Cooperstown

Fred McGriff played for six franchises, so many that his new plaque at the Hall of Fame has no logo on the cap. Scott Rolen represents the St. Louis Cardinals, but he played for four teams in all.“Derek, Chipper,” Rolen said from the stage…

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Hall of Famers Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Jack Morris and Ryne Sandberg are among 16 members of the contemporary baseball era committee that will meet Sunday to consider the Cooperstown fate of an eight-man ballot…

Should Carlos Beltrán be elected to the Hall of Fame?Image: Getty ImagesThe 2023 MLB Hall of Fame ballots were sent out yesterday.This is a pretty weak set of contestants. Gone are the days of bickering over the eligibility of Barry Bonds,…

The David Ortiz Bridge, on Brookline Ave., above the Mass Pike, connects the Fenway Park neighborhood to Kenmore Square in Boston. From there it’s about four hours to Cooperstown, N.Y., soon to be home to another lasting marker of Ortiz’s…

This will happen.Illustration: Eric Barrow (Getty Images)Call me naive, an optimist.But I believe my fellow Baseball Writers Association of America voters will finally get it right.The ballots are in. All had to be postmarked by midnight…

Friday is the last day for voters in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to submit their 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame ballots. Listed on those ballots are two players in their 10th and final year of Hall of Fame eligibility who truly…

As part of the research for this piece, I wanted to talk with a pitcher who has faced Freddie Freeman more than a handful of times. Cardinals veteran Adam Wainwright hasn’t ever been in the same division as Freeman, but they’ve both…