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Fred McGriff on finally joining the Hall of Fame: “This is baseball’s biggest honor. I exceeded every expectation I could have imagined, and then some.” ...
Fred McGriff’s election to the Hall of Fame is getting Pop Cuesta a lot of attention. ... But I said no. I went back to West Tampa and finished my season out there, and I tried out for the ...
Fred McGriff, the former power-hitting first baseman for the Tampa Bay franchise, was honored with the role with the American ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — If Fred McGriff flipped his bat or trash-talked, he might have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly 15 years ago. If not for the 1994-1995 work stoppage, McGriff would ...
His answer in its entirety: “It was awesome because at the time, you didn’t have the Tampa Bay Rays, the Miami Marlins; Atlanta was the closest thing to my home (Tampa),” McGriff said.
TAMPA, FL – Imagine Dwight Gooden pitching to Fred McGriff. Or how about Luis Gonzalez and Tino Martinez hitting back to back? Those may seem like events straight out of a Major League Baseball ...
Fred McGriff had one of the most subtle careers of any player who neared 500 home runs. Unfortunately for the Crime Dog, he's not quite a Hall of Famer.
ATLANTA — Fred McGriff will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame ... The Tampa native had over 10,000 plate appearances in 2,460 regular-season games including five seasons ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — All you had to see was the reaction from the Hall of Famers on the stage when Fred McGriff was introduced at Sunday’s induction ceremony to know how well, and warmly, he ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Fred McGriff couldn’t stop beaming as he reflected on his Braves days. Every sentence seemed to bring out that larger-than-life smile. “But just the quality of people ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — All you had to see was the reaction from the Hall of Famers on the stage when Fred McGriff was introduced at Sunday’s induction ceremony to know how well, and warmly, he ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — All you had to see was the reaction from the Hall of Famers on the stage when Fred McGriff was introduced at Sunday’s induction ceremony to know how well, and warmly, he ...