Baseball History Mural in Philly

I love it when communities embrace their baseball heritage. In Philadelphia, a baseball history mural is going to be painted on the side of a new urban youth academy building. Take a look at the mural, created by artist Mark Stockton:

According to the Passyunk Post blog (www.passyunkpost.com): "The portraits will be selected based on the level of connection to baseball, art and civic history in Philadelphia. The mural will primarily be broken into a color scheme of red, blue, green and yellow. The images represented in yellow will show the African Americans involved with the Negro leagues, blue will represent youth baseball, red will show Philadelphia baseball players and green will represent the creative and civic leaders with some connection to the sport."

Judge Landis Gives Shoeless Joe the Smackdown

This week also marks the a denial for Shoeless Joe Jackson and his hopes of reinstatement. In 1932 (well after the infamous World Series), Jackson was shot down by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, despite his pleas of innocence in the Black Sox Scandal fix. In fact, current Commissioner Rob Manfred said that he would not overrule the decision of Landis or the other commissioners who decided against Jackson's innocence. So, it looks like the giant arms of Major League Baseball will never embrace one of the greatest hitters of his or any generation. At least Jackson acted humble and appreciated what he had lost, unlike another tarnished player I can think of...

Today in Hall of Fame History

Some of the greatest players in baseball history were selected for the Hall of Fame on January 23rd. Here is a rundown of players:

Bob Feller - Selected in 1962 (1st Year of Eligibility)

Jackie Robinson - Selected in 1962 (1st Year of Eligibility)

Joe 'Ducky' Medwick - Selected in 1968

Ralph Kiner - Selected in 1975

Willie Mays - Selected in 1979 (1st Year of Eligibility)

Quite a group selected on January 23rd!

What Do We Know About Doc Adams?

Is the 'Cigar Guy' from Ken Burns' Baseball the young face of Doc Adams? Check out this breakdown from www.net54baseball.com.

The Results Are In...

How disappointing...

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/12/07/hall-of-fame-veterans-committee-pre-integration-era-vote

Your Thoughts?

What are your thoughts concerning today's pre-integration vote? Please let me know in the comments below.

2016 Pre-Integration Hall of Fame Ballot

Check out Jay Jaffe's article in SI concerning this year's Pre-Integration ballot, the first since Hank O'ay was nominated for the 2013 class.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/12/02/hall-of-fame-pre-integration-era-ballot-bill-dahlen-wes-ferrell

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/12/04/hall-of-fame-pre-integration-era-ballot-marty-marion-frank-mccormick