27 episodes
Building the Ballot: The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Era Committees Adam Darowski
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Hosted by Adam Darowski of Baseball Reference, Building the Ballot covers takes a deep dive into candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Era Committees. The Era Committee process replaced the old Veterans Committee process for the 2011 election. This podcast covers the Classic Baseball Era (beginning of time until 1979) and the Contemporary Baseball Era (1980 to present, split into a players ballot and a non-players ballot).
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Episode 27: Dave Metter on the 2024 BBWAA Election Results
Today, Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer were elected to the Hall of Fame via the BBWAA Ballot. Dave Metter (@CooperstownDave) joins me to discuss the election results and answer listener questions.
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Episode 26: Outside the Box Hall of Fame Candidates with Mark Shirk and Justin McKinney
Today we go outside the box. Mark Shirk (@bballhist on Twitter) and Justin McKinney (@Just_Mckinney on Twitter) join me to discuss players who we believe were at or close to a Hall of Fame level, but are not on the Hall of Fame radar (for a variety of reasons. Players discussed:
Mark’s List:
Charlie Keller
Charlie Smith
Mike Scioscia
Ross Barnes
Bobby Avila
Buster Clarkson
Marvin Williams
Buzz Arlett
Justin’s List:
Jim Creighton
Cal McVey
Dave Orr
Fred Dunlap
Fleet Walker
Benny Kauff
Sadaharu Oh
Omar Linares
Adam's List
Heavy Johnson
Dobie Moore
Larry Jackson
Silvio García
Perucho Cepeda
Joe Start
Wes Ferrell
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Episode 25: Contemporary Era Non-Players Ballot Reaction with Dave Metter
Tonight, Jim Leyland was announced as the lone inductee to the Hall of Fame from the Contemporary Era Committee’s Non-Player Ballot. Adam and Dave discuss the results of the election and look forward to future elections.
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Episode 24: Reviewing the Contemporary Era Non-Players Ballot with Graham Womack and Dave Metter
The Hall of Fame released the Contemporary Baseball Era’s Non-Players ballot, so I got on the line with Graham Womack and Dave Metter to discuss the candidates.
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Episode 23: Contemporary Era Non-Players and Rule B Candidates with Cooperstown Dave
Today we welcome David Metter, aka Cooperstown Dave, to the show. David is a Baseball Hall of Fame enthusiast and previously ran the Vlad4HOF Twitter account. He has since pivoted the account (due to Vlad’s successful induction) to a general Hall of Fame account. He has recently been tweeting about non-player candidates and “Rule B” candidates (“Those whose careers entailed involvement in multiple categories”). Non-players are not my expertise, and since the upcoming ballot is all about non-players it seemed like a great reason to get Dave on the show.
We discuss the current Hall of Fame landscape for managers, umpires, executives, and pioneers as well as the top candidates for this upcoming ballot.
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Episode 22: This Episode Was Underrated™ with Not Gaetti
Today I’m stepping outside of the Hall of Fame echo chamber to chat with an “old school” baseball guy (or maybe he just plays one on Twitter?). Even if we don’t always see eye-to-eye on things like WAR, I always appreciate remembering some underrated players with Not Gaetti (sorry, that’s the only name I’m at liberty to use). We discuss the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot, the BBWAA ballot, hitters (him) and pitchers (me), and a lot more.
Not Gaetti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/notgaetti
Customer Reviews
Great information and an entertaining show!
This show goes through the possible Baseball Hall of Fame candidates in a thorough and professional way, while showing the host and guests love of baseball and the players they are discussing. There is something here for even the most knowledgeable baseball fan. They dig into numbers and stories of players and discuss their relative merits for the Hall. Great information about Negro Major Leaguers as well, stories and some “lesser known” names that it is very interesting to hear about. Keep it up Adam!