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...surprise that 421 out of the 506 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America named Eckersley for induction into Cooperstown on January 6. Eckersley is only the third primarily relief pitcher to be elected to the Hall of Fame, following Rollie Fingers and Hoyt Wilhelm. In a week in which Pete Rose stole the headlines in order to try to gain his own election to Cooperstown, Eckersley’s sterling character provides a wonderful contrast...
...Pete Rose Realized Hall of Fame Clock Was Ticking - SI senior writer Tom Verducci lends his opinion on why Rose decided to come clean...
...Even While Admitting Guilt, Rose Still Hustles - Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News points out that Rose's last book contained a completely different story and charges this release as being part of a simple scheme to get elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
...Right - Gary Peterson writes: "There is no altruism at work here. Rose isn't doing the right thing. He's doing the expedient thing. He's coming clean for a price. And he's doing it at the expense of the former players whose election to the Hall of Fame will be announced on Tuesday...
DIED. OTTO GRAHAM, 82, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the team's Golden Age, from 1946 to 1955; of a heart aneurysm; in Sarasota, Fla. He set a state record at birth, weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., and went on to outsized contributions on the football field, passing for 23,584 yds. and 174 touchdowns and leading the Browns to an astonishing 10 championship games in his 10 seasons with the team...