It's Throwback Thursday at Sports World Report and here is a look at some of the notable events in the sports world from January 7.
Read full storyKen Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame for the 2016 class on Wednesday.
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has some new names joining the list of eligible players for 2016, as Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman, David Eckstein, Troy Glaus, Mike Hampton, Jason Kendall, Mike Lowell and Billy Wagner all have the chance to get votes.
Read full storyBoston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz reached 500 career home runs Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, hitting two homers at Tropicana Field to reach the career milestone.
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame vote for 2015 elected four new members to Cooperstown, with Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio all making the cut and now those players will be enshrined in upstate New York over the summer.
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony for 2014 is live on Sunday from Cooperstown as the HOF welcomes some major names in Frank Thomas, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Tony La Russa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox and this will be streaming live on MLB Network at 1:30 pm ET and there will be a special MLB Tonight show and other coverage from the network after there were no living inductees last year.
Read full storyBaseball Hall of Fame Class 2014: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine Starred In One Of The Best Commercials Ever With ‘Chicks Dig The Longball’ Nike Video
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame vote results are in and Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas are in, while Craig Biggio and Jack Morris were left out and now three living players will have made it in as the 2014 HOF Class elected to Cooperstown and this comes after months of speculation and predictions on the voting and after no one was elected to the Hall last year and now it will add multiple players as they will get enshrined in the summer.
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame announcement is coming on Wednesday live on MLB Network at 2 pm for the HOF class of 2014 that will be getting into Cooperstown and after no one was voted in last year, it looks as if Greg Maddux will be getting the nod and up to three or four players could be getting inducted when the ballots are counted and officially announced.
Read full storyThe Baseball Hall of Fame announcement is scheduled for Wednesday and will be on TV and streaming online from the MLB Network for the 2014 Cooperstown HOF class and many are expecting Greg Maddux to get in after no one was voted last season and chances are the annoying voters will only vote in a couple of players when many are deserving.
Read full storyThe Hall of Fame ceremony this year will have a managerial spin on it when the player ballots are voted up, as the Expansion Era Committee elected managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, omitting Marvin Miller, who many believe deserves to be in as well.
Read full storyThe Major League Baseball playoffs has already been an exciting event in both leagues and with the National League and the American League Championship Series putting together four of the top teams in baseball, some players stand out above others, and those players include Miguel Cabrera, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Carlos Beltran, four names that could very well end up being Hall of Fame players.
Read full storyAlex Rodriguez was supposed to be the clean one, the guy who did it right and saved us all from the awful Barry Bonds home run record to put a clean player at the top of baseball's totem pole.
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