Another Baseball Hall of Fame weekend has come and gone, with Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff taking their place in Cooperstown. Rolen frequently made life miserable for the Brewers, with an .896 OPS and 25 career homers — second-most of any opponent,

We’re as competitive, hardworking, virtuous, nasty and corrupt as anything anywhere. Sometimes the good guys win, sometimes the bad guys do. You can see it all in the Hall.

Sabathia, who won 251 games during his career, is on the ballot for the first time. Tyler Carey lays out why the big lefty is deserving of induction this summer.

Alex Rodriguez is among the eight names that NJ.com sports columnist Steve Politi checked off on his Hall of Fame ballot.

Ichiro has appeared on all 163 public ballots (44.4% of total). Sabathia (93.1%), Wagner (85.1%) and Beltran (80.5%) are above the 80% threshold needed for induction. Hernandez has appeared on 24.7% of ballots.

Cooperstown is calling the 6-time All-Star and 2007 Cy Young award winner, whose 3.093 strikeouts are third-most in history by a left-handed pitcher.

While the weather outside is unbearable for most at the moment, conditions in Cooperstown, NY will soon be warming up as the Baseball Hall of Fame is set to announce the newest class of inductees to its distinguished brotherhood of legends.