First Post!

Hey blogosphere, if you're still being called that!

So, I'm planning on using this as a place to share articles and recipes and other things online that I find interesting, hopefully you will too.

Rickey Henderson was elected on Monday to the Baseball Hall of Fame with almost 95% of the vote (what message were those other 5% trying to send?). I remember some great stories about him when he played for the '99 Mets (probably my favorite team). I saw him sit down in the outfield during pitching changes, slowly jog to first on automatic outs, and seemingly steal bases on whims. He played on the Mets with John Olerud. I heard a great story on the radio about Henderson that I'd like to share. Olerud, a first baseman, wore a batting helmet in the field because of a brain injury earlier in life. A few years after Henderson played on the Mets, he went to play in Seattle, where Olerud was then a player. Henderson asked Olerud why he wore the helmet, Olerud explained his condition, and Henderson remarked that he'd played with someone in New York who had a similar story. So, maybe he's self-centered, but he's got a lot of self to focus on.
Here's an article from the New York Times a few days ago about more of Rickey's antics:

Henderson Is an Enigma Wrapped in a Record Book