joeposnanski.com - 12/10/2008
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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 led to a few interesting thoughts. Baseball ...
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...
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Baseball Hall of Fame 2009
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While We’re Waiting…
WaitingForNextYear —
... ]“You already know that Henderson holds the Major League record for most stolen bases with 1,406 — and that record isn’t getting broken for a long, long time. You know who is the active leader in stolen bases? Juan Pierre. You know how many he has? Four hundred and twenty nine. The guy is about ONE THOUSAND stolen bases shy of Rickey. That stolen base record is mind-bogging.” [ Joe Posnanski ] Ever wonder what Romeo Crennel does to pass time during games? NoLogoNeeded has all the answers, and one of them is “bring snacks.” Who would’ve guessed? [ ...
Friday Filberts
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... • As Joe Posnanski points out -- in his inimitable way -- no Hall of Fame candidate has ever received 100 percent of the vote (unless you count Lou Gehrig, which I don't because we don't know exactly what happened in 1939). And it's not going to happen in 2009. But man, it should. It really, really should. • Josh Wilker wonders what it was about those pitchers of the 1990s that allowed them to post ...
Walking His Way to Cooperstown.
SportsFilter —
Friday, December 12, 2008 Walking His Way to Cooperstown. Joe Posnanski takes a look the impressive numbers of a man who, among his many on-field exploits, arguably did more than anyone else to legitimize references to oneself in the third person. ...
Weekend Links with Jon Marthaler
Randball —
... blogs about what he calls football, I’ll link to it. *Every time Joe Posnanski types just about anything, I’ll link to it. This one’s about Rickey Henderson, who I’ll remind you once left the following message on a GM’s answering machine: “”Kevin, this is Rickey. Calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.” *Finally, Chris at Western College Hockey thinks that ...
Through the Years: Rickey Henderson
Wezen Ball - A Baseball Blog —
... From 1992 and on, Rickey played on 10 different teams, always looking for one more year of work. Even as his bat and speed left him, he was still a valuable player, posting on-base percentages routinely .100-.150 points better than his batting average. In 1996, he had 112 hits but 125 walks; in 2001, he had 86 hits and 81 walks. As Joe Posnanski points out, Rickey retired with the most walks in Major League history (2,190, since surpassed by Barry Bonds), and still holds the record for most un-intentional walks (2,129). ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Henderson was one to steal the show
boston.com 1/11/2009 — Mike Port was forewarned by Rickey Henderson's agent at the time, Jeff Borris. Port was told he might encounter a few things with Rickey he'd never dealt with before.
Henderson, Rice headed to the Hall
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 ...
Hardball
cjr.org 1/10/2009 — Simpson readily admits that the Henderson omission was an oversight (but: not a snub!). “I picked eight guys,” he says. “My mistake is that I could’ve picked two more, and I didn’t. And had I really used my brain, I would’ve picked two more guys, and ...
Is Jose Reyes the Next Rickey Henderson? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/10/2008
Jose Reyes has been with the Mets his entire six-year career and already has 290 stolen bases. He became the first infielder to put up three straight seasons of 60 or more stolen bases since the current modern stolen base rule was set into effect in ...
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