Rickey Henderson to highlight 2009 Hall of Fame Ballot

Jack O'Connell of MLB.com has an article out, looking ahead to the 2009 Hall of Fame Ballot.

A name that baseball fans are familiar, that could highlight the balloting is Rickey Henderson. I don't know if there's any doubt that he has a great shot of being elected in his first year of eligibility.

The Goose is good for the Hall of Fame

He has been waiting a long time for this day, but it has finally come. Goose Gossage was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame today, getting 85.8% of the vote (466 votes).

Jim Rice finished with 392 votes (72.2%), just 16 votes shy of also being elected. Also falling short were Andre Dawson (358), Bert Blyleven (336) and a guy I was hoping would make the cut this time around, Lee Smith (235).