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My 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot—and Why I’ve Changed My Approach to Voting

Tom Verducci explains why he voted for three returning candidates he’d previously passed on.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 20

Baseball Hall of Fame Roundtable: Four Burning Questions Before Class of 2026 Reveal

We’ll find out Tuesday who will join Jeff Kent in being inducted into Cooperstown this year. What should we be looking for in the voting results?

Sports Illustrated · Jan 19

Assessing Cole Hamels’s Hall of Fame Case in His First Year on the Ballot

The 2008 World Series MVP may be reaching eligibility at the right time.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 19

Paul Sullivan: In ‘must-win’ game in divisional series, Cubs suffer devastating loss in front of Chicago-centric Milwaukee crowd

MILWAUKEE — The Chicago Cubs were greeted by a large contingent of fans Monday in their first trip to the ballpark formerly known as Miller Park.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 3, 2023

The Phillies Are the Anti-Astros

This World Series matchup is full of contrasts. The Astros have Dusty Baker, in his 25th season as a big-league manager, while the Phillies have Rob Thomson, in his first. One of them will win their first title as a skipper by the time this thing is over. Houston has…

Sports Illustrated · Oct 28, 2022

Weighing the choices facing the Phillies as the MLB draft approaches

Twenty years ago, the last time the Phillies held the 17th pick in the draft, Cole Hamels slipped past the midpoint of the first round because of an arm injury that spooked several teams. The Phillies chose him and, well, the gamble paid off about as much as it possibly…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 15, 2022