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Morning Briefing: National Baseball Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Class Cap Selections

Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the cap selections for the Hall of Fame class of 2024. Todd Helton and Joe Mauer are naturally going in with Rockies and Twins caps respectively, since those are the only teams they played for during their careers. Manager Jim Leyland, who managed four teams during his career, will go in with a blank cap...

Beltré, Mauer, Helton Elected to Hall of Fame

The voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame is always a special time in the offseason. Players who had long, successful careers had the dreams of their names etched into the Cooperstown halls come true. It’s also a time for debate. The Baseball Hall of Fame is one of the most talked about in all sports. This year has been no different. The 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame class is...

MMO Roundtable: What Would Your Hall Of Fame Ballot Be?

Let’s say you had a vote. What would your Hall of Fame Ballot look like? As we are just days away from finding out which greats will be part of the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame class, here’s who our writers would’ve voted for if they had the ability to. Chris Bello My ballot would be: Carlos Beltrán, Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Andruw Jones, Joe Mauer, Francisco Rodríguez, Billy...

Preview of the 2024 Hall of Fame Candidates

The newest members of baseball’s hall of fame are Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. They will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. A preview of the 2024 hall of fame candidates shows a few former Mets on the ballot, as well as one former star who seems to be a lock to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Adrián Beltré Let’s start with Adrián Beltré, the former Dodger,...

For National League Fans, It’s a New Ball Game

  Happy Baseball Day (so the start time moved, we will adjust)! After a lockout that lasted more than three months, a delayed spring training and a delayed start of the regular season, baseball is finally here. This will be full season unlike any other since 1972, when both the American and National Leagues did not have the Designated Hitter. Yes, the DH is in the National League now, and...

MMO Exclusive: Two-Time All-Star, Shawn Green

When fans think back to the prolific power hitters of the late 1990s to early 2000s, many might overlook Shawn Green. The slender left-handed hitter might not be the first slugger you think of when looking back at that era, yet Green hit the 11th-most home runs from 1998-02 with 192. Green, 47, was a two-time All-Star, Gold Glove-winning outfielder who hit more than 40 home runs three different...

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