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Inside The Post's 11 ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame
The newest inductees into the Hall of Fame — if any — will be announced Tuesday evening, and The Post’s 11 voters have three players receiving more than 75 percent...
Transparency adds credibility to imperfect Hall of Fame voting: Sherman
So thrilling last year when “Parasite” edged out “1917” to win the Oscar for Best Picture. And it was really great that Ben Affleck and Martin Scorsese made their ballots...
Why I voted for Curt Schilling to be in the Hall of Fame
There is the celebration and then there is the recognition, and I’m more interested in the latter than the former when discussing the Baseball Hall of Fame. When you get...
Hank Aaron still holds the real home run record
Hank Aaron, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, died Friday at age 86. The Hall of Famer holds a host of records, from the most runs batted...
Barry Bonds remembers Hank Aaron as 'icon' after complicated history
The man who supplanted Hank Aaron as MLB's home run king, albeit in a tainted fashion, hasn't forgotten what Aaron did for him and the game. After news broke Friday...
Hank Aaron navigated baseball's nasty home run chases with grace: Sherman
How would you have handled it? How would you have reacted to not a hundred or two hundred, but hundreds of thousands of racist letters deriding you, threatening your very...
MLB records that could be broken in bizarre season
With an abbreviated 60-game schedule on tap, there won’t be any single-season home run or strikeouts records set, but some rate or percentage numbers figure to be in jeopardy in...
Barry Bonds: Being MLB pariah is a 'death sentence'
Barry Bonds feels like he’s gone from comparisons to Murderers’ Row to being on Death Row. Baseball’s single-season record holder and all-time leader in home runs believes Major League Baseball...
What vote results told us about this year's Hall of Fame ballot
Curt Schilling’s time in the penalty box looks like it’s running out. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens do not appear as lucky. Andy Pettitte, meanwhile, at least lives to fight...
Inside The Post's 13 ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame
Last year, former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera became the first player in history to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously. On Tuesday, his "Core of Four" teammate...
Post columnist reveals his Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
Clearly, the Baseball Hall of Fame has another crisis on its hands. How will history render judgment on these guys who stole signs with the help of illegal, electronic means?...
MLB screwed itself in this home-run saga
Has MLB, never strong on foresight, painted itself into a seriously ugly corner? After all, any conspicuous drop, next season, in this year’s ridiculous, records-shattering home run totals would be...
Bud Selig says Hank Aaron, not Barry Bonds, is true home run king
Bud Selig was MLB commissioner during the Steroid Era, but says he prefers guys who didn’t cheat. Selig joined "The Dan Patrick Show" on Tuesday to promote his new book,...
A-Rod gives hard sell on Bonds, Clemens for own reasons
Alex Rodriguez is not eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame until 2022, but he's wasting no time in making his case. The 14-time All-Star, who was suspended for the...
PED-tainted Bonds, Clemens still fall short in Hall of Fame voting
Tuesday proved a rough day for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, the all-time greats who have been kept out of Cooperstown due to very strong evidence that they used illegal...
Argument for keeping Mariano Rivera out of Hall doesn't work anymore
Maybe Bill Ballou just showed up 30 years too late. Ballou, the veteran Red Sox beat writer for the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, made news last month when he...
Barry Bonds' Hall of Fame case: Wearing down sports' standards
Saturday night, in an extravagant pregame ceremony in San Francisco, Barry Bonds became the latest Giant to have his number retired. The first was Christy Mathewson. Bonds and Mathewson had...
Discouraging case for allowing MLB cheaters into Hall of Fame
Time to give up the ghosts. Like the games themselves, Halls of Fame have changed. Standards are diminished, disappearing. They’re less Halls of Fame than Houses of Cards. Baseball’s —...
Barry Bonds earns another step of MLB forgiveness
Barry Bonds still hasn't found his way to Cooperstown, but he is getting one permanent place of MLB recognition in 2018. The Giants announced Tuesday they will retire Bonds' No....
The two faces of baseball's steroid era could be stuck in neutral
When Joe Morgan talked, did people listen? The finger-wagging Hall of Famer, who created a galactic stir in November when he urged voters not to vote for players linked to...