[Vision2020] I finally made it to Cooperstown!

[Tom Hansen]

Rickey Henderson:  The greatest lead-off batter in the history of baseball.

Career On-bae percentage: .404

130 stolen bases in 1982.

66 stolen bases in 1998 at the age of 40.

One of only 44 hall-of-famers to be inducted in his first year of
eligibility.

Rickey Henderson . . .

As opposing teams saw him
http://tinyurl.com/RickeyHenderson01

Upon breaking the stolen base record in 1982
http://tinyurl.com/RickeyHenderson02

As his many fans remember him
http://tinyurl.com/RickeyHenderson03

At his induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVPZ88MVsCM

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom "An A's fan since Mr. October was a rookie" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho




"If you could split him in two, you'd have two Hall of Famers."
— Bill James, baseball statistician
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> Incredibly cool.  I wish I could have been there to cheer for Rickey; and
> hey, you left off his second stint at Oakland.  That's when I got to see
> him, having missed him the first time around.
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> Sunil
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> From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:33:31 -0600
> Subject: [Vision2020] I finally made it to Cooperstown!
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> Hi all,
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> Idaho State Representative Erik Simpson (R-Idaho Falls) very generously -
> and surprisingly for once without any quid pro quo - gave me one ticket to
> sit in the very front row at the 2009 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
> Induction Ceremony yesterday in Cooperstown, NY, where his late
> grandfather - Yankees 2nd baseman Joe Gordon - was being inducted into the
> Hall along with Boston Red Sox Great Jim Rice and Oakland Athletic /
> Yankee / Blue Jay / Padre / Angel / Met / Mariner / Red Sox / Dodger Great
> Rickey Henderson.  Back in my college days when Erik first told me that
> his grandfather was an MVP in the Big Leagues (1942 when he was elected
> MVP over Ted Williams who had a Triple Crown season), my off-the-cuff
> response was something to the effect of 'Maybe your grandfather played in
> the major leagues, but there was no way he was an MVP'.  In my defense,
> Erik had a nasty habit back then of routinely stretching the truth - if
> not flat out completely fabricating grandiose stories - and these were the
> days before all the world's knowledge was quickly available Googling and
> Wiki'ing at my fingertips.
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> I'm heading off to Seattle tomorrow and I'll be at the Mariners / Jays
> game Wednesday afternoon - although with no connections this time - I'm
> sitting all the way back in row 32 behind the plate.  I hope the Jays
> trade their ace and probable starter Roy Halladay prior to that game,
> otherwise there are likely to be a lot of silent M's bats.
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> -Scott
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