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2017 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Claire Smith

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Claire Smith 1st Female Spink Award Winner

Claire Smith was elected the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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Schuerholz, Selig meet the media as Hall of Famers

Less than 24 hours after receiving the news, Bud Selig and John Schuerholz seemed both overjoyed and overwhelmed at the prospect of having bronze likenesses of themselves in Cooperstown.

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Schuerholz, Selig overwhelmed by honor of HOF election

For two men who earned their Hall of Fame election off the field, John Schuerholz and Bud Selig felt like they were both on the diamond on Sunday as the hour approached for the Today’s Game Era voting results to be revealed.

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JOHN SCHUERHOLZ, BUD SELIG ELECTED TO NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME BY TODAY’S GAME ERA COMMITTEE

Longtime Braves and Royals general manager John Schuerholz and former MLB commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig have been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Today’s Game Era Committee.

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#CardCorner: 1968 Topps Don Mincher

The 1968 Topps card of Don Mincher has all the elements of a classic baseball card.

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Hall of Fame’s Picturing America’s Pastime Exhibit Opens Friday at Dodger Stadium

This winter at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, fans can experience some of the game’s most telling images.

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Lefty Grove announces his retirement

By the start of the 1941 season, Lefty Grove had already accumulated a laundry list of Hall of Fame-worthy accomplishments.

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George Steinbrenner’s winning ways land him on Today’s Game Era ballot

George Steinbrenner took over the New York Yankees and made them not only relevant again but a model of success both on and off the field.

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Team Tours of Japan bridged cultural gap following World War II

As American participation in the Korean War wound down baseball would again see itself as a bridge between cultural divides.

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Hall of Fame to Host Holiday Celebration Saturday

The spirit of Cooperstown will be on full display this Saturday when Museum visitors and the National Baseball Hall of Fame team up for a day of holiday fun.

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Bud Selig’s work as commissioner leads him to Cooperstown’s doorstep

Bud Selig’s work as commissioner leads him to Cooperstown’s doorstep.

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Today’s Game Era Committee Ballot to Be Considered Dec. 4 at Baseball’s Winter Meetings

With 2017 just around the corner, Cooperstown is preparing for another historic summer. And the latest Hall of Fame candidates will soon learn if they are headed to the Hall of Fame.

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Cubs trade Hoyt Wilhelm to Braves for Hal Breeden

In 1970, when Hoyt Wilhelm was 47, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for first baseman Hal Breeden.

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#CardCorner: 1993 Fleer Steve Farr

It’s long past due to put pen to paper in offering some praise for “The Burglar,” Steve Farr.

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King John Schuerholz

John Schuerholz entered the world of big league baseball with a letter to a man he did not know.

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