The 1969 World Series ring that once belonged to Mets legend Tom Seaver sold for more than $800,000 at auction last weekend. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions sold the baseball memorabilia for $854,122, Newsday reported this on Tuesday evening. The Post first reported in February that the World Series ring, along with nearly 200 items from Seaver’s […]
Carlos Beltrán’s involvement in the Astros stealing scandal en route to the 2017 World Series title tarnished his reputation and cost him the Mets managerial job, but it ultimately didn’t keep him out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beltrán was introduced in his fourth year on the ballot with 84.2 percent of the vote, […]
David Wright’s stock is rising among Hall of Fame voters, and there’s still time left. The former Mets captain rose to 14.8 percent of the vote on Tuesday as the official numbers were released for the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class. Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were elected after passing the 75 percent threshold […]
Will Carlos Beltrán put a Mets cap on his Cooperstown plaque? That’s the million-dollar question right now after the former Mets star, who also spent time with the Royals, Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, Rangers and Giants, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Beltrán previously told The Post last year that he would […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Jeff Kent was elected into the baseball Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his last game and couldn’t control his emotions. “Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable,” he said after announcing the vote on Sunday. “The thoughts are clouded so far.” Kent received 14 of the committee’s 16 votes for the contemporary […]
ORLANDO — The long wait just got a little longer for Don Mattingly. The former Yankees first baseman was once again ineligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, falling six votes short in the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote, the results of which were announced Sunday. The eight players on the ballot – […]
Here we retell a story that has been told and retold and retold without an ending that most Yankees fans will find appropriate. Don Mattingly has been in the Hall of Fame 18 times and been snubbed 18 times. Will it be lucky No. 19, symbolic of a 19th round pick by the Yankees? The […]
In his highly anticipated first trip to the World Series, Don Mattingly fell crushingly short of winning his first title on Saturday with the Blue Jays. But the former Yankees great will get another shot at another top honor before this year is over. Mattingly was announced Monday as part of the vote for eight […]
Ichiro has a Hall of Fame spirit and on the field. The old Seattle Mariner did not held back during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Sunday and called the Lone Baseball Writers’ Association voter who did not record him on his or her mood, despite his historical career performance. “Three thousand hits of […]