Trump is already shaping the 2022 Senate battle
The 2022 election cycle could extend the Republican Party’s embrace of former President Donald Trump, despite the fears of some Republicans who hope to return to a party organized around conservative principles rather than his personality.
Senate Republican candidates across the country are already portraying themselves as the next generation leaders of his movement, strongly defending Trump during his impeachment trial and echoing his baseless claims that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election.
If these candidates win their competitive primaries and make it to Washington, they’ll replace retiring conservative senators in Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania who all supported the certification of the 2020 election against the former President’s wishes.
The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated.
The surge via which the Baseball Writers Association of America elected a record 22 Hall of Fame candidates over a seven-year span is over, as the voters pitched a shutout on Tuesday, their second in the past decade, fourth since the return to annual balloting in 1966, and ninth since the Hall’s inception in 1936. Collectively the 401 voters who participated showed enough ambivalence towards the top four returning candidates Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Omar Vizquel, all of whom have non-performance-related marks against them that were increasingly aired during the cycle to keep them on the outside looking in,
Hall of Fame voters pitch a shutout as character questions muddle Cooperstown debate
Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021
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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds smiles before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/AP
The National Baseball Hall of Fame voters, who hold the awesome power of bestowing immortality on the greatest players in the sport - or, if you prefer, who face the awful duty of determining how that power should be applied - pitched a collective shutout Tuesday, failing to send a single player to Cooperstown, N.Y.
Ernie Banks vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 24, 2021, 7:08am CST 3
There was no interleague play during Ernie Banks 19-year career, and the Cubs never reached the World Series.
So Mr. Cub never faced any of his era s top American League pitchers in a game that mattered.
But he did bat against some top AL hurlers in All-Star Games.
I wondered how Banks fared when he was matched up with those pitchers in the annual midseason exhibition game.
....
He batted
.303, compared to a regular-season average of .274. His 10 hits in 33 at bats included a home run, a triple and 3 doubles.
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The action is moving to the Senate as Democrats take power, with Sen. Chuck Schumer
adjusting to the new title of majority leader.
Here’s what’s on tap for Democrats in the next few weeks: Confirming President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominations, holding an impeachment trial for Donald Trump and approving Covid stimulus. There’s also a looming fight over the legislative filibuster.