For @notmrtibbs.com and others with any interest: The Globe's Hall of Fame votes will be published on Wednesday morning on BostonGlobe.com. There are six of us: me, Chad Finn, Dan Shaughnessy, Mike Silverman, Alex Speier, and Tara Sullivan.

🚨NEW EP: 2026 HOF PREVIEW🚨 POF makes predictions on the 2026 Baseball, Football, and Basketball HOF classes before teasing players newly eligible in 2027. We cover: ⚾️ Beltrán and Jones 🏈 Frank Gore 🏀 Derrick Rose ⚾️ Posey and Lester in 2027 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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I read a great book on Johnny Mize (who we do not talk about enough) and he called Martin Digigo the greatest baseball player he ever saw. That will always stick with me.

2025 was a big year for Pod of Fame. Thank you to everyone that subscribes and listens. Will never not be humbled by the fact that people actually spend time every week listening. With year 5 in the books, bring on year 6 !

🚨NEW EP: ALEX GORDON🚨 POF welcomes HOF Voter Jeffrey Flanagan to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Alex Gordon. We cover: ⚾️ Greatest Defensive Left Fielders 🏆 2014/2015 Kansas City Royals 💎 Top Web Gems of Gordon’s Career open.spotify.com/episode/14AI...

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had fun defending the Hall of Fame merits of Brad Daugherty (on the basis of "hey why not")

🚨NEW EP: BRAD DAUGHERTY🚨 POF welcomes NBA writer @kdonhoops.com to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Brad Daugherty. We cover: 🏫 Infamous 1986 NBA Draft 🏀 Great Cavs Teams Before LeBron 🏆 1992 NBA Playoffs 🏀 Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson open.spotify.com/episode/0in5...

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This was a fun discussion. As usual. Thanks to Jim for always helping me get in the Hall-a-day spirit!

🚨NEW EP: COLE HAMELS🚨 POF welcomes @steveagardner.bsky.social to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Cole Hamels. We cover: ⚾️ Devastating Changeup 🏆 2008 Postseason Performance ⚾️ Top Pitchers on 2026 Ballot 🏆 2008 Hamels vs. 2025 Yamamoto open.spotify.com/episode/3oIz...

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Wow. I am quite shocked. Jeff Kent gets 14/16 votes, easily getting the 12 votes necessary. Carlos Delgado in second…..woah. Mattingly and Murphy only got 50% of the support they needed. Bonds, Clemens, Sheffield, and Valenzuela….no love at all from the committee.

🚨NEW EP: PHILIP RIVERS🚨 POF welcomes Fernando Ramirez to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Philip Rivers. We cover: 🏈 Fouts vs. Rivers 🏫 2004 NFL Draft ⛰️ Chargers Mountain Rushmore 🏆 2007 AFC Championship open.spotify.com/episode/0niY...

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A class with Beltran, Jones, and Murphy would be something. Year of the center fielder.

🚨NEW EP: DON MATTINGLY🚨 POF welcomes Twitter Personality Not Gaetti to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Don Mattingly. We cover: ⚾️ 1985 MVP (.324 BA, 145 RBI) 🏆 Lack of October Resume ⚾️ Top 1B of the 1980s 📺 Homer at the Bat open.spotify.com/episode/1TYn...

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I’m not gonna lie, I think @jmiloch.bsky.social and I did great work here. I’m very proud of it.

Sports Reference's @adarowski.bsky.social joined @jmiloch.bsky.social's Pod of Fame this week to discuss Fernando Valenzuela's HOF candidacy, his unique pitching delivery, and where he ranks among the 1980s players featured on this year's Veterans Committee ballot. Listen here 👇

@jmiloch.bsky.social @adarowski.bsky.social Love the Fernando episode! Two other “hybrid” candidates I like to consider: Pete Browning who was the original “Louisville Slugger” and Bill Doak, who first came up w the idea of the webbed baseball glove.

This was the first Pod of Fame appearance where I didn’t already have a opinion going into it. This episode took more research than all the rest and I learned so much more. The result—100 minutes of discussion of the Hall of Fame case of Fernando Valenzuela. Curious what you all think.

🚨NEW EP: FERNANDO “EL TORO” VALENZUELA🚨 POF welcome @adarowski.bsky.social of @baseball-reference.com to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Fernando Valenzuela. We cover: ⚾️ “Fernandomania” 🇲🇽 Mexican Baseball 🐐 ⚾️ Mattingly vs. Murphy vs. El Toro 🦄 His Aura open.spotify.com/episode/3Iqm...

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I just had a mild heart attack that I never pushed record. Luckily....that was a false alarm.

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Wild week of extracurriculars… Last night: Meeting with Purdue Analytics Club Tonight: Meeting with SABR Magnolia Chapter (Immaculate Grid featuring @emcanderson.bsky.social) Monday: Meeting with SABR Clyde Sukeforth Chapter (4,000 Hit Club Update) Wednesday: Next Pod of Fame 😅

We now have pods booked for Clemens, Mattingly, and Valenzuela. All will be live by the first week of December.

Quick poll for my followers—who would you vote for on the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Player Ballot? Feel free to share for a larger voting pool. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Players that did not make the cut include: Kenny Lofton Lou Whitaker Mark McGwire Sammy Sosa Johan Santana Bret Saberhagen David Cone Kevin Brown Rafael Palmeiro Willie Randolph Dwight Evans Jim Edmonds Keith Hernandez John Olerud Brian Giles Bernie Williams Dave Stieb

We have the 8 players on the Veterans ballot for the HOF Class of 2026: Barry Bonds- POF Ep Available Roger Clemens Carlos Delgado- POF Ep Available Jeff Kent- POF Ep Available Don Mattingly Dale Murphy- POF Ep Available Gary Sheffield - POF Ep Available Fernando Valenzuela

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🚨NEW EP: POF BOOK CLUB🚨 POF welcomes Shea Serrano to discuss his latest book. We cover: 💰 What is Expensive Basketball? 🏀 Kemp Dunks vs. Nique Dunks 🏅 Olympic Steph vs. Olympic Manu 🏀 Peak Penny vs. Peak Hill 🏆 Wemby Over/Under 1.5 Rings open.spotify.com/episode/6QQQ...

🚨NEW EP: ROBERT HORRY🚨 POF welcomes Neil Paine to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Robert Horry. We cover: 🏆 Role on 7 Championship Teams 🏀 Big Shot Rob or Big Shot Bob? 🏆 1995 Finals Performance (18/10/4) 🏀 What was Horry’s Biggest Shot? open.spotify.com/episode/7bOa...

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ALWAYS a pleasure to join @jmiloch.bsky.social on Pod of Fame. This time I got to share the career and legacy of one of my favorite overlooked candidates. Oscar ”Heavy” Johnson was one of the greatest bats in the sport’s history… but his Hall of Fame case is much more complicated than that.

🚨NEW EP: HEAVY JOHNSON🚨 POF welcomes @adarowski.bsky.social from @baseball-reference.com to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Oscar “Heavy” Johnson. We cover: 👑 1923 Triple Crown (.406/20/120) ⚾️ Career .370/.428/.592 Slash Line 🪖 25th Infantry Wreckers open.spotify.com/episode/4Xjd...

What could this be? Bad Boys Pistons? 2004 Pistons? 0-16 Lions? Barry Sanders? 1984 Detroit Tigers?

This one was a lot of fun. I have such a tough time separating Buddy Bell and Graig Nettles (and even Sal Bando and Darrell Evans and…). After doing a Pod of Fame on Buddy Bell and listening to this one on Graig Nettles I am… …no better at differentiating their Hall of Fame cases. 😅

🚨NEW EP: GRAIG NETTLES🚨 POF welcomes @DrPaulRSem to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Graig Nettles. We cover: 🏆 Defensive Performance in 1978 WS ⚾️ Golden Age of 3B Gloves in 1970s 🐐 Is Nettles the Best Yankees 3B? ⚾️ Nice WAR, Not Nice BA open.spotify.com/episode/2sAk...

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🚨NEW EP: GUS WILLIAMS🚨 POF welcomes Brandon Anderson to discuss the career and HOF candidacy of Gus Williams. We cover: 🏆 1979 NBA Championship 🏀 Score-First Point Guards ⛰️ Seattle SuperSonics Rushmore 🏀 Top Guards of the 70s/80s open.spotify.com/episode/5zpe...

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Oh hell yes woke up to a Pod of Fame by @jmiloch.bsky.social on Mo Vaughn 😍 open.spotify.com/episode/6ypI...

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My wife Kate wrote an *amazing* book called “This Happened To Me” for Simon and Schuster/Gallery that’s officially out today. She’s doing a signing & talk at the Harvard Bookstore Thursday at 7 p.m. If you’re in the neighborhood, love for you guys to stop by. www.harvard.com/event/kate-p...

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