News about Scott Rolen

Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen's determination paid off one more time on Sunday afternoon. McGriff, nicknamed "Crime Dog," and Rolen were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at the Clark Sports Center in this bucolic upstate New York town. 'You're on the phone with [Hall of Fame] and you're talking and they're trying to talk to you through it,'' McGriff said at a press conference following the ceremony.' You finally get out there and you're on stage, and it's game time, and then you're like, 'Oh, okay, I'm all right.'

Rolen was one of 28 names on this year's ballot, including 14 new ones, but many others were denied due to allegations of steroid use and other forms of cheating during their playing days. Todd Helton, a former first baseman for the Colorado Rockies, comes nearest to being associated with some of baseball's most popular players.