Jim Kaat has walked into the Hall of Fame many times over the years, but this one was a little different. This was the first time he entered Cooperstown as a Hall of Famer. The Zeeland native ...

Editor's Note: With the election of Zeeland native Jim Kaat to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, The Sentinel will look at the careers of his fellow electees. Today: Tony Oliva. Surrounded by ...

After decades of coming close, missing by handfuls of votes, Zeeland native Jim Kaat is a Hall of Famer. Kaat was one of four players elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday ...

N.Y. — Jim Kaat’s storytelling ability is not what ultimately landed him in Cooperstown. But it sure could have. It was Kaat’s left arm that led him to the Baseball Hall of Fame. But after ...

Jim Palmer has 268 wins, Bob Feller 266, Gibson 251 and Juan Marichal 243. Must be something drastically better about their Hall of Fame careers than Kaat and John. I entered the Hall in 1995 and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The National Baseball Hall of Fame is welcoming two former Minnesota Twins stars to its roster of the sport's royalty. Slugger Tony Oliva and pitcher Jim Kaat were elected Sunday ...

Oliva has joined his contemporaries and peers as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Oliva was inducted Sunday as part of a class that included a former Twins teammate in Jim Kaat; a ...