On Feb. 24, 1926, Eddie Plank died in Gettysburg, Pa. Gettysburg Eddie, nicknamed for the town where he was born, educated and died, won 326 games and two World Series during his 17-year career. Richard looks back at the A’s lefty.

On Feb. 4, 1909, John Clarkson died in a Massachusetts psychiatric hospital. It was an unfortunate and inglorious end to the life of a man who is still one of the five winningest right-handed pitchers in National League history. Richard looks back on his life.

How one Hall of Famer filled in for another and launched a third one’s career.

On Jan. 26, 1813, Juan Pablo Duarte was born. Duarte would go to a life as a leader in the movement to establish the Dominican Republic as an independent nation. In his honor, Richard brings you the All-Dominican Team.

See what the future holds for the candidates passed over in this year’s BBWAA election.

When second best is more than good enough.

For the third straight year, Chris predicts what the results of the BBWAA election will be.

In honor of today’s announcement from Cooperstown about Veterans Committee picks for the Hall, Chris looks at the candidacies of the eight managers up for induction.

On Nov. 29, 1969, Mariano Rivera was born. Richard looks back at the career of the greatest short reliever of all time.

I wrote over at NBC this morning that I think Marvin Miller was a no-brainer for the Hall of Fame. Not everyone agrees with that. Not even some pretty damn reasonable people. Here are two perspectives. First Rob Neyer: I mentioned this morning that I’m still an agnostic regarding Whitey Herzog’s Hall of Fame candidacy. […]