Wednesday, December 12, 2012
2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!
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Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!
The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.
Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first ...
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1. Greg (U)K posted on August 09, 2011 at 10:35 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Pride of Carlyle, Saskatchewan Brenden Morrow was making his first impression on the NHL with Dallas and so a bunch of people from Saskatchewan were watching a Dallas Stars playoff game, including his high school sweet-heart. Except apparently he had neglected to give her the old "I'm in the NHL now so I need an NHL girlfriend" talk, so when they flashed Vincent Damphousse's daughter in the crowd and described her as "Brenden Morrow's girlfriend", there was a bit of sadness in the room.
Got to love hockey players.
It was awesome to see from really close Pedro, Raines and Moises. I mean, these guys are the reason why I love the game. (BTW, Raines is getting really fat...).
A pic of the three.
Way to ruin my great story with FACTS!
Despite the fact that it is now evident it has no relation to the article linked, I still stand by my story as a fun one. In retrospect it seems obvious...Damphousse spent the latter part of his career with the Sharks, not the Stars.
On a new twist to the hunger strike to have your demands met, Raines has decided to go on an eating binge until his deserved induction into the HOF.
Nah, he's just trying to deliver visual evidence that he remains every bit Tony Gwynn's equal.
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