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• Whitey Herzog and What Could Have Been

  
  Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Authority: 148
  Whitey Herzog was a deserving candidate for election into the Hall of Fame today. Many don’t realize that Herzog had an eight year career as an outfielder. His best season came in 1961 with the Orioles as he batted .291 with 5 homers and 35 RBI. Of course, the “White Rat” as affectionately referred to by Mets ...
  12 hours ago

• Herzog Leads Vets into Hall

  
  My Pinstripes — Authority: 121
  Manager Whitey Herzog , who skippered the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals to a World Championship and had several contenders in Kansas City , has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Joining Herzog is long time National League umpire Doug Harvey , who spent 31 years in the field. Also ...
  12 hours ago

• MLB HOF Veterans Committee gets it half right

  
  SocraticGadfly — Authority: 146
  As a Cardinals fan, Im glad to see the White Rat finally made it . And, Doug Harvey should be in, too, IMO. But, still no Marvin Miller? There is no god and I am his prophet.
  12 hours ago

• All Hail Whitey!!!

  
  threedonia.com — Authority: 492
  With the list of this year’s list of first-time nominees to the Baseball Hall of Fame ranging from snooze-worthy to ridiculous (between the likes of David Segui, Eric Karros and Pat Hentgen, please fill in your own blanks, and I don’t think anyone from the list besides Roberto Alomar deserves to eventually wind ...
  12 hours ago

• It isnt that Marvin Miller was robbed, but that the jury was rigged.

  
  XM MLB Chat — Authority: 135
  Commenter notes Baseball Hall of Fame has tax exempt status via an educational mission. The groups treatment of Marvin Miller casts doubt on that mission: From commenter at Baseball Think Factory on Tom Seavers article saying "Marvin Miller Got Robbed (again) :" 4. Bob Tufts Posted: December 07, 2009 at ...
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• Topps Unique’s bat knob cards add to short and unique niche

  
  The Beckett Blog — Authority: 567
  While Billy Ripken still has the most memorable bat knob in hobby history, the latest baseball card set from Topps certainly is giving him some competition.
  13 hours ago

• Herzog, Harvey elected to baseball Hall of Fame

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey got the call Monday, elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
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• Reaction to Murtaugh missing

  
  PBC Blog — Authority: 538
  By Dejan Kovacevic | 1:33 p.m. Monday INDIANAPOLIS -- Here is reaction to Danny Murtaughs not getting elected to the Hall, from Colleen Hroncich , his granddaughter in Cranberry who has pushed for his inclusion ... "In one sense, Im more disappointed than I was in 2007," she said. "Before I started writing a ...
  14 hours ago

• Whitey Herzog Hall Of Fame Press Conference

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
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• Ballpark Village Holding Cardinals Museum Hostage

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  The old Busch Stadium, known as Busch Stadium II, had a lifespan of just 40 years. One-fourth of that time has already elapsed since the redevelopment of the site, called Ballpark Village, first emerged back in 1999.The Cardinal Nation Blog
  15 hours ago

• Whitey Herzog Elected to the Hall of Fame

  
  Stan Musial's Stance — Authority: 482
  On this sober anniversary , a piece of good news. Whitey Herzog has been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Obviously Im excited by this. Whitey managed the Cardinal teams of my teenage years, the teams that left an indelible mark on my fandom and cemented the Cardinals as my team of choice. ...
  15 hours ago

• Herzog, Harvey Elected to the Hall; Miller Snubbed

  
  fullcountpitch.com — Authority: 437
  INDIANAPOLIS, IN–Whitey Herzog, a six-time division winner and manager of the 1982 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and Doug Harvey, a five-time World Series umpire, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Baseball’s Winter Meetings in Indianapolis by the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee for ...
  16 hours ago

• Whitey Herzog, Doug Harvey Elected To Hall Of Fame

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey were elected by a Hall of Fame Veterans Committee on managers and umpires, but a separate committee for executives and pioneers did not select anyone for induction into the Cooperstown shrine.Cardinals Official SiteDorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog, the favorite son of New Athens, ...
  16 hours ago

• Ozzie Smith: Whitey Herzog "Changed My Career...Changed The Game"

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  One of the eternal advocates of Whitey Herzog’s place alongside him in Cooperstown, St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith said he felt both validation and relief when he learned Monday morning that Herzog had been finally, officially elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Birdland
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• MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! Homer King Barry Bonds Made Splash

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  A month ago, during simpler times, Tiger Woods was presented with a tricky question: Who would he pick as the athlete of the decade?Plenty of possible choices - Lance Armstrong, Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant, Barry Bonds, Tom Brady, among them. Tiger, too.Seattle Times
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• Cooperstown Calling Managers For Next Year

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  Well, today the Hall of Fame announces its latest Veterans Committee picks for induction. This is an especially interesting day for me, because the organization will announce what managers go in, and I just wrote a book on managers: Evaluating Baseballs Managers.The Hardball Times
  16 hours ago

• Royals Working On Logistics In Deal With Cuban Pitcher Noel Arguelles

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 162
  The early buzz at baseball’s winter meetings, which open officially today, centers on the Royals and what appears to be an imminent deal with Cuban left-hander Noel Arguelles, a 20-year-old who defected more than a year ago in Canada.Kansas City Star
  16 hours ago

• Gene Autry, Marvin Miller fail to win entry to Baseball Hall of Fame

  
  LA Times Sports Blog — Authority: 714
  The late Gene Autry, who brought major league baseball to Orange County as the first owner of the Angels, and former union leader Marvin Miller failed to win election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in a vote by a...
  17 hours ago

• Harvey and Herzog get the call

  
  The Hall of Very Good — Authority: 119
  Ill admit it, I expected Doug Harvey, thought the likable Whitey Herzog would get a chunk of votes...but, honestly, I was hoping for Billy Martin. In the end...it was Whiteys ability to make perennial contenders out of Kansas City and St. Louis that got him the call. And Harvey, well...hes Doug Harvey. Anytime ...
  18 hours ago

• Unhappy Trails: Cowboy Heroes Fade Away as Fans Head to that Great Corral in the Sky

  
  WorthPoint — Authority: 134
  “My heroes have always been cowboys, And, they still are, it seems. Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of, Themselves and their slow-movin’ dreams” —Lyrics by Sharon Vaughn My heroes are cowboys, but not the real-life cowboys who rode the western plains. My partners are on the silver-screen; ...
  18 hours ago

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