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Rickey Henderson voted into Hall of Fame

Henderson earns Hall pass

"Rickey was the greatest, most complete player I ever saw play," said Sandy Alderson, now the Padres' chief executive, and a vice president of the A's when Henderson was there in the late 1980s and early '90s. "He was always on base, had power, played excellent defense and, of course, could run like no one else. He could sear any game into permanent memory. Perhaps most importantly, he was always fun to watch."

I'm glad that Alderson finds "fun to watch" important like I do.  If you're keeping score at home, that's two great baseball minds that agree.  "Fun to watch" is a characteristic that most scouts probably don't look for, but should.

Here's my idea, maybe they should teach young players in the minor leagues how to do back flips and basket catches.  This is entertainment after all, send them to clown college for a week, they'll be making balloon animals on the base paths in no time. 

Somebody make up some statistics to track the fun factor so that everybody else will think it's important.

 

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Rickey was pulled over by a San Diego police officer for speeding. As the officer was approaching Rickey’s car, the window went down a few inches and a folded $100 bill emerged. The officer let Rickey and his money head home without a ticket.

The 25 Best Rickey Henderson Stories. Yeah. Fun to watch. Better to read about in hindsight.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jan 13, 2009 5:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

He's on MLB Network right now

I can’t hear what’s being said, but I’m sure there’s lots of 3rd person references floating.

Hey, anyone see that elementary Mets logo yet?

Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!

by thenerdhater on Jan 13, 2009 9:26 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The one that looks like the Domino’s Pizza logo?

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jan 13, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the one

Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!

by thenerdhater on Jan 13, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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