According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN, the Toronto Blue Jays have named Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar as a special assistant in the organization.
Alomar was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown this year. He received 523 votes (90% from eligible voters).
In five seasons with the Blue Jays, Alomar hit .307/.382/.451 with [...]
03/31/11
In an announcement by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Baseball Writers Association of America, Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Alomar received 523 votes (90% from eligible voters) and Blyleven received 463 votes (79.7%). Barry Larkin was in third placed and missed induction [...]
01/05/11
The National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot will be announced on MLB Network and MLB.com on Wednesday, January 5 at 11am PST.
Bellow are the 33 players included on the 2011 ballot provided by the Baseball Writers of America Association. Players must be on 75% of all ballots to gain induction:
Bert Blyleven
Roberto Alomar
Harold Baines
Jack Morris
Barry Larkin
Lee [...]
01/05/11
Moment 9: Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals third base in a game against the Yankees in Oakland on May 1, 1991, for career stolen base 939, eclipsing Lou Brock’s previous record.
Henderson made his major league debut with Oakland on June 24, 1979, getting two hits in four at bats, along with a stolen base. He batted [...]
12/31/10
Former Major League Baseball player Roberto Alomar’s wife, Maria Del Pilar Alomar, obtained a temporary injunction against her husband following a domestic dispute over the weekend. Here’s what the Associated Press says:
Maria Del Pilar Alomar, 33, said in a complaint filed Monday that the couple got into an argument at their Hillsborough County home on [...]
08/05/10
Here’s video of a weird injury. Umpire John Hirschbeck is struck in the face mask by a warm up throw by Pirates pitcher Chris Narveso in the first inning between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers.
Hirschbeck, best remembered for the Roberto Alomar spitting incident, left the game after the first inning. The Pirates scored three [...]
05/22/10
Congratulations to Andre Dawson on his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “The Hawk” made the Hall of Fame on his ninth appearance on the election ballot.
Dawson received 420 of 539 votes giving him 77.9%. A player needs 405 votes or 75% of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to [...]
01/06/10