RAFAEL PALMEIRO RUMORS
Vetoed Trades, Part Four
Part four. Live free or veto hard. You can find parts one, two and three here, here and here.
Vetoed trade: Aug. 2003, Rangers send Rafael Palmeiro to Cubs for unknown return
Completed trade: None
In 2003, the Rangers had a bit of a roster crunch at first base. Mark Teixeira was ready for the big time, but Rafael Palmeiro was still in the picture as well. During the first half,...
Palmeiro inducted into Mississippi Hall of Fame
Rafael Palmeiro is now a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. He hopes someday Cooperstown comes calling as well.
But he's not going to grovel.
''My lobbying was done on the field,'' Palmeiro said. ''That's it. I'm done lobbying. If that's not good enough, I'm not going to beg these writers who have the power of the vote. I...
Via AP on Fox
July 27, 2012
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Ned Yost: Loser of the Week
Is this Rafael Palmeiro or Ned Yost?....it is difficult to tell behind the caterpillar.
Royals manager Ned Yost on their 3-14 start: the ”adversity” of a 3-14 start is the “fertilizer for maturity and growth.” This comes from the same guy that would tell the media that “Soup pitched well”, when describing Jeff Suppan giving up 5 runs in 5 innings while managing...
Ring Ring Ring Ring, Hockey Phone
In the best Raffi-related sports news since Rafael Palmeiro started pointing fingers and ending sentences with ‘period’, children’s singer/entertainer/advocate and Bananaphone patent holder Raffi has recorded ‘On Hockey Days’. The tune, described in the YouTube description as a “toe-tapping all-ages song”, explains Raffi’s love of the game, reminds you to bring...
Mississippi State throwback baseball uniforms
Mississippi State will be sporting some throwback uniforms this season. If these look familiar to some SEC baseball fans, that’s because they were the jerseys worn during the Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, and Bobby Thigpen era at State. I like the baseball throwbacks more than football, but I’m a traditionalist when it comes to the game of baseball. via @TylerBratton16 A …...
Palmeiro receives 12.6 percent of Hall vote
Former Rangers first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, one of four players in history to have finished their careers with over 500 home runs and 3,000 hits, only received eight more votes in the Hall of Fame balloting than he did a year before.
Cooperstown Choices: Rafael Palmeiro
With the Hall Of Fame election announcement coming on January 9, 2012, it is time to review the ballot, go over the names, and decide who belongs in the Hall Of Fame.
There are twenty seven men on the ballot this year and we will take a look at each one individually prior to official announcements. You can find all of the profiles in the I-70 Baseball Exclusives: Cooperstown Choices...
2012 Results: Palmeiro… Reuschel… Cone… for the Hall of Merit!
Slugging first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, in his second year of eligibility, was the top vote-getter this election by grabbing 70% of all possible points.
NL hurler Rick Reuschel was number two this year with 49% after 17 years on a ballot, while Met and Yankee pitcher David Cone became the last inductee of 2012 with 44% in his sixth year of eligibility.
Rounding out the top-ten...
Via Baseball Think Factory
December 28, 2011
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Shadows cast on Palmeiro's Hall campaign
Rafael Palmeiro is a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the second year. The Class of 2012 will be announced on Jan. 9.
Via orioles.com
November 30, 2011
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Bankrupt Palmeiro seeks time to sell real estate to pay creditors
Hitting major league pitching during baseball's steroid era proved much easier for Rafael Palmeiro than becoming a real estate tycoon has during these troubled economic times. Snubbed in January for the Hall of Fame, and set back in June by his land development company filing for bankruptcy, Palmeiro today finds himself where so many other Americans do: begging creditors for...
Via Big League Stew
October 19, 2011
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