{"id":13616,"date":"2011-04-13T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T22:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=13616"},"modified":"2011-04-13T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T22:58:45","slug":"irish-american-baseball-hall-of-fame-announces-nominations-for-2011-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/irish-american-baseball-hall-of-fame-announces-nominations-for-2011-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame Announces Nominations for 2011 Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Pub & Restaurant Recognizes Players, Executives, Journalists and Entertainers of Irish Descent<\/em><\/p>\n

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New York, NY<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0 Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd<\/sup> St.) today announced the nominations for 2011 induction into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame.\u00c2\u00a0 Voters include past inductees into the IABHOF and a panel of baseball historians.\u00c2\u00a0 Results will be announced during the baseball season.<\/p>\n

HALL OF FAMERS and LEGENDS<\/span>
\nBig Ed Walsh<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Baseball\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s All-Time ERA Leader
\nWee Willie Keeler<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A .341 lifetime hitter who shares the longest ever NL hitting streak (44 games) with Pete Rose
\nMighty Casey of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mudville Nine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Character in Ernest Thayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s famous poem<\/p>\n

CURRENT LIVING EX-PLAYERS<\/span>
\nNolan Ryan<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Baseball\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s All-Time Strikeout Leader, now president of the Texas Rangers
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Super Joe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McEwing<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Popular versatile player, now a White Sox minor league manager
\nJeff Nelson<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Four-time World Series champion, now a broadcaster with MLB Network<\/p>\n

MANAGERS<\/span>
\nJohn McGraw<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Legendary New York Giants manager
\nTom Kelly<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Minnesota Twins two-time World Series champion manager
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Walpole Joe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Morgan<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Former Boston Red Sox manager<\/p>\n

TEAM EXECUTIVES<\/span>
\nGene Monahan<\/strong>\/Steve Donohue<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Longtime New York Yankees trainers
\nMike Kindle<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c President of Baseball Ireland (Dublin)<\/p>\n

ENTERTAINERS<\/span>
\nJohn Fogerty<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Writer\/Singer of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Centerfield\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nTerry Cashman<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Writer\/Singer of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Talking Baseball\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (30th<\/sup> anniversary this year)
\nJohn Fitzgerald <\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Filmmaker of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Emerald Diamond\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The nominating committee has come up with some intriguing names this year,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Shaun Clancy, owner of Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, which features one of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most extensive public displays of baseball memorabilia outside of Cooperstown.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We believe it is significant that baseball\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all-time strikeout king and its all-time ERA leader are both of Irish descent and have New York connections.\u00c2\u00a0 So do the legendary manager John McGraw, players Wee Willie Keeler, Joe McEwing and Jeff Nelson, Yankees trainers Gene Monahan and Steve Donohue, and songwriter Terry Cashman.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

With the blessing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, a popular destination among baseball players, executives, umpires and fans, created the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame to recognize players, managers, executives, journalists, and entertainers of Irish descent.\u00c2\u00a0 Inductees are chosen based on a combination of factors, including impact on the game, popularity on and off the field, contributions to society, connections to the Irish community, and, of course, ancestry.<\/p>\n

The game of baseball has welcomed immigrants from its earliest days, when an estimated 30 percent of players claimed Irish heritage.\u00c2\u00a0 Many of the game\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest stars at the turn of the 20th<\/sup> century were Irish immigrants or their descendants, including Michael \u00e2\u20ac\u0153King\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kelly, Roger Connor (the home run king before Babe Ruth), Eddie Collins, Big Ed Walsh and managers Connie Mack and John McGraw.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, major league teams regularly sign players born in Latin America, Japan, Canada, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Shaun Clancy, an amateur baseball historian, created the Hall after learning about the rich heritage of Irish Americans in the sport dating from its infancy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a legacy overshadowed in recent years by other ethnicities.\u00c2\u00a0 He decided to celebrate his roots and those who helped make the game great by creating a shrine to Irish Americans in baseball in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Starting Nine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Starting Nine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d inductees in 2008<\/span> were: the late Mets and Phillies reliever Tug McGraw<\/strong>, Yankee announcer John Flaherty<\/strong>, sportswriter Jeff Horrigan<\/strong>, NY Mets groundskeeper Pete Flynn<\/strong>, retired sluggers Mark McGwire <\/strong>and Sean \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Casey<\/strong>, Kevin Costner<\/strong>, star of Field of Dreams<\/em> and Bull Durham<\/em>, legendary owner-manager Connie Mack<\/strong>, and longtime official scorer and sports columnist Red Foley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2009 inductees<\/span> were: Walter O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Malley<\/strong>, longtime Brooklyn and LA Dodgers owner (Executive<\/em> category); sluggers Steve Garvey<\/strong> and Paul O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neill <\/strong>(Players<\/em> category), Jim Joyce<\/strong> (Umpire<\/em>); veteran sportscaster Vin Scully<\/strong>, and Ed Lucas<\/strong>, a blind reporter who has covered the Yankees and Mets for four decades.<\/p>\n

2010 inductees<\/span> were: Tim McCarver<\/strong>, veteran TV analyst and former player; Bob Murphy<\/strong>, longtime Mets announcer (Media<\/em> category); Michael \u00e2\u20ac\u0153King\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kelly<\/strong>, the game\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first superstar (Hall of Famers and Legends<\/em> category); Yankees GM Brian Cashman<\/strong> (Executives<\/em> category); Bill James<\/strong>, famed statistician and an advisor for the Boston Red Sox (Executives<\/em> category).<\/p>\n

About Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Pub & Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

A popular destination among baseball players, executives, umpires and fans, Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant is located at 18 W. 33rd St., across from the\u00c2\u00a0Empire\u00c2\u00a0State\u00c2\u00a0Building.\u00c2\u00a0 The “Irish Bar with a Baseball Attitude” features walls adorned with over 2,100 autographed baseballs, hundreds of bobbleheads, game-worn jerseys, stadium seats and other artifacts that make Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the best baseball bar in New York and one of the best sports bars in America. Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is home of the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame and features one of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most extensive public displays of baseball memorabilia outside of\u00c2\u00a0Cooperstown.\u00c2\u00a0 For more information, call (212) 290-0080 or visit www.foleysny.com<\/a> or www.facebook.com\/FoleysNYPub<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Pub & Restaurant Recognizes Players, Executives, Journalists and Entertainers of Irish Descent New York, NY\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0 Foley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.) today announced the nominations for 2011 induction into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame.\u00c2\u00a0 Voters include past inductees into the IABHOF and a panel of baseball historians.\u00c2\u00a0 Results […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}