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...foregone conclusion. Rickey Henderson, baseball's greatest leadoff hitter ever, was elected into the Hall of Fame on Jan. 12 on his first ballot with 94.8 percent of the total vote. The sport's all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, Henderson is as well known for his oversized ego and his tendency to refer to himself in the third person as for his undeniable talent. He will be formally inducted into the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y. on July 26. (See TIME's Top 10 Sports Moments...
...Leads the sport in stolen bases (1,406), by almost fifty percent more than the second-best base stealer, former Cardinal Lou Brock (938). Leads the sport in runs scored (2,295) and leadoff homers (81), and has the second-most walks ever (2,190). Holds the record for most bases stolen in a single season...
...greatest leadoff hitter of all-time. And I'm not sure that there's a close second." - Billy Beane, Oakland A's general manager, on his former teammate (they played together on the '89 championship team), MLB.com...
...inning. With two outs, a string of hits and walks—including a three-run longball to left—gave Princeton the lead from the get-go.Harvard settled down after the first, and the Tigers managed to put just four baserunners on over the following five frames. A leadoff hit in the seventh came around to score off a double down the left field line and an RBI single.Harvard finally crossed the plate in the bottom of the seventh when sophomore Melissa Schellberg started off the inning with a double to center. Kerper knocked her in with a sacrifice...
...next batter, sophomore Jen Francis, followed that up with a third straight hit, a double to center that scored Murphy. Dartmouth, who had just two hits in the first five innings against sophomore and starting pitcher Dana Roberts, found its rhythm in the sixth. The Big Green used a leadoff walk followed by a double, to jump-start a four-hit, four-run inning.Harvard’s response to the Dartmouth surge was a one-run bottom half of the sixth that left the Crimson still trailing by a run with just one inning remaining. Harvard started its final...