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Baseball / Henderson, Rice elected to Hall By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot yesterday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try. Henderson, baseball's career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, well above the 75 percent needed. Rice, among baseball's most feared hitters in the late 1970s and early 1980s, got 76.4 percent of the vote after falling just shy with 72.2 percent last year. Advertisement Henderson became the 44th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Rice was only the third elected by the BBWAA in his final year, joining Red Ruffing (1967) and Ralph Kiner (1975). The pair will be inducted into the Hall during ceremonies on July 26 in Cooperstown, N.Y. They will be joined by former Yankees and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon, elected posthumously last month by the Veterans Committee. Henderson batted .279 with 297 homers, 1,115 RBIs, 2,190 walks and 2,295 runs. He owns the modern-day, single-season record with 130 steals in 1982, and the career mark with 81 leadoff homers. He played 25 seasons for Oakland, the Yankees, Toronto, San Diego, Anaheim, the Mets, Seattle, Boston and the Dodgers. Rice, the 1978 AL MVP, was an eight-time All-Star who hit 382 home runs in 16 seasons with the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1989. He had a .298 career batting average and 1,451 RBIs, and from 1977 to 1979 averaged .320 with 41 homers and 128 RBIs. Bookmark to del.icio.us   From the bunker Hamas says Gaza won't break, victory over Israel is near. Banned Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections.

Read & React Bradley Burston / Gaza War Diary IV - Can people die of ambivalence? Responses: 42 Amos Harel with IDF in Gaza / 'Let's finish what we started' Responses: 76 Ari Shavit: World cannot, must not condemn our war on Hamas Responses: 108 U.S. arms shipment to Israel canceled due to Gaza conflict Responses: 15 Yoel Marcus: It's not Israel's fault it has a strong, well-run army Responses: 67 More Headlines 02:11 Olmert ignoring calls from Barak, Livni for immediate Gaza truce 00:58 Egypt tells Hamas it must commit to one year cease-fire in Gaza 21:51 U.S.: Olmert never asked us to abstain from UN vote on Gaza truce 23:56 Settler shoots, kills Palestinian who allegedly hurled rocks at him 20:44 IDF Chief: Hamas bombers posing as Israeli troops in Gaza 21:32 Shin Bet: Some 565 rockets, 200 mortar shells fired at Israel since start of Gaza op 20:31 Clinton: U.S. must address Israel security, Palestinian aspirations 23:58 Turkish PM denies anti-Semitism, says 'Jewish-backed media' spread false info on Gaza 22:09 IDF officer critically hurt in Gaza; 6 other soldiers also wounded 20:12 IDF bombs some 30 smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza 00:44 Israel's Waltz with Bashir, on 1982 Lebanon War, gets Oscar nod 19:48 Embedded with the IDF in Gaza / 'Let's finish what we started' 23:57 UN human rights body: Gaza violence has 'devastating' effect on children 17:58 WATCH: IDF says Hamas has professionalized use of human shields in Gaza 23:58 Israel denies Syria claim it left traces of uranium at nuclear site bombed by IAF 21:34 Palestinian reporters charged with leaking censored info on Gaza to Iran TV 17:59 A week after expelling Israeli officials over Gaza op, Venezuela looks to repair ties 22:25 Italy's Jews: Pope Benedict negating 50 years of interfaith progress 23:57 UN Chief Ban, en route to Mideast: Hamas, Israel must stop fighting now 21:02 Hamas' take on the Gaza war? Watch it on YouTube 11:17 ANALYSIS / World cannot, must not condemn our war on Hamas Previous Editions Select Day 13 jan 12 jan 11 jan 09 jan 08 jan 07 jan 06 jan 05 jan 04 jan 02 jan 01 jan 31 dec

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