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During his 19-year career, Barry Larkin wasn't a flashy player like Ozzie Smith was. But Larkin was, without a doubt, a Hall of Fame player.

I spoke with Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin Tuesday about his post-career life and work with MayTag, the official washer and dryer of MLB. When I asked Larkin about the managerial rumors that ...

Barry Larkin on Alexis Diaz: "I just feel like mechanically there's obviously something off. Just not the explosiveness that we've seen in the past." ...

Dodgers' Edwin Rios Credits Boxing With Barry Larkin For Early Season Success Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Edwin Rios is off to a hot-start to the season, and credits his unique workouts with a ...

CINCINNATI -- Barry Larkin is staying in Cincinnati -- for the rest of this season and the next three as well. Hours after he rejected a trade to the Mets, the All-Star shortstop agreed Sunday to ...

Image via Wikipedia This year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot which I received a couple of weeks ago is devoid of any Tom Seavers, Cal Ripkens or Rickey Hendersons. It may be the weakest list in ...

July 23 -- Cincinnati Reds general manager Jim Bowdensaid superstar shortstop Barry Larkin has rejected a trade today that would have sent him to the New York Mets. Larkin’s agent told Bowden ...

CINCINNATI — Former Cincinnati Red Barry Larkin just got a street named after him, and now he has a new namesake. The Cincinnati Zoo wanted to celebrate the former shortstop's birthday by naming ...

Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin has been selected as an official 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star spokesperson.

Barry Larkin cried during his speech at the 2012 Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday.

That conversation comes back to me as I wonder if Barry Larkin, who was inducted yesterday (deservedly, in my opinion) into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, will be our last Hall of Famer.