A few thoughts on the Hall of Fame balloting

A few thoughts on the Hall of Fame balloting
The Hall of Fame inductions are fuel for discussion and debate. The ballots from the Baseball Writers' Association were due on Dec. 31. The new inductees will be announced Jan. 18. Early vote totals say that Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are going to make huge jumps in voter percentage this year, and each could finish with more than 70 percent of the vote. It takes 75 percent to get into Cooperstown. Both Clemens and Bonds are connected to steroids, so I don't see the logic in a huge upturn...

Baltimore native John Schuerholz, Bud Selig elected to Hall of Fame

Baltimore native John Schuerholz, Bud Selig elected to Hall of Fame
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Baltimore native John Schuerholz, who began his long baseball career with the Orioles, is headed to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Today's Game Era candidates Schuerholz and former commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig were elected to the Hall tonight, becoming members 313 and 314 of the Cooperstown shrine. They will join any members from the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot who gain election on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The Class...

Selig, Schuerholz elected to Hall of Fame; Johnson falls short

Selig, Schuerholz elected to Hall of Fame; Johnson falls short
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and longtime Royals and Braves general manager John Schuerholz were elected to the Hall of Fame this evening, emerging as the only two inductees from a list of candidates selected by the newly altered version of the Veterans' Committee that included former Nationals manager Davey Johnson. Johnson received fewer than five votes from the panel of 16 Hall of Fame members, executives and veteran media members who made the...

Ted Lerner: "We're excited for the Baker era to begin"

Ted Lerner: "We're excited for the Baker era to begin"
A few hours after attending a press conference introducing his ballclub's new manager, Nationals managing principal owner Theodore Lerner offered some rare public comments. Lerner, 90, was honored with the Urban Land Institute's lifetime achievement award at the National Building Museum on Thursday night. "When they originally told me I would be receiving this honor, they were kind enough to schedule the dinner for November, thinking that I and the Nationals would be busy in late October,"...

MLB commissioner Bud Selig: Baltimore is prime candidate to host 2016 All-Star Game

MLB commissioner Bud Selig: Baltimore is prime candidate to host 2016 All-Star Game
At a press conference at Camden Yards in advance of Major League Baseball's owners meetings to be held Wednesday and Thursday in Baltimore, MLB commissioner Bud Selig said Baltimore remains a strong candidate to host the 2016 All-Star Game. Previously, Baltimore hosted the game in 1958 at Memorial Stadium and 1993 at Camden Yards. The 2016 season will be the Orioles' 25th at Oriole Park. "Baltimore certainly is a prime candidate," Selig said. He was also asked about Washington as a...

Selig: "D.C. deserves All-Star game" at Nats Park

Selig: "D.C. deserves All-Star game" at Nats Park
Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig stopped by the press box during Monday's opener versus the Phillies and talked about a myriad of subjects and a few on the Nats and D.C. baseball. Here is a couple of his answers on the subject: Is Washington, D.C. coming into its own as a major league baseball town?: "I have no doubts and I mean this sincerely. It's a really beautiful day in this really beautiful ballpark. I have talked to Stan (Kasten), Mike Rizzo and to the Lerners a lot...