Later today, the MLB 2009 Hall of Fame class will be announced, and Rickey Henderson will likely have the most votes of anyone in nearly 10 years. I’m sure pre-steroid Barry Bonds would beg to differ, but I think Rickey’s the greatest player I’ve ever seen. I’d love to see him give a 2-hour induction speech in which he lobbies to get on an major league roster for the upcoming season.
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However, I’m sure Rickey would agree that Rickey is the best player you’ve ever seen.
My favorite part of the ballot is that ONE GUY decided to vote to induct Jesse Orosco. I had no idea his dad was a sportswriter!
Ha!
Although, I bet if you looked at the evidence, he’d be among the two or three best one-vote recipients over the years.
I want to know how you don’t get into the Hall when you’ve got a surgery named after you.
Your name could be Wave Highfive Steroid and you still shouldn’t get in if you average 13-10 over your career. I say to be in any hall of fame you have to have a higher winning percentage than the I did playing fantasy baseball the year I forgot I had a team for two months.