Best in show
Despite Rickey’s sad sad attempt to hold onto his professional baseball career, we are reminded by Sheriff Sully that the man is one of the most underrated baseball players of all time and one of the best characters in baseball history. They compiled a list of the top 25 Rickey Hendersen quotes and stories. Here are some of our favorites:
#3: In 1996, Henderson’s first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Steve Finley said, “You have tenure, sit wherever you want.” Henderson looked at Finley and said, “Ten years? Ricky’s been playing at least 16, 17 years.”
#4: [Rickey] called San Diego GM Kevin Towers and left the following message: “This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.”
#13: The morning after the Sox finished off the sweep against St. Louis last October, Henderson called someone in the organization looking for tickets to Game 6 at Fenway Park.
#21: Rickey was pulled over by a San Diego police officer for speeding. As the officer was approaching Rickey’s car, the window went down a few inches and a folded $100 bill emerged. The officer let Rickey and his money head home without a ticket.
The rest of the list is hilarious as well.
