Last month I wrote a post about Rickey Henderson being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In that post I also talked about the one baseball card I’ve always wanted but was never able to get my hands on, for various reasons. Today Keli checked the mail and had a surprise for me: She won that...

So who had the Cardinals vs. the Eagles in the NFC title game in their preseason picks? I'm going to need to see some proof. In the past two weekends, I've seen at least parts of all eight games, which is more football than I watched the previous 18 weeks combined. Thanks to the magic of the DVR, I ...

…then what chance did Ricky have. Much consternation about over the fact that 28 voters didn’t include Ricky Henderson on their ballot paper for The Hall Of Fame. Well if George Herman Ruth only got 95.1% it doesn’t come as a great surprise, even how many years later, there’s...

Image via Wikipedia It’s about damn time, too! Being one of my all-time favorite baseball players, it’s awesome to find out that he was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, joining the likes of others such as Wade Boggs, Cal Ripken Jr., Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Babe Ruth ...

Good old MLB Network played Game 2 of the 1989 ALCS between the A’s and the Blue Jays in honor of Rickey’s day today. I turned it on in the fourth inning when Rickey walked. Mustached A’s third baseman Carney Landsford strode to the plate knowing full well what was about to happen. Jays’ pit...

Rickey Henderson is going to get a call from the Hall of Fame today telling him to pack his bags for Cooperstown. I spent a couple hours yesterday looking though old articles about Rickey because he’s always been one of the more enjoyable and enigmatic players in the game of baseball. (And hey, he...

Retired Tucson Citizen columnist Corky Simpson says he's very sorry for leaving Rickey Henderson off of his Hall of Fame ballot, and also that they've apparently canceled Murder, She Wrote. Corky, of course, created a category four shitstorm earlier this week when Home Run Derby revealed that he'd l...

Rickey Henderson is a lock to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but will he be the first-ever unanimous selection? Sadly, no ... thanks to this man! Meet Corky Simpson, former sportswriter for the Tucson Citizen, 1988 Sportswriter of the Year and lover of Matlock reruns. He's also a voting me...

I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never… Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic: The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts...

This afternoon I sat by the side of the road, waiting for the crosstown bus. I sat there for what seemed like forever, but was probably no longer than 20 minutes. I finally got so impatient that I crouched next to the bus stop sign, counting the seconds between a car appearing around the bend and it...