On Sunday, Rickey Henderson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was joined by Jim Rice and Joe Gordon. You can see the video of Rickey Henderson getting inducted into the Hall of Fame at the end of this entry.
Said Henderson in his speech: “My journey as a player is complete. I am now in the class of the greatest players of all time, and at this moment I am very humbled.”
Henderson, now 50 years old, is the holder of many records including runs scored (2,295), steals (1,406), lead-off homers (81) and unintentional walks (2,129). He also holds …read more

On Monday, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were voted into baseball’s Hall of Fame after they received the required 75% of the vote. Henderson and Rice were two of an impressive list of potential Hall of Famers on the 2009 Hall of Fame ballot.
Henderson was able to get in on his first time on the ballot, while Rice got in on his final time on the ballot. They will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in July in Cooperstown, New York.
Here is the final voting numbers for the 2009 Hall of Fame:
Rickey Henderson – 511 votes …read more

What am I reading this morning? Glad you asked:

Bill James Interview (Hardball Times). Chris Jaffe talks to the man who first popularized sabermetrics (and actually coined the term). James on what kinds of issues sabermetrics might tackle in the future:

League-perspective decision making. Looking at decisions based from the standpoint of the league.

Simple example: the wild card. The National League has 16 teams, and four teams make the playoffs. Sixteen is divisible by four. The natural thing to do, it would seem to me, would be to make four divisions and have four division races.

It wasn’t done that way, and if …read more