Jan 12 2009
Base stealing wizard Henderson on today’s HOF ballot
Base-stealing wizard Rickey Henderson is expected to cruise into the Baseball Hall of Fame after Monday’s vote. The last left fielder elected was Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski and the year was 1989.
Although Henderson is a heavy favorite to make it in, several other players appear to be on the fence and will have to sweat it out until the votes are tallied. One of those players is another Red Sox star Jim Rice who is on the ballot for the 15th and final year.
That’s what is wrong with the HOF voting. How can a guy like Rice not be inducted after all those years of voting. Rice had 2,452 hits, 382 HRs and 1,451 RBIs in 16 seasons.
The question surrounding the baseball HOF voting is “What does a guy have to do to get in”!
There’s no specific answer but stealing a ML record 1,406 stolen bases, scoring a league-record 2,295 runs and compiling 3,055 hits over a long 25 year career like Henderson did should do it.
Others on the ballot are Andre Dawson and pitchers Tommy John and Bert Blyleven.
