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 the Baseball Writers' Association of America, ...
bizofbaseball.com - 1/12/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
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
walkoffwalk.com - 1/12/2009
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walkoffwalk.com —
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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Your Official Hall of Fame Congratulatory Post: Rickey ...
baseballprospectus.com - 1/12/2009
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baseballprospectus.com —
At 2 p.m., it will be announced that
Rickey Henderson , in his first year of eligibility,...
and Jim Rice , in his last, are the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Neither will come as a surprise; Henderson’s election has been ...
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Decision Day
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Congratulations, Rickey Henderson
Sons of Steve Garvey —
... The Sons of Steve Garvey would like to congratulate former Dodger Rickey Henderson on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Since Rickey ended up his major league career with the Dodgers in 2003 (adding another 3 SBs!), SoSG thinks that Rickey's plaque should have Rickey in a Dodger cap. And Rickey's plaque shouldn't have any pronouns, either (like this post). ...
Shifting the Hall argument
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
The thing is done . Now we can stop talking about Jim Rice, until a respectful period has passed and we can simply add him to the list of good players -- Bruce Sutter, Catfish Hunter and Orlando Cepeda come to mind -- who don't really belong in the Hall of Fame but are there anyway. As I wrote earlier this morning, the election of Rice will do little to lower the standards of the institution, as it's unlikely that players like Dave Parker, Albert Belle, Dick Allen and big Frank Howard now will be knocking on the Coop's door (even though, it should be said, all of them were at ...
Poor Tim Raines
Beyond the Box Score —
Poor Tim Raines
Somehow Raines loses votes.
I’d Like To Take This Time To Personally Congratulate 28 BBWAA Members
Tirico Suave —
Rickey Gets Left Off 28 Ballots“He never smiled, but he had the keys to Cooperstown. No major leaguer ever got into the Hall of Fame if Holtzman didn’t want him there.” - Lewis Grizzard, on Jerome Holtzman. Via ESPN : Henderson was picked on 511 of 539 ballots and Rice was selected on 412, just more than the 405 needed. You did it! You preserved……something….that only crusty, old, antiquated sports writers care about! And you didn’t lose any credibility! Here’s to your 2009 going as well for you as 2008 went for Jerome Holtzman.
Rickey Henderson Cannot Believe that Rickey Henderson Only Got 94.8%
Jorge Says No! —
... 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 careers. ...
Rickey Henderson to the Hall of Fame
U.S.S. Mariner —
... Awesome. He’s unlikely to wear an M’s cap. Still, I enjoyed seeing him play here, and beyond that as a fan of the game, this makes me happy. ...
Will Rickey Henderson’s induction speech be delivered in the third person?
Assist by The Mitten —
... The all-time stolen base king, runs scored champion and gifted outfielder was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday. And way, way, way before there was Manny being ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rickey Henderson Highlight Video
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 1/14/2009 — Check out this video so you can see some highlight of Rickey Henderson and get familiar with Rickey, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier this week .
