oursportscentral.com - 12/4/2008
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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 ...
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
joeposnanski.com - 12/10/2008
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joeposnanski.com —
The Winter Meetings have been a dud so
far; basically it has been a bunch of people
sitting around talking baseball and complaining that nothing is happening. So it’s not a whole lot different from every day life around my house. But it has ...
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Oh Rickey you’re so fine
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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 ...
Speed Read: Tar Heels Roll In Empty Ford Field
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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Who Said Rickey Was Retired? It Wasn't Rickey! [Rickey]
deadspin.com 1/16/2009 — Thanks for the plaque, Baseball Hall of Fame . But just for the record, Rickey isn't through yet. Anyone need a 50-year-old outfielder? Even though he last played in the majors in 2003, and spent 2005 with the estimable San Diego Surf Dawgs, Rickey ...
RICKEY BEING RICKEY
theworldofisaac.com 12/3/2008 — Before Manny Ramirez was "crawling on his hands and knees", there stood a man in MLB above all others. A man who spoke in the third person, a man who strutted around naked in the mirror, a man who told himself everyday that he was the greatest. ...
Did you really want Rickey to be the first anyways?
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 ...
Greatest Rickey Henderson Stories of All-Time
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, ...
The Hall of Fame Vote: A Case for Jim Rice —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
This week, the Hall of Fame released its ballot for the 2009 induction. Many names are on the last. One is a shoe-in (Rickey Henderson), several have been there forever (Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris), and some have no shot (Dan Plesac, Ron Gant, and Mo ...
Harold Baines for the Hall of Fame? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
It amazes me that I'm even writing this. It seems to me that if you've got a player whose main job, nay, ONLY job for most of his career was to hit, he ought to have some damn impressive stats if you're going to talk about putting him in the Hall of ...
My Baseball Hall Of Fame Vote —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
Well, it’s that time of year again, and it's time to start the big Baseball Hall of Fame debate. On the 2008 ballot, there are 23 different names. Let's take a look and say whom we think should get in, and who comes up short. First, let's look ...
