 | BNN Stats: Rookie Batting Leaders
Monday, November 12th, 2029: Which rookie is leading the Major League in at bats?
Keith Primo, BAL, 679
Eric Brady, PIT, 664
Kiven Yarn, DET, 634
Daniel Smith, CHN, 620
Daniel Colletti, LAN, 606
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 | Castro Gets Call From Hall
Tuesday, November 6th, 2029: At his Hall of Fame induction legendary pitcher, Rodrigo Castro reminisced about his baseball career: "My how time flies. It is only a mere moment from your first spring training game to your first oldtimer's game. But it a magnificent journey."
Today Castro was installled into the Major League Hall of Fame after his selection by the Baseball Writers Association.
Baseball's newest HOF inductee was one fine hurler. When Castro retired at age 37, he had registered 269 wins and 158 losses, struck out 3176 hitters, pitched in 560 games and compiled a 2.81 ERA.
Among the many people he mentioned in his induction speech was his first manager.
"He gave me my first opportunity when he could have kept other people. I was lucky -- he was a Rodrigo Castro fan. You can't get in the Hall of Fame without your first chance."
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 | Major League Honors Talbot
Tuesday, November 6th, 2029: The Baseball Writers Association has put the crowning touch on Patrick Talbot's outstanding baseball career. They put the great mound superstar in the Major League Hall of Fame today.
He modestly gave credit to "better than average pitching skills and lots of three-run homers" for making it possible for him to move up into the legendary class of baseball players -- but the sportswriters, his teammates and peers knew differently.
In reality Talbot was a craftsman, an artist. He was a perfectionist. He painted a ballgame stroke by stroke and when he got through pitching a game, it was a masterpiece.
By the time he retired at age 40, Talbot fashioned an impressive record of 216-115, had an ERA of 2.91, struck out 2876 batters and held opposing teams to a .235 batting average. Talbot made 474 mound appearances and worked 3102 innings in his career.
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