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Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall of Fame Offer - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
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www.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 Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown ...

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Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall of Fame Offer
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Golden Baseball League Makes Rickey Henderson $1M Hall of Fame Offer 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 Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a San Diego Surf Dawg. “Rickey played his final professional season in the Golden Baseball League in 2005 as a key member of the championship winning San Diego Surf Dawgs,” said Golden Baseball League CEO David Kaval. “Cooperstown is the National Baseball Hall of Fame for professional players and the San ...

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SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... • OURSPORTSCENTRAL says the Golden Baseball League is offering Rickey Henderson $1 million if he chooses to go into the Hall of Fame as a San Diego Surf Dawg. Seriously. ...

Thursday Reading: Hall of Fame edition
umpbump.com — ... alerts us to another great minor league gimmick . 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 Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a San Diego Surf Dawg. Henderson played the entire 2005 season for the San Diego Surf Dawgs in the inaugural season of the Golden Baseball League. I don’t want to throw cold water on the Surf Dawgs, but last I checked players were no longer allowed to choose which cap they wear on their HOF plaque. ...

Independent League Wants Rickey Henderson to Wear Surf Dawg Cap on Hall Plaque
FanHouse — ... If Golden Baseball League gets their way, they'll be paying Henderson a million dollars to sport a San Diego Surf Dawg cap in his plaque, for that one magical season where he hit .270 and swiped 16 bags when he was 46 years old. My personal favorite part of the article is when they state that the Dawgs were one of only three teams on which Rickey played where he won a championship. Oh, that prestigious GBL title. If only we were all so lucky. I'm sure that ranks right up there with the stolen base record, runs scored record, two World Series championships, and an MVP for good ...

Morning Link Dump - Reby, Rickey, Ray Allen, UFL, Barry Melrose
TheScore.com Blog — ... ), that hasn't stopped the Golden Baseball League from offering Rickey $1M if he enters the hall as a San Diego Surf Dog-- the team he played for in his last professional season. ...

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www.gaslampball.com 12/9/2008 — 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 ...
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