[Vision2020] I finally made it to Cooperstown!

[Joe Campbell]

I would have paid big money to hear Ricky speak. That's entertainment!

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On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:03 PM, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sunil
>>
>> 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,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -Scott
>>
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