deadspin.com - 1/7/2009
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Rickey Henderson is a lock to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but will he be the first-ever unanimous selection? Sadly, no ... thanks to this man! Meet Corky Simpson, former sportswriter for the Tucson Citizen, 1988 Sportswriter of the Year and lover of Matlock reruns. He's also a ...
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Robbing Rickey Henderson
Beyond the Box Score —
Robbing Rickey Henderson
Sigh.
Rickey Henderson Not Good Enough For the Hall
Bluebird Banter —
Rickey Henderson Not Good Enough For the Hall
Why do they still let the Baseball Writers vote for the Hall of Fame? If they have agendas that differ from just voting for the those that deserve to be in the Hall then they shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Corky Simpson would like his Rickey Henderson vote back
Home Run Derby —
Two days ago, we told you about Corky Simpson, the retired BBWAA writer who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson on his 2009 Hall of Fame Ballot.
After Rob Neyer of ESPN, Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard, the mighty Deadspin, and a whole slew of bloggers who picked up our lead in questioning Simpson’s glaring omission of MLB’s all-time steals leader from his 2008 Ballot and created an online lynch mob …
Well, Corky wants to say that if he could do it again … he’d vote for Rickey. ...
Fun With Sim Scores: The Rest of The Ballot
Beyond the Box Score —
... There are a handful of other players who have reportedly gotten votes, but they're not really serious candidates and this is already a very long post, so I'm not going to cover most of them. I will handle one more player because I know Corky Simpson is interested. ...
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Rickey Henderson NOT A Hall of Famer? You're Kidding, Right?
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