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Jim Rice Hoping To Make Baseball Hall of Fame On Monday
soxanddawgs.com 1/6/2009 — Former Boston Red Sox great Jim Rice is praying to receive a very important call on Monday, January 12th. He's hoping that the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY will be calling him to tell him that he is part of the 2009 Hall of Fame class. His fate lies in the hands of the Baseball ...
Hall of Very Good: Is it time for Donnie Baseball?
hallofverygood.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Like most of the world, I was enamored with Don Mattingly when he hit the scene. I had his 1984 Donruss rookie card encased in Lucite and thought I was witnessing the second coming. That being said, Iʼm not so sure we werenʼt. So...why can't he get any Hall of Fame support?
Hall of Very Good: Remember the "Athlete"?
hallofverygood.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — This past weekend, I stumbled upon the Under Armor All-America High School Football Game. What intrigued me the most was seeing several players with a position listed as “ATH”. It stands for “athlete”. There is one such specimen on this year's Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
Rickey and Rice Favorites for Hall
nybaseballdigest.com 1/12/2009 — Darren aka Repoz from Baseball Think Factory joined Howard and I on NY Baseball Digest Radio last night. Darren does a great job procuring his sources about the Hall of Fame vote. With roughly 20% of the vote tabulated, he had Rickey Henderson (no ...
Hall of Fame Election Results to Be Broadcast on MLB Network
bizofbaseball.com 1/12/2009 — Rickey Henderson should be a lock to land in the Hall of Fame on Monday. MLB Network will broadcast the selection,the first time the HOF election results have been conducted on television. The official announcement of the National Baseball Hall ...
Pinch hitting: My Baseball Bias
yankees.lhblogs.com 1/12/2009 — January is traditionally a slow month for baseball news. So for the second year in a row, we will showcase other blogs with a series of pinch hitters.
Next up is Jason from My Baseball Bias.
Jason is originally from Bradford, Penn., ...
Henderson & Rice in the Hall!
boston.com 1/12/2009 — In his final at-bat, Jim Rice has hit a home run.
Rice, the fierce and feared slugger who spent his entire 16-year major league career with the Red Sox, was at last elected to to the Baseball Hall of Fame this afternoon on his 15th -- and final -- season on the ballot.
BREAKING NEWS: You Gotta Be Kidding Me?
spartyandfriends.com 1/12/2009 — Earlier today in the comments, I made mention that the Baseball Hall of Fame has the highest standards for induction. Way to make me look like an ass.
Henderson and Rice Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
bizofbaseball.com 1/12/2009 — 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 ...
Better Late Then Never
ventaboutsports.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — It's nice to see that my pleas for the induction of Jim Rice into the Baseball Hall of Fame were finally heard. Rice received 76.4% of the vote, just above the 75% needed as he and Rickey Henderson were the only two elected into the Hall of Fame ...
The 2009 Hall of _____ Vote Is In
baseballanalysts.com 1/12/2009 — Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice have been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Henderson, Rice, and Joe Gordon, who was voted in by one of the two Veterans Committees last month, will be inducted into Cooperstown ...
Congrats to the new Baseball HOF inductees (and who should be in)
blacksportsonline.com 1/13/2009 — First, I know baseball may be at least the 5th most important sport this time of year, but I just want to say congrats to Ricky Henderson and Jim Rice for being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That being said, I've got to complain about how the writers act like jilted women when ...
The Murph
joeposnanski.com 1/13/2009 — I have some Hall of Fame reaction, of course. But first, I had this ready to roll when Rice got in.
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Now that Jim Rice is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want to ask my fellow voters to take a very, very hard look at Dale Murphy. I have ...
Mo Vaughn's Hall of Fame candidacy comes to a close
blog.masslive.com 1/13/2009 — APWith six votes, former American League MVP and Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn was eliminated from future contention for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Somewhat forgotten in the fuss over the election of Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice to the...
Observations on the Hall of Fame (including Crime Dog)
riseoftherays.com 1/14/2009 — Yesterday, Rickey Henderson (on his first ballot) and Jim Rice (on his last possible writers’ ballot) were elected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Rickey, of course, needs no introduction. He was one of my favorite players ...
Hall of Fame: Team alumni —
Major League Baseball News
Rickey Henderson received 94.8 percent of the votes in his first year of eligibility for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and Jim Rice received 76.4 percent in his 15th and final year of eligibility.
A's revel in Rickey's call to Hall —
Major League Baseball News
The A's have a long list of storied players who'll forever be a part of franchise and baseball lore, but only a select few have had their numbers retired in Oakland. Rickey Henderson likely will join that club on the heels of his formal induction this ...
RICKEY HENDERSON HEADING TO HALL —
NY Post: Sports
Former Yankees and Mets left fielder Rickey Henderson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today. Henderson played for the Yankees from 1985-89 and for the Mets in 1999-2000. He received 94.8 percent of the ballots cast by the Baseball...