The Rule V Baseball Blog

A look at the players who will be eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time in 2011. Who is a no-doubt inductee? Who has a chance? Who will be “one and done”?

In early May of 2008, Julio Franco retired after 23 years in the major leagues, ending one of the most unique careers in major league history.

A look at the players who start the 2008 season with between 300 and 400 career home runs. Which ones have a chance at cracking 500 before it’s all said and done?

A look at the players who may join the 500 Home Run club in 2008 and over the next 2-3 seasons after that.

The 2007 season was a banner season for the hitting of milestone home runs. Three hitters hit the 500th home runs of their careers, one hit his 600th, and oh yeah, the all time career home run mark was eclipsed. Let’s take a look back at the historic home runs of the 2007 season.

A quick look at the 2010 Hall of Fame election. Who’s eligible for the first time? Who will be elected? Who will come close? Who will be “one and done”?

A quick look at the next Hall of Fame election. Who’s eligible for the first time? Who will be elected? Who will come close? Who will be “one and done”?

(This post was reprinted from my personal blog.)
I like to write about baseball. A lot of us web geeks are baseball geeks, y’know. Last year, I wrote a post about what my Hall of Fame ballot would look like—if I had one. I decided to follow that up since baseball history and the Baseball Hall […]

My first ever solicited review, and my first review of a work of baseball fiction. “The Fade Away” is the tale of life and baseball in a small California town at the turn of the 20th century.

A review of “One Day iIn Mudville (A look at some of the most unique baseball games of all time)” by Rip Pallotta.