BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION WEEK
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Coleman waves as he enters the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for an evening reception in Cooperstown, NY on July 30, 2005. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
UPI Related News
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Former MVP and current Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Joe Torre is among 10 retired players making a bid this year for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Dottie Collins, who starred as a women's professional baseball pitcher in the 1940s, has died of a stroke in Indiana. She was 84.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A 1909 baseball card depicting early Hall-of-Famer Honus Wagner was sold for $1.62 million in Chicago, auctioneers said.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., July 27 (UPI) -- Rich "Goose" Gossage, a dominating right-handed closer and a nine-time all-star, was inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Dave Niehaus, who has broadcast Seattle Mariners games since the team began play in 1977, has been selected to receive the Ford C. Frick Award.
ARLINGTON, Texas, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan has been hired as president of the Texas Rangers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Rich "Goose" Gossage, an imposing figure during more than 22 years as a major league relief pitcher, has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Baseball broadcasters Joe Nuxhall, Bill King and Joe Morgan were added to the ballot for the 2008 Ford C. Frick Award Tuesday, inserted by online fan voting.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was among five men elected Monday to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Rich "Goose" Gossage, an overpowering closer for 22 seasons, tops the list of players considered for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
