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This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here.This year's Baseball Hall of Fame class has a Blue Jays flavour.Scott Rolen, a…

Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday with five votes to spare above the 75 per cent needed.The seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner appeared on 297 of 389 ballots cast by…

Scott Rolen and Todd Helton, who hit a combined 685 home runs in 4,285 major league games, are looking for one more trip around the bases.Rolen and Helton are hopeful their chance for a curtain call will arrive Tuesday when Baseball Hall of…

SAN DIEGO - Moments after Fred McGriff was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, almost two decades after his final game, he got the question. Asked if Barry Bonds belonged in Cooperstown, a smiling…

Carlos Beltran, John Lackey and Jered Weaver, along with former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey, are among 14 newcomers on the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Hall of Fame ballot in what could turn into an evaluation of the…

Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro are on the eight-man ballot for the Hall of Fame's contemporary baseball era committee, which meets Dec. 4 in San Diego.Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale…

Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it.The well-travelled pitcher, who spent 17 seasons in the majors, announced his retirement on Instagram on Friday — his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his big-league debut.Jackson played for a…

Reigning American League Cy Young winner has agreed to a five-year, $115-million US contract with the Seattle Mariners, according to multiple media reports. ESPN's Jeff Passan and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic were the first to report the…

Anthony Gose is ready to make a new kind of pitch to play in the majors. Formerly a fast outfielder in the big leagues, Gose was called up from the minors by Cleveland on Monday, this time as a hard-throwing lefty reliever. "His story is…