Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, and Greg Maddux, and managers Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa were inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, and all paid special tribute to their families before an adoring crowd of nearly 50,000, according to an ESPN.com report.

The Hall of Fame's board cut a player's eligibility from 15 years to 10 on Saturday, which gives Mark McGwire a maximum of two more appearances on the writers' ballot.

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, shunned so far along with other Steroids Era stars, can be considered up to eight more times each by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

After nearly three months, RealGM's 2014 'Be The GM' contest has concluded and voters have tabbed Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels as the Major League player they'd most like to build a roster around.

Trout, who largely cruised through the bracket, earned 67% of votes in the final over Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. On his way to the title, Trout dispatched of George Springer, Salvador Perez, Felix Hernandez and Miguel Cabrera.

Trout's margin of victory over Kershaw was his closest overall.

Yoenis Cespedes won the 2014 Home Run Derby on Tuesday night, making him the first repeat winner of the event since Ken Griffey, Jr. (1998-99).

"I'm somebody who's very conscious of the power that I have," Cespedes said. "So I don't need to put more of a swing or more of an effort in order to hit a home run. I just have to look for a good pitch and put a good swing on it, and it usually takes care of it."

Oakland Athletics third-base coach Mike Gallego again pitched to Cespedes, who went deep 32 times in last year's derby at Citi Field in New York. He homered 30 times at Target Field.

Cespedes defeated Todd Frazier 9-1 in the championship round.

Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher in 48 years to hit two grand slams in a season, and Buster Posey also hit a slam Sunday that boosted the Giants over the D'Backs 8-4, according to an ESPN.com report.

Posey and Bumgarner became the first battery mates in major league history to hit grand slams in the same game.