They Were Better Cheaters: How the MLB Devalued its Hall of Fame

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Sports, Football, Baseball

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Mike Francesa reacts to the news of Todd Helton, Joe Mauer, and Adrian Beltre entering the MLB Hall of Fame -- and how the Hall has omitted an entire generation of players. Plus, thoughts on the Bucks firing Adrian Griffin, an early look at Championship Sunday, and a flashback to Super Bowl 25.

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0:26.4	Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast as we look ahead to
0:31.2	championship Sunday, still a couple of days away.
0:35.9	And unfortunately, to the end of the football season, just three big games left, two on
0:42.1	Sunday, and then, of course, a Super Bowl to be played in Vegas on February 11th.
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1:10.4	Now, a couple of things before we touch on the championship games this weekend.
1:18.4	Hall of Fame announcements just came out.
1:25.4	And it just to me, really, today my thought was this. The baseball Hall of Fame was
1:34.3	the Hall of All Hall of Fame. It was the diamond in all Halls of Fame. There was no Hall of Fame as big or as important to its members or as influential as the
1:51.1	Baseball Hall of Fame.
1:52.6	It has always maintained that.
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