The staff makes Cooperstown cases for people who left their marks on the game.
Ben and Sam discuss BP’s Hall of Fame ballot, then review early scouting reports on the players BP would have voted in.
Player limits, backlogs, character clause controversies…none of it is new.
Ben and Sam discuss what the early results of the Hall of Fame voting say about the induction process.
Forty-one staff members cast their ballots.
On the Hall of Fame and the insensitivity of the sniff test.
How to go against the saberballot and without making the internet mad.
A foolproof way to decide which players to put in Cooperstown.
Despite the big backlog of qualified candidates, 2014 could bring the best crop of Cooperstown inductees in well over a decade.
Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame and answer listener emails about brawls with Brian McCann, catcher framing, park effects, and more.
At what win threshold are players at each age level a 50-50 shot to make the Hall of Fame?
The perfect companion post for your next debate about the Hall.
Ben and Sam discuss Deadspin’s offer to purchase a Hall of Fame vote.
Ben and Sam discuss a World Series suggestion by Scott Boras and the Hall of Fame cases of three PED-implicated players. (Breaking Bad spoilers from 2:00-6:00.)
Ben and Sam discuss the onslaught of articles about which teams are best-suited for October, then talk about the Cooperstown cases of Vladimir Guerrero and Todd Helton.
Ben and Sam banter about the Saber Seminar, then discuss Clayton Kershaw’s odds of induction into the Hall and the best-ever years for young players.