Merry Christmas from everyone here at Outfield Fly Rule! Braves fans got an early present (or was it a Festivus Miracle?), prospect Ronald Acuña did Acuña things at the Australian Baseball League All-Star Game, and Braves [READ MORE]
What is it that makes a baseball player worthy of the Hall of Fame? The more I think about it in context of the players on the ballot this year, the more complicated the answer [READ MORE]
Each year, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) presents a ballot to its members listing players eligible to be voted on for entry in to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. And each year, [READ MORE]
It’s wrong to call this a Hall of Fame ballot. I don’t have a Hall of Fame ballot. I’m not allowed to vote (I should be, but they tend to ignore me despite this absolute [READ MORE]
Over the last year or so, I have dedicated my Twitter account to filling a void in the Braves baseball world. That void was that there was no place to find out if a Braves [READ MORE]
Over the last two years, the baseball Hall of Fame has welcomed six new members. Unfortunately, that has done little to take care of the backlog of candidates who deserve to be enshrined. What’s worse [READ MORE]
2017 Hall of Fame Voting, BBWAA and the IBWAA Hall of Fame voting is one of my more favorite times of the year. There is always controversy normally surrounding a few players. Whether it be [READ MORE]
By my estimation, there are ten players on this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that, based on the criteria for enshrinement established by the Hall of Fame and precedent, are worthy of the vote. Jeff [READ MORE]
The 2017 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been sent out to members of the BBWAA for voting on potential new entrants to the game’s shrine in Cooperstown, NY. While the official results [READ MORE]
It was a quiet week on the transaction front for the Braves, but GM John Coppollela took time out of packing his Turner Field office to interact with fans on Twitter, prospect Ronald Acuña got [READ MORE]
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