RIP Ricky Henderson

[knickslions]

65 years old

 

[PSU Soupy]

First person I ever heard speak of himself in 3rd person.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Wow - one of the Inner Circle, no doubter Hall of Famers.

Despite all the controversy around his bragging, his teammates loved him

 

[Aardvark86]

65 years old

Whoa that sucks. My uncle coached him as part of the Henderson Murphy armas outfield with the a’s. Larger than life and fastest I’ve ever seen a guy get up to speed. Uncle said most pitcher catcher combos literally had no chance to get him based on stopwatch.

Once sat on the batting circle in Baltimore. Os fans giving him crap as game started (gonna steal first base Rickey?). He walked, stole second and third, and came home on a sac fly to left. Winked at them as he came back to the dugout.

 

[Aardvark86]

First person I ever heard speak of himself in 3rd person.

Uh, Reggie Jackson

 

[91Joe95]

He talked a lot, but he really backed it up. He wasn't just fast, he could also hit for power. Probably the best lead off hitter of all time.

 

[Wandering Spectator]

I grew up an A’s fan. Lifelong dream was to see a game at the Coliseum. In June 1998 I was in Tahoe for business. The next night I drove to Oakland to meet up with some buddies at the Giants vs A’s game. I got there so late. When I got there it was the 8th inning. When I walked through the portal, the first thing I saw was Rickey hitting a HR.

RIP Rickey.

 

[Vic Vaselino]

Glad I kept a stack of his rookie cards. Time to cash in.

RIP

 

[Big 0]

Wow! Too young. One of my most favorite baseball players.

 

[m.knox]

65 years old

Oh man, that's young.

I have a ton of his baseball cards from the A's and Yankee's. Too bad you didn't keep them in vinyl sleaves back then.

 

[Wandering Spectator]

Oh man, that's young.

I have a ton of his baseball cards from the A's and Yankee's. Too bad you didn't keep them in vinyl sleaves back then.

I was so smart I laminated all of my 72-75 A’s cards. 🤦‍♂️