Found July 26, 2009 on The Sporting Blog:
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Raise your hand if you were watching today's Hall of Fame inductions--specifically, Rickey Henderson's speech--because you wanted him to be, y'know, "Rickeyhennerson." This guy. It's okay to admit it. We (not so) secretly wanted it too.To the best of our knowledge, there had never been a Hall of Fame speech conducted entirely in the third person, and Henderson seemed to be the prohibitivie favorite to become the first such speaker. So was Rickey going to tell ridiculous stories about his legendary talent, compare himself favorably to all others around him, and take us all on a trip to Planet Rickey?Well, not exactly. We may decry the predictable, almost boilerplate nature of Hall of Fame speeches (start with youth, talk about your favorite minor league coach, drop some names, thank everyone), but there's a reason they're all like that; it's what's important. So everybody follows that script, even Rickey himself.Sure enough, though Rickey too...
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