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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. Simpson recanted to the Tucson Citizen (registration required) … ...

Corky Screws Up a Ballot
Bugs & Cranks — I generally think that dissecting each voter’s Hall of Fame ballot is an intensely boring and pointless enterprise, but it’s not often you come across a ballot as zany as that of the Green Valley News & Sun’s Corky Simpson. Seriously, this is one of the most insane Cooperstown roll calls I think I’ve ever seen. The first egregious mistake here is that Simpson somehow fails to include Rickey Henderson on his ballot, instead lumping him together in an afterthought paragraph with such obvious HOF first-balloters as Greg Vaughn, Ron Gant, and Dan Plesac. Let’s see here, greatest leadoff hitter of ...

Hall of Fame Voter Comes to Senses, Regrets Clueless Rickey Henderson Omission
The Big Lead — Rickey Thinks Rickey … : Writer Corky Simpson, who will forever be known as the guy who left Rickey Henderson off his Hall of Fame ballot, regrets the error. If you thought we were harsh, you should have seen what ESPN’s Rob Neyer followed with. (Tucson Citizen via Homer Derby)