...get into Cooperstown.With steroid scandals still very much on the minds of longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America as they cast their ballots, the trio failed to muster even 50 percent support among the 112 voters contacted...
...for a rather strange ceremony," said the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser, president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.Three inductees were chosen last month by the 16-member panel considering individuals from the era...
...received 36.2 percent of the vote and Clemens 37.6 in totals announced Wednesday by the Hall and the Baseball Writers' Association of America, both well short of the 75 percent necessary. Sosa, eighth on the career home run list, got 12...
...those linked to performance-enhancing drugs. But I doubt it."More than 600 longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America will vote on the 37-player ballot. Candidates require 75 percent for induction, and the results will...
...seemed clear enough: None of the 37 eligible former players was elected to the hall this year by the Baseball Writers Association of America ? and Clemens, Bonds and Sosa received embarrassingly few votes.Good.While there were unfortunately...
...career with the Yankees. The voters got it right by not electing Bonds, Clemens and Sammy Sosa. The Baseball Writers' Association of America have been steadfast on its stance of not electing players who were suspected of using performance enhancing...
...Robinson Cano certainly picked people he thought should be on there," Commissioner Bud Selig told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. "While I understand Kansas City and I understand the whole Billy Butler thing, I really...
...in our view is supposed to be paid on July 15, then we'll have a fight about it," Weiner told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday.He cited a case involving Yankees pitcher Doyle Alexander, who broke a finger when he punched...
...said.Trout, who turned 21 on Aug. 7, received all 28 first-place votes from the AL panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The Los Angeles Angels center fielder was the eighth unanimous AL pick and the first since Tampa Bay's...
...turnaround seasons.Melvin beat out Baltimore's Buck Showalter for the AL honor in a close vote by a Baseball Writers' Association of America panel. Under Melvin, the A's made a 20-game improvement, finished 94-68 and won the AL West...
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