Rickey wows with brilliant induction speech
Posted by admin on 27th July 2009
Rickey Henderson was brilliant. Oh, his acceptance speech during Sunday’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies was far from an oratorical masterpiece. In fact, it might not even be in the top 10 of the 38 inductions I’ve covered. But for Henderson, it was brilliant.
The world’s greatest leadoff hitter and stolen-base champ wowed the Cooperstown crowd — estimated at 21,000 — during a sometimes rainy afternoon when Jim Rice and the late Joe Gordon were also enshrined. For weeks leading up to the ceremony, the buzz around baseball was predicting what to expect from Henderson.
Click here to read the full article – By Hal Bodley of MLB.com
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