COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Fred McGriff played in plenty of anxiety-inducing games during a 19-season major-league career, including five trips to the postseason and the inaugural contest in Rays franchise ...

Baseball's two newest Hall of Famers, Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen, joined the ranks of the immortals on Sunday in the same understated manner that marked both players' long careers. McGriff and Rolen ...

Fred McGriff took his place in Cooperstown on Sunday with an emotional speech capping his entrance into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fred McGriff took his place in Cooperstown on Sunday with an ...

I’d love to tell you the sentimental story about how Fred McGriff became my favorite baseball player when I was a nerdy kid growing up. About how one time he flipped me a baseball during a Blue Jays ...

Fred McGriff, known as the Crime Dog during his playing days, is finally heading to Cooperstown. A reward for a stellar career, including nearly 500 home runs, the first baseman was inducted into the ...

The long roads to Cooperstown for two of baseball's most humble stars will end next week, when Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen are inducted into the Hall of Fame. That humility was on full display Friday ...

One of MLB's most consistent first basemen of all time gets inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — If Fred McGriff flipped his bat or trash-talked, he might have ...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Having joined baseball’s true elite in Cooperstown last year, Tampa native Fred McGriff will be inducted in the Rays’ Hall of Fame on Sept. 1. McGriff, who was an original Devil Ray ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Before his Hall of Fame induction Sunday, Fred McGriff made a bet with a friend that he wouldn’t cry during his speech. Even McGriff’s wife Veronica felt there’d be tears. By the ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Fred McGriff couldn’t stop beaming as he reflected on his Braves days. Every sentence seemed to bring out that larger-than-life smile. “But just the quality of people. Bobby Cox, ...

COOPERSTOWN — The parade of baseball immortals in suits and ties began on the stage under the big white tent. The former players, managers and executives waved after their introductions and took a ...