The Gulf Coast city of Mobile, Alabama has a rich baseball history dating to the 1880s. Perhaps it's not a surprise, then, that five ballplayers in the Baseball Hall of Fame were born in Mobile, more than any city other than New York and Los Angeles.
The Hall of Fame voting process is almost irretrievably broken. Here's one way to fix it.
Ron Santo, who has been among the top 10 third basemen in history since his retirement from the game in 1974, was elected posthumously to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday.
It's Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, and the Cooperstown shrine has a full slate of activities planned.
