On Dec. 16, 2023, three days after what would have been Larry Doby’s 100th birthday, some family members, friends, fans and others interested in history gathered at two places in
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Billy Wagner’s on the Hall of Fame ballot for the ninth time. He was on 68.1% of the ballots last year, a nice jump from 51.0% the year before. He has been climbing slowly; he was only at 10.5% in.
This is Gary Sheffield’s ninth time on the ballot. He was on 55.0%% of the writer’s ballots last year. His first five times on the ballot, he was in the teens. Then, his sixth time, he jumped to.
A new mural design honoring the Philadelphia Phillies' late great Dick Allen was revealed on Thursday, Dec. 7 in South Philadelphia, thanks to a partnership between Mural Arts Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia, and the Phillies organization.