Read more Baseball Hall of Fame stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7172/baseball-hall-of-fame.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T13:37:59http://www.newser.com/story/77617/dawson-makes-hall-blyleven-alomar-miss.htmlAndre Dawson was the only player elected into the Hall of Fame today, with Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar missing the cut by just five and eight votes respectively. Dawson, one of only three players to hit 400 home runs and steal 300 bases, received 77.9% of the vote,...http://www.newser.com/story/77617/dawson-makes-hall-blyleven-alomar-miss.html2010-01-06T20:39:25http://www.newser.com/story/77576/randy-johnson-retires.htmlAfter 22 major league seasons, The Big Unit is walking away from baseball, ending one of the greatest pitching careers in baseball history. The 6-foot-10 Johnson announced his retirement on a conference call late yesterday, a decision that had been expected from the overpowering left-hander who reached 300 wins last...http://www.newser.com/story/77576/randy-johnson-retires.html2010-01-06T09:19:00http://www.newser.com/story/77029/bizarre-collection-headed-to-bush-library.htmlGeorge W. Bush’s $300 million presidential library will be filled with documents, including many classified files. In all, it’ll boast roughly 68 million pages of documents, 175 million e-mails, 3,845,912 photos, and more videos than any previous president's library. But it’ll also have a wide array of “museum...http://www.newser.com/story/77029/bizarre-collection-headed-to-bush-library.html2009-12-28T20:29:41http://www.newser.com/story/70835/ted-williams-frozen-head-treated-like-a-baseball.htmlTed Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble Bee...http://www.newser.com/story/70835/ted-williams-frozen-head-treated-like-a-baseball.html2009-10-02T14:21:56http://www.newser.com/story/65414/mlb-chief-weighs-pardon-for-pete-rose.htmlPete Rose may yet have a shot at baseball’s Hall of Fame: Commissioner Bud Selig is weighing ending Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the sport, the New York Daily News reports. Hank Aaron, whose opinion counts heavily with Selig, told reporters over the weekend he’d like to see Rose...http://www.newser.com/story/65414/mlb-chief-weighs-pardon-for-pete-rose.html2009-07-27T18:42:43http://www.newser.com/story/65356/hall-of-fame-voting-so-predictable-a-computer-can-do-it.htmlThe Baseball Writers of America turn out to be a predictable lot. A new computer program from a Missouri State computer science professor can accurately predict who’ll join the Hall of Fame, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given a set of 1,592 players who retired between 1950 and 2002,...http://www.newser.com/story/65356/hall-of-fame-voting-so-predictable-a-computer-can-do-it.html2009-07-27T12:37:55http://www.newser.com/story/65347/henderson-rice-join-hall-of-fame.htmlJim Rice's icy glare melted into a wide smile. Brash, flamboyant Rickey Henderson was humbled by it all. The former left fielders were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today along with the late Joe Gordon, and Henderson, baseball's all-time leading base stealer, was briefly overcome before evoking some...http://www.newser.com/story/65347/henderson-rice-join-hall-of-fame.html2009-07-26T22:22:18http://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.htmlThis weekend, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are headed for baseball’s Hall of Fame—and a life without financial headaches, the Wall Street Journal reports. Retired players make money with autographs, speeches, and endorsements, and a place in Cooperstown means their values skyrocket. “‘HoF’ after a signature is the single...http://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.html2009-07-23T19:40:02http://www.newser.com/story/64377/baseball-hall-voters-reject-plan-to-weigh-steroid-use.htmlThe Baseball Writers’ Association of America—which decides the annual Hall of Fame class—has voted down an attempt to make new guidelines for players implicated in steroid use, the AP reports. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander had suggested a committee be formed to create new rules that acknowledged the...http://www.newser.com/story/64377/baseball-hall-voters-reject-plan-to-weigh-steroid-use.html2009-07-14T20:32:22