Articles by The Hall of Very Good (1026)

The HOVG Podcast: Rick Vaughn
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Rick Vaughn. The former Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays…
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The HOVG Podcast: Dr. Tommy John
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Dr. Tommy John. After a lot of squirrel talk (seriously),…
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The HOVG Podcast: Larry King
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Larry King. The lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan re-joins the…
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The HOVG Podcast: Jeff Idelson
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Jeff Idelson The president of the National Baseball Hall of…
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The HOVG Podcast: Dale Scott
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Dale Scott. The former Major League umpire talks to the…
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Ichiro Expected to Play in 2019
Updated:He’s baaaack! Kinda. But for how long? When Ichiro Suzuki hung up his cleats last May to become a “special…
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The HOVG Podcast: David Mellor
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by David Mellor. The 2018 Glenn Burke Memorial Courage Award recipient…
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The HOVG Podcast: Manny Sanguillén
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Manny Sanguillén. The two-time World Series champion and three-time All-Star…
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HOVG Podcast Rewind: Steve Christmas
Updated:In this encore presentation of The Hall of Very Good Podcast, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Steve…
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Pete Rose Bat Stolen During Autograph Signing
Updated:A private pre-Christmas autograph signing turned into something out of a Dr. Seuss book when a group of young grinches…
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Home of the Rockford Peaches to Honor Penny Marshall
Updated:Immediately after her death was announced Tuesday, tributes began rolling in for the longtime actor and glass ceiling-breaking director Penny…
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Smash Mouth Has Some Advice for the Giants
Updated:If the most recent Hall of Fame Eras Committee vote has taught us anything, it’s this…anything can (and will) happen….
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The HOVG Podcast: Steve Christmas
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Steve Christmas. St. Nick’s favorite former Major Leaguer talks to…
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HOVG Podcast: 2017 Top Ten Episodes (Part One)
Updated:What were the ten most listened to Hall of Very Good Podcast episodes from 2017? It’s funny you should ask….
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Field of Dreams Vandal Sentenced
Updated:Nearly ten months after driving his truck onto the iconic baseball field at the center of the “Field of Dreams”…
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BBWAA Releases 2019 Hall of Fame Ballot
Updated:It’s not really on anyone’s calendar…it just sneaks up on you. Hall of Fame season. Monday, the BBWAA released the…
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The HOVG 2017 Holiday Gift Guide
Updated:We’re inching closer and closer to Christmas and while you’re waiting, fingers crossed, to see if Giancarlo Stanton or Shohei…
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Looking Ahead to the HOF Class of 2019
Updated:It’s time to turn the page, gang! When they first hit the Hall of Fame ballot in winter of 2012,…
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The Hall of Very Good™ Announces 2018 Class
For the seventh year, The Hall of Very Good™ has again opened its proverbial doors to a pair of the…
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The Hall of Very Good™ Adds Four
Updated:What do you get when you combine a cobra, a home run king and a baseball pioneer? The Hall of…
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HOVG Minisode: Chicago Vice
Updated:In 1988, brothers John and Tock Costacos helped make Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire larger than life by putting them…
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The HOVG Podcast: Jane Leavy
This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Jane Leavy. The New York Times bestselling author of The…
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David Price for District Attorney?
Updated:Michael O’Keefe might want to watch his back. Wait. Who? Seventy miles southeast of Boston is Barnstable County, Massachusetts and,…
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Aaron Judge for Mayor?
Updated:Aaron Judge was among the top vote-getters for this past summer’s All-Star Game. Tuesday, it was revealed that the New…
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The Rangers Win Twitter Following the World Series
Updated:Regardless who they were rooting for, baseball fans flocked to Twitter Sunday night with their hottest takes hoping to garner…
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That Time Craig Counsell Threatened Prince Fielder
Updated:One of the best parts of any team making it to the playoffs is seeing the former stars they break…
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Big League Chew Pissed Off White Men Everywhere
Updated:Iconic bubble gum brand Big League Chew unveiled their latest covergirl (yes…you read that right) and because the internet, people…
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Bar Proudly Displays Harvey Kuenn’s Leg
Updated:It’s not uncommon for a sports bar to have unique ephemera from the local team on display. That said, 4th…
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Bears Cornerback Chided After Catching Foul Ball
Updated:It’s not known who first coined “no good deed goes unpunished”, but Kyle Fuller epitomized the phrase Tuesday night. While…
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