RIP Rickey Henderson

[TecmoBengals]

All time SB leader passes at 65.

[*bfine32*]

I saw the title and said "Hell no". Dude was one of the All-Time greats

[*Awful Llama*]

Wow, so young. When he'd get on base they'd cut in to whatever game was being broadcast just to see what he'd do.

[*bengalfan74*]

Just an absolute legend. Rest easy Rickey

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

Every time that I have heard his name since the mid 80s, I think of an old high school baseball teammate who is probably crushed right now. He was by far and away the biggest fan of Rickey Henderson that I have ever met. He had every card of Rickey's on display in his room, multiple posters and paid extra money to get #24. Our roster was a limit of 18 and our numbers were #1 through #18 so he asked the coaches if he could alter his #4. They said no but he could buy a blank jersey and pay to have the numbers added so he did.

Kind of odd timing as I saw this funny Will Clark/Rickey Henderson story about three days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y6fXyijer8M

One of the comments in that link has probably my favorite Rickey quote

"Rickey don't care about no John hitting 3:16 . . . Rickey hitting .320"


Rest In Peace, Rickey. Thanks for the many memories.

[masonbengals fan]

One of the best players of my youth. RIP

[samhain]

People throw around "best to ever do it" a lot. For Rickey, it was absolutely true in several categories.

My first foray into fantasy sports was baseball in the early 90's. I always knew he was great, but the dude just seems to rack up points in every offensive category every single day. Probably could have been a legit power hitter if he chose that role.

[BFritz21]

My favorite player of all-time and best leadoff hitter of all-time.

I played catcher and shortstop, but my true love was running the bases after a hit or stealing bases like Rickey used to do.

Something about running the bases and stealing bags, especially since I was fast, made me love just watching him play.

He has almost five hundred more stolen bases than the guy with the second-most!

RIP to the GOAT of leadoff hitters and base stealers!

[*jason*]

Somehow I completely missed this. Sad news for sure and Henderson was fun to watch and had a pretty quirky personality.