Posts Tagged ‘hall-of-fame’
Four Named to Rotisserie Hall of Fame
While the baseball universe waits for the always-controversial Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame announcement, the fantasy industry has named its 2019 picks for the Rotisserie Hall of Fame: Adrian Beltre, Carl Crawford, Jimmy Rollins and David Wright. After we re-set the qualification criteria this past fall, this quartet now represents the…
Read MoreThe Rotisserie Hall of Fame – A Reboot
In the earlier part of this decade, I embarked on a pet project to create a Baseball Hall of Fame based solely on fantasy league merit. This is different from the BBWAA process that leads to a plaque in Cooperstown. The BBWAA awards reverence based on objective performance criteria, but also subjective criteria like “character.”…
Read MoreFive Named to Rotisserie Hall of Fame
While the baseball universe waits for the always-controversial Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame announcement, the fantasy industry has named its 2018 picks for the Rotisserie Hall of Fame: Carlos Beltran, Cliff Lee, Joe Nathan, Alex Rodriguez and Johan Santana. They are the 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st and 102nd members of the…
Read MoreAbreu, Pierre named to Rotisserie Hall of Fame
While the the baseball universe waits impatiently for Wednesday’s always-controversial Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame announcement, the fantasy industry has named its 2016 picks for the Rotisserie Hall of Fame: Bobby Abreu and Juan Pierre. Eligibility for the Roto Hall is based on lifetime and peak Rotisserie dollar earnings, and number…
Read More2016 Rotisserie Hall of Fame Candidates Announced
Every year, we continue to debate the merits and flaws of the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting process. So in 2013, I launched the first Rotisserie Baseball Hall of Fame. For fantasy leaguers, it is all about the stats. We don’t care whether a player exhibited sportsmanship or integrity. We don’t care whether he refused…
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