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There are 14 new names on the 2023 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot. We will find out Tuesday on MLB Network if anyone from this group or the 14 returning names will join Fred McGriff in Cooperstown this summer.

If you want to know more about each first-timer’s case for enshrinement, you can read their long lists of accomplishments. If you want to see those same All-Stars and World Series champions in odd or funny situations on the diamond, you’ve come to the right place.

These new candidates tasted plenty of glory during their decade-plus in the Majors. But because baseball is also super weird, they’ve seen their fair share of strange moments, too. In this alphabetical list, we’ll spotlight one such moment for each player.

After falling 47 votes shy of Cooperstown last year, Scott Rolen seemingly has the best shot of any player on this year’s ballot to reach the Hall of Fame. Here are five reasons why he should.

Aaron Judge led the Major League in homers by a wide margin with his AL-record-setting 62. Who has the best shot to take away his HR crown in 2023?

Rhys Hoskins put an exclamation point on his NLDS Game 3 homer last year with an epic bat slam. Where does it rank on our list of the top 10bat flips ever?

Before Statcast came along, tape-measure home runs really needed a tape measure and we mostly settled for guesstimates. But if we did have Statcast, we’d love to know the real distances for these shots.

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