Rickey Henderson hired as Mets hitting coach (1 Viewer)

[ooofffaaa]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2933539

"Rickey Henderson is replacing Rick Down as hitting coach of the New York Mets starting Thursday.

Henderson, who had been a special instructor for the Mets this season, is a 10-time All-Star who set career records for stolen bases (1,406) and runs (2,295). He was the AL MVP in 1990.

The Mets' decision to make Henderson their hitting coach was first reported Wednesday night by Newsday on its Web site.

New York, which leads the NL East by two games over second-place Atlanta, is sixth in the NL with a .268 team batting average.

Ricky loves Ricky.

 

[Chemical X]

the mets organization loves rickey.....he's helped the base runners. hitting coach seems like a useless job.

hopefully rickey doesnt teach them about how not to hustle out of the batters box.

 

[ooofffaaa]

hopefully rickey doesnt teach them about how not to hustle out of the batters box.

They don't need help with that. Doing just fine not hustling out of the box lately.

 

[Chemical X]

hopefully rickey doesnt teach them about how not to hustle out of the batters box.

They don't need help with that. Doing just fine not hustling out of the box lately.

i forgot about that.....obviously his influence is paying off!

 

[Capella]

Man...somebody was wearing their Bad Idea Jeans

 

[SofaKings]

Will he be hosting the card games in the clubhouse during games?

 

[Chemical X]

as an fyi

Career Triples:

Rickey Henderson - 66

Jose Reyes - 49

something seem weird there?

 

[ThisGuy]

as an fyiCareer Triples:Rickey Henderson - 66Jose Reyes - 49something seem weird there?

He was hired as hitting coach, not hustle coach.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

I love it. The hitting coach doesn't do anything anyway. Rickey always provides incredible entertainment value. Can't go wrong.

 

[ooofffaaa]

God I hope there is a press conference for him.