Articles by The Hall of Very Good (1026)

The Hall of Very Good™ Announces Glenn Burke Memorial Courage Award Recipient
Updated:Monday, The Hall of Very Good™ added four more members when it announced its Class of 2017. Joining Dave Parker,…
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The HOVG Podcast: Erik Sherman (Part Two)
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen talk with New York Times best-selling author Erik Sherman about the life and…
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Check Out Curt Schilling’s New Jesus Tattoo
Updated:Curt Schilling is an interesting fella. During his baseball career, the righty was one of the top pitchers of his…
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The HOVG Podcast: Hank Azaria
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Hank Azaria. The star and creator of IFC’s “Brockmire” clues…
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The HOVG Podcast: Pete Rose Jr.
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Pete Rose Jr. The son of baseball’s all-time hit king…
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WNBA Draft Pick Has MLB Family Ties
Updated:The WNBA Draft was held Thursday night and at the top of the draft board was a pretty familiar name…
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Jon Teig, The Embodiment of Glenn Burke
Updated:When Hall of Very Good founder, Shawn Anderson and I sat down and created the Glenn Burke Memorial Courage Award,…
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Jennie Finch Tabbed to Dance with the Stars
Updated:It took 23 seasons before David Ross became baseball’s first (and only) dancer on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” in…
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How James Earl Jones Ended Up in The Sandlot
Updated:Before it became a beloved baseball movie, “The Sandlot” was a small budget ($7 million) coming of age tale featuring…
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From MLB Umpire to WrestleMania Referee, The Tale of Larry Young
Updated:Like so many WrestleManias, WrestleMania XI was (for its time) a star-studded event. Blonde bombshells Jenny McCarthy and Pamela Anderson…
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The HOVG Podcast: Bruce Prichard
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Bruce Prichard. The host of the popular “Something to Wrestle…
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HOVG Minisode: WWE Hall of Famer Pete Rose
Updated:[protected-iframe id=”b8a43110440f9503e7f4372fe8a17994-142507471-16925393″ info=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5213972/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/yes/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/” width=”100%” height=”90″ style=”border: none;” scrolling=”no”] Is Pete Rose the ultimate heel? If you ask longtime WWF/WWE personality…
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Bob Costas Calls Out Cardinals Fans
Updated:Yikes. Down only two runs Thursday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, fans of the St. Louis Cardinals had apparently seen…
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Aaron Judge Gets the Costacos Brothers Treatment
Updated:For years, bedrooms across the country were covered with posters designed by brothers John and Tock Costacos. Then, without any…
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Brian Wilson Returns to AT&T Park Sans Beard
Updated:Typically, there isn’t a ton of hype around who throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a game. Then again,…
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Eight MLB Milestones to Follow in 2018
Updated:For the first time ever (yes…ever!), all 30 Major League teams will be playing baseball on Opening Day. Sure, sure…the…
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The Sandlot Gets the Pop! Treatment
Updated:Back in February, the folks at Funko announced they would (finally) be releasing a series of MLB Pop! figures. Now,…
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#RIPMLB: Harley Boss
Harley Boss was a first baseman for the Washington Senators (1928-30) and Cleveland Indians (1933). He’d go on to become…
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REPORT: Albert Belle Arrested Outside Stadium
It’s been a long time since anyone has thought about Albert Belle and, sadly, that all changed Sunday night. According…
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Cal Ripken Jr. to Auction Off Massive Estate
So…this is a new one. Previously unable to sell his 24-plus acre, suburban Baltimore estate (it’s been on the market…
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Anthony Rizzo’s Family Joins Florida March
Anthony Rizzo might be 2300 miles from his Florida home, but that didn’t stop the Chicago Cubs first baseman from…
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The HOVG Podcast: Cody Decker
Updated:This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Cody Decker. The longtime Minor Leaguer talks to the boys…
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College Baseball Team Hangs Out with Porn Star
Just in case you ever wondered what would happen if a pornstar crossed paths with more than a dozen college…
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Braden Halladay Perfect Against Blue Jays
Braden Halladay was just nine when his dad Roy threw a perfect game against the then-Florida Marlins in 2010. Saturday,…
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#RIPMLB: Rube Waddell
Rube Waddell was one of the most dominating pitchers in the game — when you could find him. When he…
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Peter Gammons Under Fire Following Tweet
Sunday night, Betsy DeVos appeared on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and within minutes, Twitter was ablaze with people blasting the Secretary…
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Team to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Bull Durham
This summer marks 30 years since the release of “Bull Durham” and you better believe you’re going to be hearing…
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Hulkamania is Running Wild at Phillies Camp
Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was apparently an injury away from being (potential) baseball star Terry Bollea. Or at least that’s…
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Chipper Jones Speaks Out About Florida School Shooting
After what he said about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre back in 2015, it’s a pretty safe bet no…
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