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Rickey Henderson was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot, while Jim Rice walked in. >
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Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame today. Rickey Henderson, baseball's...
all-time stolen-bases and runs-scored leader, and power-hitting outfielder Jim Rice have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of ...
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Henderson and Rice Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
sports.espn.go.com - 1/12/2009
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NEW YORK -- Rickey Henderson sped his way
into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot...
Monday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try. Henderson, baseball's career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from ...
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Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice voted into Baseball Hall of Fame
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Today, Rickey Henderson (94.8%) and Jim Rice (76.4%)
were officially elected into the National Baseball Hall of...
Fame . They'll get lifetime passes to a big special building in Cooperstown, NY and a handful of half-off coupons at the local ...
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Jim Rice Is Baseball Hall Of Fame
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Former Boston Red Sox left fielder Jim Rice has been chosen to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. He will be joined by Rickey Henderson, baseball’s all-time leader in runs scored and stolen bases.“The only thing I can say is I’m glad it’s over with,” Rice said. “I’m in there and they can’t take it away.” This was Rice’s final try at the induction and he got almost 76% votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, just above the needed 75%. Many people have the opinion that although he was one of the best players in the history and had a strong ...
The Tao of Rickey
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In honor of Rickey Henderson's election into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday, I'd like to rerun some clips from a post I wrote back in 2005 when Rickey signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs. As we get closer to the HoF induction ceremony in July, I look forward to hearing more stories about Henderson's celebrated eccentricities. But I don't know if they'll be any better than these. For a 12-year span through the 1980's and into the early 90's, Rickey owned the American League stolen base crown. The one year he didn't get it ...
The Tao of Rickey
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In honor of Rickey Henderson's election into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday, I'd like to rerun some clips from a post I wrote back in 2005 when Rickey signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs. As we get closer to the HoF induction ceremony in July, I look forward to hearing more stories about Henderson's celebrated eccentricities. (I don't usually care about induction speeches, but I'll make sure to listen to Rickey's.) But I don't know if they'll be any better than these.
For a 12-year span ...
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joyofsox.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Jim Rice was elected to the Hall of Fame today by the BBWAA. He was listed on 412 ballots (76.4%), seven more than the minimum necessary. It was Rice's 15th and final chance at being elected by the BBWAA. Unlike most Red Sox fans, I never cared very ...
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slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — From MLB.com Barry M. Bloom : The doors to Cooperstown swung open on Monday for Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice. Henderson was the all-time leader with 1,406 steals and 2,295 runs scored. Widely considered to be the greatest leadoff hitter ever, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of ...
Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice voted into Baseball Hall of Fame
sports.espn.go.com 1/12/2009 — NEW YORK -- Rickey Henderson dashed into the Hall of Fame on his first try. Jim Rice made it with a final swing. It's hard to imagine their induction speeches will have much in common, either. "I'm going to leave all the stories to Rickey," Rice said, ...
Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice given Hall passes
mlb.mlb.com 1/12/2009 — Henderson, the all-time steals leader, will be joined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown by Jim Rice, who was in his final year of eligibility.
Henderson, Rice heading to Hall of Fame
msn.foxsports.com 1/12/2009 — Today, he can say it. Almost 18 years after proclaiming himself "the greatest of all time," Rickey Henderson is in Cooperstown.
2009 Hall of Fame: Rice, Rickey make the cut!
firebrandal.com 1/12/2009 — Update: Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice have both received the amount of votes needed to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congrats to both former BoSox!
The 2009 Hall of Fame announced the results of its voting today at 1:30pm. Use this post to ...
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Examiner Sports 1/12/2009
Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot Monday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try. Henderson, baseball's career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball ...
