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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Baseball Hall of Fame plaques of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza will be hitting the road for visits to Seattle and New York City just a few days after they're installed in Cooperstown. Hall of Fame officials say the bronze likenesses of the newest inductees will be installed after Sunday's induction ceremonies...

Ken Griffey, Jr. is scheduled to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this Sunday. All week long tributes to "The Kid" have been circulating with tons of audio and video highlights from days gone by.  Even as a lifelong fan who remembers when George Kenneth broke into the big leagues (I was a senior at West Valley High School) there have been a few clips that I had forgott

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks stunned the nation, the Baseball Hall of Fame will pay tribute to baseball's role in the healing process with a new exhibit. The centerpiece of the exhibit will be the Mets jersey worn by 2016 Hall of Fame electee Mike Piazza on Sept...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. will go into the Hall of Fame with a Seattle Mariners' cap and Mike Piazza will have a New York Mets' hat. The pair made their announcements at a news conference Thursday, a day after they were elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America...

NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and other tainted stars of the Steroids Era appear likely to get a boost in Hall of Fame balloting, but not enough to enter Cooperstown this year. Ken Griffey Jr. seems assured of election on the first try Wednesday, possibly with a record vote of close to 100 percent...

BOSTON (AP) — Wade Bogg's number 26 will be retired by the Boston Red Sox. Boston said Monday it will retire the number of the Hall of Fame third baseman during a ceremony at Fenway Park on May 26, when the number will be added to the ballpark's right-field facade...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has rejected Pete Rose's plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose and made public Monday that baseball's hits king hasn't been completely honest about his gambling on baseball games...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For the second straight year, a baseball veterans committee has failed to elect to the Hall of Fame any of the 10 candidates up for consideration. The Pre-Integration Era Committee weighed the merits of players and executives who made their marks on the game through 1946...