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

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11. I had dinner with Rickey Henderson, one evening. ...

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He was so nice, he answered every question I asked him, because each answer had a story behind it.
He was an exceptional athlete. He said he had a D1 scholarship to play football and got drafted in baseball.
He said, his mom told him, you're not playing football, you're playing baseball.

I asked him what it was like to play for Tony LaRussa?
He said LaRussa wanted to win all 162 games.
He said knowing how Tony is, in a game the A's were losing 10-0, he went into the club house, in the 8th inning, served himself a plate of the post game meal.
Went back out to play the 9th inning.
When the game ended, LaRussa went into the players club house and overturned the table with the post game meal, saying, "You don't deserve a post game meal."
But Rickey had already served himself.

Also surprising was that he liked to go fishing during the off season.

Signed a baseball for me.

I have a ball with Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman & Rickey Henderson.
All Hall of Famers on 1 ball.

RIP Rickey.