It's Roberto Alomar's Time To Shine
Roberto Alomar will hopefully add "Hall of Famer" to his long list of incredible accomplishments as we will all be anxiously anticipating today's ...
Umpire John Hirschbeck backs Roberto Alomar
Former Oriole Roberto Alomar will find out on Wednesday whether his stellar career as one of the best second basemen in the history of baseball will ...
Roberto Alomar was an artist (along with Omar Vizquel). Now, he'll rightly be a Hall of Famer.
I offer all of this on this day when Roberto Alomar is to be officially announced as a Hall of Famer because I so mourn the absence of the choreographed ...
Moving in fences is Wright move
Barring any surprise, it appears Roberto Alomar will be elected into the Hall today, and it's just as possible Bert Blyleven will make it, too. ...
  
Thinking out loud 1.6.10

I think Andre Dawson, Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar will get the call today.There are some people -- as I talked about yesterday -- who have different thoughts about the Hall than I do. I don't think someone's dumb because they don't agree with me -- I understand the case for Dawson, even though I'm not sure he belongs. I do wonder about those, though, who think they are protecting the Hall or something by making a decision that doesn't exist -- the mythical first ballot Hall of Famer. That, I think, is violating the spirit of the voting. Perhaps those who believe in that should trust the process more.One thing I've always liked about the Baseball Hall of Fame is t...
‘He Just Found a Way to Win-

I spoke with Gillick on Tuesday about the landmark 1990 trade in which he sent Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez to the San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter. Alomar and McGriff are on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year. I’ve always assumed that acquiring Alomar and Carter turned the Blue Jays from contender to powerhouse, since they won the American League East in 1991 and the World Series in 1992 and 1993. Gillick agreed, but only to a point. “Let me put it this way: they were close to what did it,” he said. “But I think what really got us over the hump was Jack Morris and Dave Winfield. Those were the pieces.” Gillick recalled...
Roberto Alomar Awaits the Hall-s Call

Like Griffey, Roberto Alomar was born to a ballplayer in the late 1960s. And like Griffey, Alomar never really thought about making the Hall of Fame. ...
Alomar, Larkin, Edgar Martinez, McGriff spur Hall debate

Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez and Fred McGriff are tough. They are the four most notable retirees of 15 newcomers to the ballot this year, ...
Who-s the best Hall of Fame candidate?

Roberto Alomar is perceived as the strongest first-time candidate, but Barry Larkin and Edgar Martinez also have a case. Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven were ...