Rickey Henderson Cannot Believe that Rickey Henderson Only Got 94.8 Percent

Both Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today. Henderson was an obvious lock to be enshrined in Cooperstown while Rice made it on his 15th and final try. Neither selection surprises me at all. Congratulations to both guys for their accomplishments and great careers. But what does surprise me is this: how in the world did Henderson garner only 94.8 percent of the vote? By no means is 94.8 percent something to scoff at, but Henderson was the definition of a first-ballot Hall of Famer. I don't care if you loved him, hated him, or loathed him for talking about himself in the third person, but there is no excuse why Henderson should not have been on 100 percent of the ballots. Seriously, there is not a sportswriter out there who can make the argument that Henderson did not deserve to be in the Hall of Fame based on the numbers. Henderson is the all-time leader in stolen bases, runs, and ranks second to only Barry Bonds in total walks. Those statistics speak ... (link)