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NewsBarry M. Bloom has been a national reporter for MLB.com since 2002 and has more than 35 years of experience covering sports.
 | It was a great day for a family party at Trevor Hoffman's beach house on the shore of the mighty Pacific Ocean. Temperature in late January: 72 degrees. The common refrain: That's why we live here. At 2:22 p.m. PT, Hoffman took the call he and the crowd were waiting for.
More»Watch Trevor Hoffman get the Hall of Fame call |
 | Frank Robinson has been named to the Cactus League Hall of Fame. He will be honored next month, along with pitcher Gaylord Perry and Brewers announcer Bob Uecker.
More» Frank Robinson discusses his time as manager |
 | When Alan Trammell and Jack Morris are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 29, they will not only represent themselves and the organizations for which they played, but also the scouts who signed them.
More»That Hall of Fame feeling hasn't sunk in for Trammell |
 | Spring Training is less than a month away, and it's safe to say that a healthy share of the baseball world will descend upon Tempe Diablo Stadium on Feb. 14 for the unveiling of Shohei Ohtani, a two-way player from Japan who is preparing for his highly anticipated Major League debut in 2018.
More»Eppler describes how Ohtani, Pujols will be deployed |
 | The Major League Baseball career of Ichiro Suzuki may be fading to black, the video term for the end of a production or show.
More» Ichiro considering return to Japan |
 | Another chapter in the Barry Bonds-Roger Clemens National Baseball Hall of Fame saga has been written. And it's clear from the published votes that the two players, linked by allegations of performance-enhancing drug use, continue to track higher on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
More»Barry Bonds plaque unveiled on Giants Wall of Fame |
 | Trevor Hoffman is on the cusp of election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the early tabulation of votes made public by eligible members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, one of the premier closers in Major League history so far appears to have made up enough ground to reach the 75 percent threshold for election.
More»Hoffman reached epic milestones with the Brewers |
 | The 16 members of the Modern Era Committee will meet on Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to determine whether any candidates among the 10 on the ballot will join the 317 players, managers, executives and umpires already enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
More»Justice, Ringolsby make HOF case for Jack Morris |
 | The Modern Era Committee will vote Sunday on the 10 candidates who are hopeful of gaining entry into the Hall of Fame. On it: nine players whose careers spanned a good chunk of the era from 1970-87, plus the late Marvin Miller, the labor leader who put an indelible stamp on the game.
More»Justice breaks down Hall of Fame's Modern Era ballot |
 | Many men in the D-backs front office grow their beards during the month of November. Friday morning was their third annual shave off. The D-backs have been particularly plagued by many forms of the disease, and the past 365 calendar days haven't been that kind to their family.
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 | For the last two years, Trevor Hoffman has anxiously awaited the call from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, anticipating his possible election. This marks his third year on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
More»Smoltz discusses Hoffman falling just short of HOF |
 | The bucket of Gatorade doused Peoria Javelinas manager Luis Salazar on Saturday with the usual mixture of cold, wet, sticky goo. His club had just defeated the Mesa Solar Sox, 8-2, at Scottsdale Stadium to win this year's Arizona Fall League championship. This was a happy moment for the 61-year-old native of Venezuela who has endured more than enough grief in recent years. The championship came just a little more than six years after Salazar lost his left eye in a freak baseball accident.
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 | There is no quit in David Wright. The Mets' captain and third baseman has gone through right shoulder surgery, neck surgery and surgery to correct spinal stenosis in his back five weeks ago.
More»Wright on his future at third base after surgery |
 | It was only a year ago that Torey Lovullo left the Red Sox to join the D-backs as manager. It was his first such assignment on a big league level. And his father, Sam, then 88, couldn't have been prouder.
More»Lovullo thankful for being named Manager of the Year |
 | The Modern Baseball Era Committee, which is charged with the process of electing players into the National Baseball Hall of Fame through the Veterans Committee process, announced 10 candidates for election on Monday.
More»Justice breaks down Hall of Fame's Modern Era ballot |
 | It's been a long season for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who lost his father in March before guiding Los Angeles to a Major League-best 104 victories in the regular season before pushing the Astros to seven games before falling in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday.
More» Roberts on dealing with loss of his dad |
 | There's no better time for redemption than the World Series, and that's exactly what's happened for Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson against the Astros. He's redeemed himself.
More» Pederson tattoos a double off the wall |
 | A lot has been said and written this week about the relationship between Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Astros skipper A.J. Hinch, but at the nexus of it all is Josh Byrnes, the Dodgers' senior vice president of baseball operations.
More» Hinch on friendship with Roberts |
 | Dodgers right-hander Brandon McCarthy had made only three appearances because of injuries since July 20 and none in the postseason until Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. And his performance in the 11th inning of a 7-6 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of the Fall Classic is one he'd rather forget.
More»McCarthy discusses giving up homer in 11th in Game 2 |
 | Dodgers relievers continue to post record-setting numbers. They ran their record consecutive scoreless streak this postseason to 25 innings on Tuesday night in a 3-1 victory over the Astros in the opener of the Fall Classic at Dodger Stadium.
More» Morrow shuts down Astros in the 8th |
