Monday, December 23, 2024

Rickey's Gone

 

The greatest lead-off hitter in major league baseball's 150 year history.  A top-tier Hall of Famer.  One of the most exciting players anyone has seen.  With that distinctive crouched batting stance, of which sportswriter Jim Murray wrote, "He has a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart".  And the source of many funny stories, including his penchant of referring to himself in the third person.

Born Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson, named after Ricky Nelson.  Died a baseball immortal.

A Rickey story told by Harold Reynolds:


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