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Cooperstown Welcomes Rice, Henderson

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Jim Rice's icy glare melted into a wide smile. Brash, flamboyant Rickey Henderson was humbled by it all. The former left fielders were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday along with the late Joe Gordon, and Henderson, baseball's all-time leading base stealer, was briefly overcome...

Notes From Sin City: So, What, Exactly, Are The Winter Meetings Like?

Our MLB editor files dispatches from this year's Winter Meetings in Las Vegas in Notes From Sin City.Baseball fans know what the Winter Meetings are. They know what happens every year -- trades, big signings, and plenty of gossip in the lobby of a grand hotel. What they might not have an idea about is what the atmosphere...

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05/29/12 Indians notes: Kipnis is on pace for rare feat by... Source: The News-Herald - Willoughby OH It's almost June and Jason Kipnis, as a second baseman, leads the Indians in home runs and RBI â comfortably.
05/26/12 Embittered Facebook investors ponder next move Source: The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY Joe Gordon of Gordon Asset Management near Raleigh, N.C., says one of his clients insisted on buying 1,000 shares at $42.

Background on joe gordon

Joseph Lowell Gordon (February 18, 1915 – April 14, 1978), nicknamed "Flash" in reference to the comic-book character Flash Gordon, was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians from 1938 to 1950. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

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