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Ranking the 25 Best Baseball Teams of the Century: From 2000 Yankees to 2024 Dodgers

With the 2025 World Series matchup set, we’re looking back at the past 25 champions.

Sports Illustrated

Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff Finally Got the HOF Immortality They Deserve

After being rejected from Cooperstown a combined 15 times, the two baseball legends are a modest reminder of humility and hard work in MLB.

Sports Illustrated

Finding Modern Comparables for MLB’s 2023 Hall of Fame Class

Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff each took their winding paths to baseball immortality. Here’s how MLB’s current crop of stars measures up.

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Mike Sielski: Scott Rolen is about to be a Hall of Famer, and he was never the bad guy with the Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Rolen will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next weekend, and the occasion promises to reignite a series of debates around here that have the staying power of a syndicated sitcom. Does Rolen deserve enshrinement? Was he a great player? A very good player?…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Cubs’ Nick Madrigal ‘comfortable’ in first game at third base

Madrigal has played second base almost exclusively in his professional career.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fred McGriff’s choice for Hall of Fame logo? None of the above.

TAMPA, Fla. — Fred McGriff got to the Hall of Fame by showing remarkably consistent production while changing teams frequently.

Tribune News Service

Scott Rolen will join roster of Cardinals in Hall of Fame with STL logo on plaque

JUPITER, Fla. — Some of the best seasons of his career and his championship year all happened in St. Louis, so, fittingly, the honor of his lifetime will also be bronzed with an STL.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox failing to find momentum heading into Spring Training

Some scattered thoughts on the Red Sox as the truck pulls into JetBlue Park in Fort Myers…

Boston Herald

Bill Madden: We are making the selection of Hall of Famers way too complicated

NEW YORK — The Baseball Writers’ Association election of Scott Rolen to the Hall of Fame this week created a goodly share of controversy and consternation among the baseball populace, and once again it got me to wonder why it’s become so complicated.

Tribune News Service

Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Winners and Losers

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Matthew Roberson: Examining the newcomers on the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

NEW YORK — Scott Rolen was the only member of the 2023 Hall of Fame ballot to be granted induction by the writers, and next year he’ll be joined by one of the only men on the planet who can credibly claim to be a better third baseman than he…

Tribune News Service

A force at third base, Scott Rolen leads Cardinals recent champs into the Hall of Fame

Whether he had to wait another year or he received the highest honor that echoes for every year to come, Scott Rolen promised his family Tuesday night he’d grill steaks.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SI:AM | Scott Rolen Gets the Call

Who could join him in Cooperstown next year?

Sports Illustrated

The Baseball Hall of Fame remains one of the silliest things in all of sports

It remains hard to take this museum all too seriously.

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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Scott Rolen

The versatile third baseman earned his invite to Cooperstown on Tuesday after six years on the ballot.

The Independent UK

Beltré, Mauer eligible for Hall of Fame in next year's vote

Scott Rolen is headed to the Hall of Fame

Chicago Sun-Times

Third baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

He will join former Cubs first baseman Fred McGriff and Cubs radio voice Pat Hughes at induction ceremonies this summer in Cooperstown.

WEKU

Only one player won the writers' election this year for the Baseball Hall of Fame

Scott Rolen, a seven-time All-Star third baseman, played with the Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Cincinnati teams over a 17-season career. None of the 27 other players won enough votes.

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MLB fans fumed over a Hall of Fame voting process that inexplicably saw just 1 player picked

Baseball Hall of Fame gonna Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: Scott Rolen benefits from weak ballot to make Hall of Fame, while Jeff Kent continues to get left behind

NEW YORK — One of the weakest ballots in recent memory proved to be the perfect vehicle for Scott Rolen to make a historic leap to Hall of Fame immortality on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Braves legend Andruw Jones gains ground but still misses Hall of Fame

ATLANTA — Andruw Jones authored an incredible career full of accomplishments, including an impressive string of Gold Glove Awards and a ton of home runs. During his prime, he was arguably the best center fielder in the game.

Tribune News Service

Former Padre Gary Sheffield trending upward in Hall voting

SAN DIEGO — Maybe Gary Sheffield can make one last push.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Former Phillie Scott Rolen is elected into the Hall of Fame

Scott Rolen vacuumed almost every ball that got hit in his direction in a 17-year major-league career spent with four teams, including the Phillies.

Sports Illustrated

Scott Rolen Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Helton Misses

For the second consecutive year, the BBWAA elected just one player to the Hall of Fame.

The Independent UK

Scott Rolen elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame with five votes to spare above the 75% needed

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