Hall of Fame Day Memories

Rickey Henderson waves to crowd during Hall of Fame ceremonies yesterday in Cooperstown, New York which saw him inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.   Yesterday for the first time ever I was able to see the Hall of Fame ceremonies from start to finish. The MLB Network did a great service to baseball fans to present the entire ceremony. These were the highlights of each speech.   Joe Gordon One of the highlights of the Hall of Fame ceremonies was when Judy Gordon made the Hall of Fame acceptance speech in behalf of her father Joe Gordon who passed away in 1978. She told of how Gordon had struggled in childhood and had lived in a tent at one time. This paragraph written by former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent in the June 22, 2003 New York Times tells of how Gordon befriended Larry Doby who was being shunned by his own teammates because he was black: And Joe Gordon was one of Larry’s heroes. ”The day I showed up in Chicago to join the Indians in 1947 &md...