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OK, we’re at the end of our Contemporary Era Hall of Fame countdown! We’ve been counting down from 8 to 1 on the ballot based on my guess for each…

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We’re counting down from 8 to 1 on the Contemporary Hall of Fame ballot this week — this countdown is based not on my opinion of each player’s greatness…

Dec 1

We’re counting down from 8 to 1 on the Contemporary Hall of Fame ballot this week — this countdown is based not on my opinion of each player’s greatness…

Nov 30

We’re counting down from 8 to 1 on the Contemporary Hall of Fame ballot this week — this countdown is based not on my opinion of the players’ greatness…

Nov 29

We’re counting down from 8 to 1 on the Contemporary Hall of Fame ballot this week — this countdown is based not on my opinion of the players’ greatness…

Nov 28

I’ll bet this is the only email you’ve gotten today with the words “Black Friday” in it. OK, maybe it’s not the only one. But, surely, this is the only…

Nov 25

OK, the new Hall of Fame ballot is out. We’re going to have A LOT more to write about this, as there will be an essay on every player on the ballot in…

Nov 23

OK, so, look, I’m going to be wrong here a lot more often than I’m going to be right. I assume you already know that about me. But this week, baseball…

Nov 18

Well, we’re six-for-six predicting baseball’s awards this year, though I think bragging about that is more or less like bragging about completing one of…

Nov 17

As predicted, Cleveland’s Terry Francona won his third Manager of the Year Award on Tuesday and New York’s Buck Showalter won his fourth. American…

Nov 16

On the PosCast this week — coming out Wednesday — Mike Schur and I talk about how ridiculous it is that baseball does not have a special, star-studded…

Nov 15

Before getting into the Contemporary Ballot I would have made … I was re-reading a Bill James essay from a few years ago about how to fix the Hall of…

Nov 9

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