NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION WEEKEND
Major League Baseball Commissioner H. Bud Selig (L) jokes with National Baseball Hall of Fame member Robin Yount during a party at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York on July 28, 2007. (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.
