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Well that blows. What a player and what a character. Larger than life. Hard to find info but reportedly it was after a “battle with pneumonia”
One of the greats for sure.
All time player for me. #1. Did everything in the game. Hit, hit for power, run, steal, gold glove winner.
In his first major league season in 1980, Henderson broke Hall of Famer Ty Cobb's 65-year-old American League stolen base record of 96 with 100 swipes. During the 1982 season, he stole 130 bases, breaking Lou Brock's major league single-season record of 118.
Man, that hits hard. Rickey was an icon during my childhood. He really could do it all. He is one of the very best athletes I've ever seen,l- regardless of sport. He likely would have been a phenomenal football player had he chosen that pathway.
Difficult to believe he is gone at 65.
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Considerably higher obp than Pete Rose.
Got a bad rap as arrogant and selfish. He was always great with the fans.
Inner circle HoFer. RIP
RIP Rickey.
I remember his time with the Yankees well.
Rickey batted leadoff. Would either get a base hit or work out a walk. Then promptly steal whatever base was in front of him. Mattingly batted next behind Rickey and would knock him in.
Those were the days :smile:
Wow that sucks. All time great for sure.
Someone at ESPN is asleep at the wheel. Every major news organization has this up but not ESPN.
They don't want the focus off CFP ahead of the televised game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Edit: some excellent articles on ESPN now. Just took some time. What a player!
Religious teammate:
Rickey do you know John three sixteen?
Rickey Henderson:
Rickey don’t care about John hitting three sixteen, Rickey hitting three thirty
RIP
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Of all the MLB players of his age I certainly wouldn't have expected him to go at 65. How is Rickey dead and John Kruk is still alive?
His stolen bases record is just absolutely absurd. It won’t ever be touched. Almost double second place. Imagine if the all time HR record was one thousand four hundred. Most runs scored ever. Most lead off homers. Dude continued to play in foreign countries and minor league after his time in the majors. Certainly one of the best of all time, and his ridiculous on base percentage and ability to snag bags inflated the numbers of everyone he played with.
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The year Don Mattingly won the mvp he had 146 rbi. He batted in Rickey 56 times! Rickey finished third in mvp ballot that year.
Such a legend. Way too young.
"Everybody loves Rickey Henderson. Especially, Rickey." - Rickey Henderson
On the plus side, I sold two of his rookie cards yesterday for 20x what I paid.
RIP Rickey Henderson
Late in his career, Rickey Henderson calls San Diego GM Kevin Towers and left the following message: “This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.”
Loved Rickey, my dad used to take us to A's games in the summer when I visited. I'd recommend people listen to the two part Dollop on him.
He was fun to watch! Way too young...geez. RIP
When he was with Oakland the talk in the press in Norcal was more about his "attitude" than about his ability. All those sports writers are forgetting about that now. Not a rare phenomenon--think MLK, Malcolm X, Ali.
And this guy...Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Great ball player. Character for sure. So much fun to watch. Either loved him, or hated him (like Pete Rose), but always looked forward to seeing him play. RIP
I completely forgot he was at this game, (which was the last OAKLAND A’s game in Seattle). We were actually joking about how he wore the split jersey when he was barely with the Mariners. We were just kidding that he’s good at promotion. He looked great. There was absolutely no indication he was going to die a few months later.
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I thought cocaine made you immortal?
Style before it was cool.
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Suggestion to rename Oakland International Airport to Rickey Henderson international. I’m in!
Love the Olerud story. Have heard a couple versions
It’s actually not a true story. From Joe Posnanski:Quote:
Originally Posted by half-fast
“All right, the rest of this will be a series of Rickey stories. That’s what you want. That’s what I want. We can only assume that’s what Rickey wants. Rickey loves a good Rickey story. We’ll get the most famous one out of the way first because it isn’t even true. The story goes that when Rickey joined the Seattle Mariners in 2000, he saw John Olerud taking some groundballs while wearing his batting helmet.
“Huh,” he said, “I played with a guy in New York who did that.”
“Yeah,” Olerud said. “That was me. Last year.”
As mentioned, the story isn’t true. Olerud and Henderson have debunked it. Apparently, it was a gag the Mariners’ assistant trainer came up with and it soon spread around the clubhouse, as good gags will.
But even an untrue Rickey story leads to a great tale. When Rickey was debunking the story, he made the point that while it was funny, it was also silly because he’d known Olerud years before they played on the same team. Of course he did. Olerud played first.
And, as Rickey said, “I was always on base.””
The Ricky part where he says “I was always on base”, makes it even funnier than the original story