Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice elected to Hall of Fame (AP)
January 12, 2009 by TheRainMaker
Filed under News
AP – Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot Monday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try. Henderson, baseball’s career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, well above the 75 percent needed.

