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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (3 Viewers)

Henderson was the most unique baseball player I've ever seen. He has no comps. If I was drafting an all-time fantasy team, I'd take him at #1 because there's no equalizer to offset what he could do. As the kids say, he was one of one.

Plus, he was just so incredibly weird - and I mean that in the best way.
 
Uruk-Hai said:
Henderson was the most unique baseball player I've ever seen. He has no comps. If I was drafting an all-time fantasy team, I'd take him at #1 because there's no equalizer to offset what he could do. As the kids say, he was one of one.

Plus, he was just so incredibly weird - and I mean that in the best way.
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Rickey loved him some Rickey. And Rickey loved him some baseball. I went to see him play with the independent-league Newark Bears when he was in his mid-40s.
 
Leroy Hoard said:
Uruk-Hai said:
Plus, he was just so incredibly weird - and I mean that in the best way.
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Even his hitting right handed and throwing left handed was somewhat backwards.
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I bat/throw the same. Not nearly as good as Rickey though!!

Called cross-dominance

<10% of the population

Studies show it's a net negative for development and adds to later-life decline

Cool!
 
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Interesting I too am left handed but hit/bat right handed. Baseball, hockey, golf.

I was able to switch hit until I was 17ish but just could not bat lefty against the higher level pitching

Maybe it was a 70 s thing lol. Loved Ricky
 
i also throw right and batted left but could also bat right if i needed to i guess a lot of us on here are similarly awesome just like rickey rip and after him the big kahuna from down under surely did break the mold take that to the bank bromigos
 
belljr said:
Interesting I too am left handed but hit/bat right handed. Baseball, hockey, golf.

I was able to switch hit until I was 17ish but just could not bat lefty against the higher level pitching

Maybe it was a 70 s thing lol. Loved Ricky
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Same here. I throw, kick, and bowl left handed, but swing right handed. I tried to see if I could swing lefty, but just didn’t feel natural.
 
I write right-handed

Throw left

Bat right

Shoot left-handed (basketball) but right hand dominant on the dribble

Kick (off the ground) right-footed

Punt left-footed

Bowl right handed (but down the left side of the lane)

Eat with either hand

Oy
 
SWC said:
i also throw right and batted left but could also bat right if i needed to i guess a lot of us on here are similarly awesome just like rickey rip and after him the big kahuna from down under surely did break the mold take that to the bank bromigos
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I could murder the ball lefty w/o even thinking. Right was more concentration.

Then nasty curveballs came and I switched to football. 🤣
 
Some Rickey Henderson stories making the rounds online. This Threads ... um ... thread lists these two:


There was one story I got to verify with Rickey himself. It went like this: Every player gets meal money on the road in The Show. Back then, players would get an envelope at the start of each road series. So a 10-day trip would be a very fat envelope.​
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Well, Rickey never used his meal money. He would come home and put the envelope in a box. When one of his daughters did well in school, she would get to pick an envelope out of the box as a reward.​

A few years ago, I was working at Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown. We were stationed in a lounge where players would come in, sign autographs for their fellow Hall of Famers and conduct interviews with us.​
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Rickey walked in all smiles with one of his daughters. It was incredible. He told stories and just hung out with us.​
So I asked: "Is the story true that you never used your meal money, brought it home, put it in a box and then it was a reward for your daughters?"​
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Rickey smiled. A HUGE smile. He pointed at his daughter. She smiled, looked at us and said "It's true." Rickey laughed.​
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My favorite is a story from Mike Piazza’s book.​
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“Whenever the discussion came around to what we should give one of the fringe people [when splitting up bonus money] — whether it was a minor leaguer who came up for a few days or the parking lot attendant — Rickey would shout out 'Full share!' We’d argue for a while and he’d say, '[Eff] that! You can change somebody’s life!'”​



Regarding the cash-envelopes story, some report that Henderson would also tip a road-trip envelope to people who did work at his house.
 
mr. furley said:
dickey moe said:
Doug B said:
Sports Illustrated confirms. Other sources are coming in now, as well.

www.si.com

Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Career Steals Leader, Dies at 65

The Hall of Famer is widely considered to be one of the best baserunners in the history of the game.
www.si.com www.si.com
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Wow. He was pretty young. Looks like he had pneumonia. RIP Rickey.
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woman i work with has been sick for about 2 months and it has developed into (i guess?) pneumonia. and my kid's guidance counselor said yesterday that there are a handful of kids out with it in recent weeks. so weird. haven't heard anyone having had pneumonia in years. maybe it's Bader-Meinhof or something but it sure does seem to be popping up a lot lately.
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I am STILL feeling some effects of having MILD pneumonia back around Thanksgiving. It's no joke.
 
CGRdrJoe said:
Someone mentioned John 3:16 around Rickey and Rickey said “Rickey don’t wanna hear about John hitting .316, Rickey’s hittin .360.”
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Similar to the story (which may have been said above) of when Rickey joined the Padres in 1996. As he boarded the team bus and looked for a seat, Steve Finley told him, “You have tenure, sit wherever you want.” Rickey looked at Finley and replied, “Ten years? Rickey’s been playing at least 16, 17 years.”
 
I vaguely recalled that Rickey was on 2nd when Joe Carter hit the game-winning shot in the 1993 World Series, but I had forgotten how he worked Mitch Williams for such a long at-bat that Williams used up all his adrenaline and grooved one to Joe.

Rickey called timeout on the first pitch, and Williams stumbled off the mound.

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Had no idea about Rickeys altruism.

Growing up in the SF Bay area, it just felt like he was always there. And even when he left the As, I couldnt let go rooting for him and laughing at and being hometown proud of him for his "today, I am the greatest of all time" speech.

Love hearing these other stories.

Heartbroken he's gone so young, over what should have been something treatable, if it was pneumonia.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
James Bond said:
Bill Bergy, former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker, dead at 79. The five time Pro Bowler died of cancer.
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IIRC the Eagles gave up a huge haul of picks to the Bengals to acquire him, but it was worth it. He was the leader of the defense in the Vermeil era and played in Super Bowl XV.
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If memory serves, there was a section in the old Veteran's Stadium referred to as "Bergy's Bastards," kind of Dawg Pound predecessor. Google has no memory of this, so my memory might be failing, again.
 
Uruk-Hai said:
Henderson was the most unique baseball player I've ever seen. He has no comps. If I was drafting an all-time fantasy team, I'd take him at #1 because there's no equalizer to offset what he could do. As the kids say, he was one of one.

Plus, he was just so incredibly weird - and I mean that in the best way.
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Definitely the most entertaining baseball player I've ever seen. In every way.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
The ESPN tracker says Greg Gumbel died of cancer.

He was a constant presence on NFL broadcasts, as integral to my memories of the sport as Madden, Summerall, Michaels, etc.
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Same for me. One of the most uniquely recognizable voices in all of sports. He was well-known for being the voice of March Madness, but he did so much more. NFL, MLB, even some figure skating back in the day. Just one of the great well-rounded sports broadcasters of the last several decades. Will definitely be missed.
 
El Floppo said:
Heartbroken he's gone so young, over what should have been something treatable, if it was pneumonia.
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It’s very sad. Pneumonia is no joke. I had to get inoculated against it via vaccine back in 2020 or 2021 or so. They said with my diabetes and blood work that if I caught COVID I was likely to get pneumonia and that it could be incredibly serious.

My nephew just got pneumonia and he’s going to be on the mend for weeks. Bad stuff.

But you know that. I’m really just using it as occasion to talk about how serious it is.
 
El Floppo said:
Heartbroken he's gone so young, over what should have been something treatable, if it was pneumonia.
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41000 plus die each year from pneumonia.
Even if vaccinated
For adults 65 years or older, one study found getting PCV13 protected

  • 3 in 4 people against invasive pneumococcal disease
  • 9 in 20 people against pneumococcal pneumonia

PPSV23​

Studies show PPSV23 protects between 6 to 7 in 10 adults with healthy immune systems from invasive pneumococcal disease. This protection is against pneumococcal infections caused by serotypes in the vaccine.
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John Maddens Lunchbox said:
El Floppo said:
Heartbroken he's gone so young, over what should have been something treatable, if it was pneumonia.
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41000 plus die each year from pneumonia.
Even if vaccinated
For adults 65 years or older, one study found getting PCV13 protected

  • 3 in 4 people against invasive pneumococcal disease
  • 9 in 20 people against pneumococcal pneumonia

PPSV23​

Studies show PPSV23 protects between 6 to 7 in 10 adults with healthy immune systems from invasive pneumococcal disease. This protection is against pneumococcal infections caused by serotypes in the vaccine.
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in the US alone? or globally?
 
mr. furley said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
El Floppo said:
Heartbroken he's gone so young, over what should have been something treatable, if it was pneumonia.
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41000 plus die each year from pneumonia.
Even if vaccinated
For adults 65 years or older, one study found getting PCV13 protected

  • 3 in 4 people against invasive pneumococcal disease
  • 9 in 20 people against pneumococcal pneumonia

PPSV23​

Studies show PPSV23 protects between 6 to 7 in 10 adults with healthy immune systems from invasive pneumococcal disease. This protection is against pneumococcal infections caused by serotypes in the vaccine.
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in the US alone? or globally?
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This is US only. Globally millions die from pneumonia every year. Many countries with far less treatment options
 
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