2007 Hall of Fame
Coverage of the upcoming vote in Cal Ripken Jr.'s first year of eligibility and baseball's next Hall of Fame class
January 11, 2007
Ripken, Gwynn in sync
Cal Ripken Jr. looked at the man seated to his left on the dais at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan yesterday afternoon and said he would speak first - joking that Tony Gwynn might need time to find a proper answer.
January 11, 2007
Hall town says July lodging going fast
Cal Ripken fans who want to see his Hall of Fame induction on July 29 should make travel plans soon because available lodging around Cooperstown, N.Y., is diminishing rapidly, according to the small town's Chamber of Commerce.
January 8, 2007
First-ballot doubts follow McGwire
When the three perennial All-Stars retired five years ago, the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 had the potential to be one of the best in history.
January 7, 2007
Baseball Hall of Fame
Perfectly positioned
The drama won't be in the announcement -- it will be in the details.
January 7, 2007
Peter Schmuck: McGwire might not mind being skipped in Hall's order
Sometime in the early afternoon on Tuesday, Cal Ripken will pick up the phone in Baltimore and Tony Gwynn will pick up the phone in San Diego, and it won't be to make a bet on the AFC championship game.
January 1, 2007
2007: Looking ahead
Hall of Fame
Five years ago, it looked like the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame class would be one of the greatest of all time. Three locks with diverse resumes: the prodigious slugger, the affable pure hitter and the all-around iron man.
December 20, 2006
Banished Rose says to put McGwire in Hall
Pete Rose thinks Mark McGwire should be in baseball's Hall of Fame, and he hasn't given up hope that he'll get there someday, too.
December 6, 2006
Ripken guards steroid insight
Retirement apparently hasn't disrupted Cal Ripken Jr.'s game.
December 3, 2006
Rick Maese: B. Robinson: Don't give McGwire Hall pass
Brooks Robinson is expecting a record crowd to converge on Cooperstown, N.Y., in July to watch Cal Ripken Jr. join the game's immortals in the Hall of Fame.
December 2, 2006
Ripken signs card deal
Cal Ripken Jr. has signed a baseball trading card deal with Upper Deck Co. that will feature autographed cards chronicling the Orioles star's legendary career.
November 28, 2006
Ripken, Gwynn top Hall ballot
Inevitably, at every news conference during his farewell ballpark tour in 2001, Cal Ripken was asked about his thoughts on one day being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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