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Rickey Henderson defined a generation of baseball ... This is Henderson's 1980 Topps rookie card. He stole 100 bases in 1980 to go along with a .303 batting average and .420 on-base percentage.
Normally I would define vintage baseball as 1980 and earlier, which would include Rickey Henderson's 1980 Topps rookie card; ...
Rickey Henderson — Hall of Fame left fielder and beloved baseball icon — passed away on Saturday after a long battle with pneumonia. He was 65. And while MLB’s all-time stolen bases leader ...
In a few hours the Mets and Reds would play one game for a wild-card berth. “Come here, son,” Henderson said. When he asked, you listened. “Keep your eye on Rickey,” he said.
Teammates, friends, and fellow Baseball Hall of Famers reacted in mourning Saturday to the shocking news of Rickey Henderson's death at age 65.
2024 Rickey Henderson was an incredible man. A legend who was so much more approachable than his image would have you think. From playing cards in the clubhouse to picking his Hall of Fame mind ...
I asked Rickey Henderson about facing Andy Pettitte ... Or maybe he was just back in his own realm. Henderson denied a card game was going on. Bonilla contradicted Henderson, admitting they ...
This was more to relax Rickey. We had the game on, we’re playing cards.” The A’s picked Henderson in the fourth round of the 1976 draft and he made his debut three years later at the age of ...
Rickey Henderson, the Hall of Famer who stole more ... who hadn’t been in the playoffs since ’88, went from the Wild Card all the way to Game 6 of the NLCS. The following season, he helped ...
“The rumor was that Rickey was a selfish player,” said ... Smythe had dozens of Henderson cards and was shocked to hear Henderson say he was willing to put his signature on all of them.
“Rickey Henderson was a dream to hit behind as teammate ... in a post that Henderson often came into the clubhouse to play cards with the players. “I used to mess with him by saying that ...