Congratulations to Rickey Henderson on being selected as a first ballot Hall of Famer. Henderson was possibly the greatest and most dangerous lead off man to ever play the game of baseball. There are not many that can match his speed, power, and patience at the plate. Here is the Cliff's Notes of his accomplishments....
Baseball's all time leader in stolen basses, 10 time all star, American League MVP, Two time World Series champion, More than 3,000 career hits, and when he retired he was the all time leader in walks.
Nobody will ever forget how Henderson celebrated breaking the all time runs scored record(on a home run)by clearing his teammates away from the dish so he could slide into home. I wish I could have found a video or even a picture of the celebration, but apparently there are none on this here inner web. Since I was unable to find a picture of Rickey sliding into the plate on a home run you will have to check out this one, of him just after breaking Lou Brock's record for stolen bases in a career...
Oh yeah, did I mention this guy speaks in 3rd person? I can't wait for his induction speech.
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