Sunday, December 22, 2024

Rickey Henderson,' 'The Man of Steal,' Dies

Hall of Fame outfielder Rickey Henderson, known for breaking the single-season stolen base record and all-time stolen base record, has died at the age of 65, according to Fox Sports.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 08:33 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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Rickey Henderson, the greatest base stealer in MLB history, has died. He was 65. cnn.it/4furzve

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-- CNN (@cnn.com) December 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM

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One of greatest players I've ever had the privilege of watching. Got an autograph from him at spring training 2006 when he was coaching for the Mets.
A little trivia I recall about him. Nolan Ryan pitched his seventh no-hitter for the Rangers on the same day Rickey broke Brock's record.

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-12-22 01:38 AM

Sad. I'm too young to remember him playing, but my Dad had a great story about him. In summer, 1977 my father spent three months at the veterans hospital over in Fresno, California. While he was there he would go to quite a few minor league games and got to see Ricky Henderson play several times. He says he remembers Henderson for his speed and good eye at the plate, and stealing 5 bases in one game, but he said there was a guy on that team named Darren Woodward who was even FASTER than Henderson. He said he was a better overall base stealer than Henderson was and he rarely got caught, but he couldn't hit the ball well enough and that's why he never made it to the majors.

#2 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-12-22 09:10 PM

Legend has it one time somebody quoted John 3:16 to Rickey Henderson and he said "Rickey don't wanna hear about John hittin' .316, Rickey's hittin' .330."

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-22 09:57 PM

#2 - I know the guy you are talking about because of his unique career. His name was Darrell Woodard and he made it to the big leagues for a brief time. Never had a hit. Reached base once by walk but had 10 runs, 3 steals and caught stealing 4 times. A's mainly used him as a pinch runner.
He wasn't bad at the plate in the minors. He knew how to take a walk and reached base often but he was playing when batting average was still king of stats. Had he come along a decade later when Tony Larussa was managing the A's he might have made a decent career for himself as TLR placed a higher value on on-base percentage.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-12-23 01:15 AM

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