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03-24-2009, 11:20 PM | #41 |
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Oh, he's going into the Hall of Fame this year. He'll be asked to give a speech. Best basestealer ever. Almost always talked in third person (in popular memory at least).
From Wikipedia: Henderson was so proud of a $1 million signing bonus that he framed it instead of cashing it, thus losing several months' interest. Teammates reported seeing him standing naked in front of a mirror before a game, practicing his swing, and declaring, "Rickey's the best! Rickey's the best!" During one off-season, Henderson called Padres general manager Kevin Towers and left this message: "Kevin, this is Rickey. Calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball." I'm just a baseball nerd.
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03-24-2009, 11:41 PM | #42 |
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MLB= pure enjoyment for me as well man
you can't leave out Rollie when speaking A's ball though
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03-24-2009, 11:43 PM | #43 |
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03-24-2009, 11:44 PM | #44 |
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Abe, I was just thinking who was on the team with Jose and Mark. I'd imagine that most of us who were kids for the Joes were probably too young to remember Rollie as an A....if we even existed at all. When I got into baseball in '86, he was already gone.
Being from the Philly area, the A's were always my AL team, with their Philly roots.
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Nope. Generally anybody who passes Mike Schmidt on the Homer List goes down a peg, especially if they do it under clouds upon clouds of suspicion.
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03-24-2009, 11:49 PM | #46 |
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heres one for you:
"I don't feel good if I just sit around the house and don't do anything." - Rickey Henderson
okay don't leave out Tettleton, or Dusty Baker from that era
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03-24-2009, 11:53 PM | #47 |
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What I hope for is that Rickey'll make some comeback after he's already in the hall of fame and totally screw everything up.
I always rooted for him to latch on with some team in spring training. Sure he didn't break .240 in the '00s, but I bet he could steal a base or two.
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03-25-2009, 12:10 AM | #48 |
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My favorite Rickey Henderson quote...
"Rickey don't have tenure, Rickey got 15 year!" |
03-25-2009, 12:15 AM | #49 |
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I feel really old because I remember Bo Jackson in the cartoon "All Stars".
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