goldenbaseball.com - 12/4/2008
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Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall of Fame Offer Baseball Legend Would Enter Cooperstown as a San Diego Surf Dawg Dublin, CA. December 3, 2008) The Golden Baseball League (GBL) announced today that they have offered professional baseball superstar Rickey Henderson $1M if he ...
FanIQ.com - 12/3/2008
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FanIQ.com —
With Rickey having just been named among the
new candidates for the Hall of Fame, we have
a treat for you, the greatest 25 stories of Rickey's career. Rickey was quite a character over the course of his long career. Just so everyone knows, these ...
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The 25 Best Rickey Henderson Stories Of All Time
sports2debate.com - 12/7/2008
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sports2debate.com —
People are saying Rickey Henderson might not be
a 1st ballet Hall of Famer he is a
lock for the hall of fame!
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Baseball Hall of Fame 2009
oursportscentral.com - 12/4/2008
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oursportscentral.com —
December 3, 2008 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
(Dublin, CA. December 3, 2008) The Golden Baseball League
(GBL) announced today that they have offered professional baseball superstar Rickey Henderson $1M if he elects to be enshrined in the National ...
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Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall ...
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Rickey Henderson Ready To Enter The Rickey Henderson Hall Of Fame [Baseball]
Deadspin —
... Classic, Rickey. Another story that I would love to add to that list, is Rickey Henderson going into the Hall of Fame as a San Diego Surf Dawg. He played his final professional season with them in one vain attempt to keep his major league career alive, and the Golden Baseball League (which the Surf Dogs won with Rickey in 2005) is offering him $1 million to chisel a Surf Dog hat on his plaque. Please accept, Rickey. Rickey is his own man, and shouldn't Rickey's plaque be better than everyone else's? ...
Rickey Henderson offered $1 million to enter Hall of Fame as a San Diego Surf Dawg
Gaslamp Ball —
Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall of Fame Offer:
We stood by Rickey in 2005 when no major league team would sign him and continue to support him with this offer. We are confident that Rickey will be a first ballot selection and we look forward to seeing a bronzed Surf Dawg cap displayed on his Hall of Fame plaque.
Rickey is famous for talking about himself in the third person, but if he refers to himself as "Gaslamp Ball" we will give him a free t-shirt and allow him to blog 3 ...
Links for 9 Dec 08
Ducksnorts —
I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never…
Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic:
The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts… The low-revenue Marlins and Twins almost never made such mistakes, but the mid-revenue Padres, compromised by an underachieving farm system and ballpark construction delays, made a habit of it.
If anyone wonders why I remain optimistic about the Padres during these challenging times, ...
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larrybrownsports.com 1/13/2009 — I wasn’t a huge Rickey Henderson fan growing up, probably because his greatness preceded my time and because I was too young to appreciate how colorful he was. Now that I’m older, I can truly love everything about Henderson. As a player, ...
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itsaboutthemoney.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — I've tried to stay out of the "bashing Corky Simpson" fray for leaving Rickey Henderson off his HOF vote. No one's going to be unanimous anyways, so why get all wrapped up in a retired BBWAA voter now writing for a retirement village who made a ...
Rickey Henderson Cannot Believe that Rickey Henderson Only Got 94.8%
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Both Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected to the hall of fame today. Henderson was an obvious lock to be enshrined in Cooperstown while Rice made it on his fifteenth and final try. Neither selection surprises me at all. Congratulations to both guys for their accomplishments and great ...
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athleticsnation.com 11/25/2008 — "If you could split him in two, you’d have two Hall-of-Famers."
- Bill James, on Rickey Henderson
I ask you, how does one turn down a request like this ?
Short answer: one doesn’t.
Long answer: keep reading.
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