kallman	The Dutchman and Other HOF Thoughts Well, now. I no longer have to apologize for championing Bert Blyleven as a Hall of Famer, which I've done for about the previous decade. He finally made it in his final try with the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Sports Central January 13, 2013 Jeff Kallman	A Hall Election and Nobody's Coming The Baseball Writers Association of America ended up electing nobody to the Hall of Fame. And I'm not sure which, among factors gaining serious discussion as the voting commenced and, at last, the results came in, may prove the most controversial of them all.
Sports Central January 17, 2014 Brad Oremland	The Hall of Fame, the BBWAA, and the Steroid Era If you care at all about the Baseball Hall of Fame, the election results released last week made you somewhat happy.
Sports Central January 10, 2007 Jeff Kallman	There is But One Word... Some thoughts on baseball's recent Hall of Fame voting -- especially regarding Mark McGwire.
Sports Central November 16, 2015 Jeff Kallman	HOF Ballot: The Holdovers The holdover Hall of Fame ballot entrants are both an interesting and a troublesome group, largely because the recent rule changes limiting a Baseball Writers Association of America candidate to ten years on the ballot.
Sports Central December 5, 2013 Jeff Kallman	They're First Ballot Hall of Famers, End of Discussion If Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine don't become first-ballot Hall of Famers (and you can throw Frank Thomas into this mix, too), forget who's going to have some splainin' to do -- there ought to be an investigation.
Sports Central January 27, 2009 Jeff Kallman	Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections.
Sports Central May 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman	So, What's in a Retired Number? Haven't the Yankees retired way too many numbers?
Sports Central November 11, 2015 Jeff Kallman	Junior, Trevor Time Lead HOF Ballot Ken Griffey and Trevor Hoffman are two of 14 new entrants on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, and among those they're two who should be no-questions-asked Hall of Famers.
Salon.com January 3, 2001 Allen Barra	Marvin Miller, Hall of Famer The union founder made ballplayers unimaginably rich. Will they ever have the guts to demand that he be enshrined in Cooperstown?... Also, why do people complain that there are too many college bowl games?
Sports Central July 9, 2009 Jonathan Lowe	Shame in Their Fame? Next Tuesday will be a night when older baseball stars show off for the masses, and rising performers will stake their claim to future success.
Sports Central December 29, 2010 Corrie Trouw	The Blyleven HOF Case: Bert So Good While Bert Blyleven does not merit inclusion in a museum that honors the top one percent of players all-time, I think he is at worst in the top two percent, one of many borderline cases who just happens to fall on the wrong side of the border.
Sports Central January 10, 2008 Sean Crowe	The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame.
Sports Central December 3, 2006 Greg Wyshynski	Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown There's not a single reason to keep Mark McGwire out of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sports Illustrated November 14, 2001 Tom Verducci	Look for 2007 to be a Hall of a year Four first-ballot players could be enshrined in the baseball hall of fame...
Sports Central August 15, 2005 Vince Grzegorek	Rafael Palmeiro: Hall of Famer? The numbers may say one thing, but the chemicals say another. There is little to no chance that he will ever garner enough votes to enter the Hall of Fame.
Sports Central January 20, 2010 Ross Lancaster	The Hall of Why As you probably already know, a couple of weeks ago, Andre Dawson was announced as the only player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
Sports Central July 22, 2012 Jeff Kallman	The Straw That Stirs the Stink Reggie Jackson certainly cut across the proverbial grain with his Sports Illustrated remarks questioning the Hall of Fame credentials of Jim Rice and Gary Carter. When the hoopla exploded he couldn't wait to back away from them
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Tom Verducci	One voter's Hall of Fame ballot Nearly every year, one name is added to the Hall of Fame ballot that gives me more trouble than usual. Eleven players are on the ballot for the first time this year. Only one of them emerged as a truly agonizing, tough call: Andre Dawson...
Sports Central May 24, 2011 Brad Oremland	Re-Thinking Zero Tolerance For Steroids We don't have to accept steroid use in baseball, and we probably shouldn't accept it. But there has to be a line. And I think zero tolerance is too strict a standard.
Sports Central December 5, 2014 Jeff Kallman	Three For the Hall, First Ballot Let's begin a Hall of Fame Class of 2015-to-be examination with a look at the new ballot arrivals.
Sports Central December 31, 2014 Jeff Kallman	MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling.
Sports Central December 1, 2014 Jeff Kallman	Gil Hodges Belongs in Cooperstown They have ten candidates this year -- nine players, plus one executive. Of the 10, Hodges has maybe the most unique case.
Sports Central July 18, 2005 Piet Van Leer	Palmeiro a Worthy Hall Inductee? What do you think earns a player induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame? Is it dominance and brightest star power? Rafael Palmeiro is an interesting case.
Sports Central May 13, 2014 Andrew Jones	Active MLB Players' HOF Chances Major League Baseball's active list of potential Hall of Fame careers appears relatively clean. Let's turn over a new leaf and look at some worthy active candidates.
Sports Central January 8, 2005 Greg Wyshynski	Sandbaging Sandbergs The author says he is also consistent when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He remains, as always, the Cooperstown Nazi. his Hall of Fame would have about 25% of the players currently enshrined.
Sports Central December 8, 2014 Jeff Kallman	A Sad Stop Just Shy of Cooperstown Continuing our look at this year's Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, we'll take a look at the rest of the newcomers.
AskMen.com Malcolm MacMillan	Top 10: Future MLB Hall of Famers Baseball today may be tainted by steroid allegations, but it's also filled with players who are among the best ever. Check out our list of top 10 future MLB Hall of Famers.
Sports Central January 10, 2013 Kevin Beane	Steroids, Character, and the Hall of Fame Good job, Hall of Fame voters. I'm not sure whether or not to keep off-the-field villains out of the Hall or not, but please continue to keep baseball cheaters out of the baseball Hall of Fame. Thank you.
Salon.com July 26, 2000 Gary Kaufman	Last call for the Hall Readers have their say about which players should make it to Cooperstown. Last of three parts.
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Gary Kaufman	Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes.
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Gary Kaufman	Hall of Fame hurlers After Clemens and Maddux, which active pitchers are on their way to Cooperstown?
Science News July 30, 2005 Ivars Peterson	Ticket to Cooperstown Is it really getting harder to get into baseball's Hall of Fame? That's the question that an economist and two of his students set out to answer with mathematics.
Sports Central December 11, 2011 Louie Centanni	Veterans Committee Should Be Ashamed Ron Santo was officially inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on December 5, 2011. A man of the absolute highest morality and class, his HOF merits had been debated for the past three decades by fans inside and out of Chicago.
Sports Central August 11, 2009 Diane M. Grassi	MLB Sportswriter Scoops Self to Remain Relevant When a journalist perhaps sees the writing on the proverbial wall, does he or she then deliberately bend the rules to remain relevant? Such apparently appears to be the case as evidenced in a July 27, 2009 NY Daily News column written by highly regarded sportswriter Bill Madden.
Sports Central May 22, 2007 Paul Tenorio	Should Barry Bonds Be a Hall of Famer? Barry Bonds surely had Hall of Fame numbers before the steroid controversy erupted. So does his alleged steroid use change the picture -- and should it?
Sports Central January 9, 2008 Jeff Kallman	Jim Rice and the Fear Factor Jim Rice was one of the single most feared men in the game whenever he stepped into the batter's box.
Sports Central January 5, 2004 Jeff Kallman	2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it.
Sports Central June 1, 2005 Chris Lindshield	Closers Drawing Closer to the Hall? To date, only two pure closers and one closer convert have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. That's a good indication that perhaps the best closer in baseball today isn't guaranteed a spot in the Hall.
Sports Central November 13, 2015 Jeff Kallman	HOF Ballot: The Rest of the Newcomers That's the problem with Hall of Fame ballots. Other than the obvious there-because-it's-five-years-retired players, picking the worthies from among the newcomers is both a challenge and a lot of fun.
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2001 Tom Verducci	Closers and Cooperstown Have you been wondering about managerial vacancies around baseball, what's going to happen to the Braves or how the heck a relief pitcher is supposed to get into the Hall? So have your fellow readers...
Sports Central April 10, 2006 Adam Russell	Bonds, Rose Deserve Similar Punishment A number of comparisons can be drawn between the current Bonds situation and Pete Rose's of the late 1980s. One of them is the argument regarding the game's "integrity."
Sports Illustrated May 3, 2000 Tom Verducci	Having a ball with the Hall Baseball Q&A: Chance of Mark Grace or Dale Murphy in Hall of Fame?... How does Johnson compare to Koufax?... Who will close for the Royals if Ricky Bottalico continues to struggle?... etc.
Sports Central July 24, 2004 Greg Wyshynski	The Special People Club When it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame, how do you compare position players and career starting pitchers, with glamorous stats, against players that excelled in more specialized roles?
Sports Central December 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman	MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past.
Sports Central July 3, 2012 Jeff Kallman	The Bright, Elusive Butterflies of Cy They don't just speak of R.A. Dickey as the likely or most obvious candidate to start this year's All-Star Game; they're talking about his possibilities for bagging the Cy Young Award.
Sports Central July 8, 2009 Jeff Kallman	SC's All-Time MLB Draft (Pt. 2) Sports columnists choose an all time MLB team.
Sports Central December 21, 2015 Jeff Kallman	Swinging Strike Three For Charlie Hustler Does a man like Pete Rose, whose comprehension of the baseball rules depends on what your definition of the rules is, understand what happens when you swing with two strikes and miss?
Sports Illustrated July 31, 2002 Paul Zimmerman	Forsaking Hall others An inside look at who's in, who's up, who's out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- and why
Sports Illustrated August 7, 2000 Tom Verducci	Phillies fans speak out So, you didn't think there were many Philly fans out there these days? All you need to do is overlook Robert Person and there they are. I found that out in this week's mailbag.