Town Drunk
Longest serving ASFN lurker
Breaking on social media. Shocked. Grew up watching him in the Bay Area.
Rickey Henderson dead at 65
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he was one of the first players that I ever rooted for that wasn't a Texas Ranger. that was back in the late 80's and early 90's when the rangers had that ridiculous stadium. He was so fun to watch run the pads and catch fly balls.
Raindog
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Definitely one of the (few) genuinely iconic baseball players of the 1980s/1990s.
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Wow… was he sick?
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Frank Thomas
@TheBigHurt_35
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RIP Rickie Henderson! This is just devastating to our baseball community. Rickie was always the engine to my era. Always joking with us making me laugh constantly. One of the greatest to ever do it all on the field. The HOF want be the same for me.God Bless his family
Wade Boggs
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Sad day for our Hall of Fame family with the passing of Rickey Henderson one of the greatest to ever play the game you’ll be dearly missed Brother RIP Rickey
Easily the greatest leadoff hitter of all time with Ichiro a distant second. RIP legend. 
This one hurt a bit when I saw the news. Ricky and Gwynn were the two players I idolized as a kid and wanted to be. I remember doing stuff like making my parents drive all around town because I had to have the same exact batting gloves as him. RIP to the lead off GOAT and probably top 10 player overall.
Yuma
Suns are my Kryptonite!
Ha ha! I did that when I was in my teens saving money for college. During the summers I would try and work as much as possible to have spending money in college. So one summer I just kept my checks in a drawer in my bedroom. Finally, corporate called my local Jack In The Box, and asked to put me on the phone. I was thinking, WTF do they want to talk to me about? They were trying to close out their books and my paltry paychecks were unaccounted for. They wanted to know if I needed new checks issued, ro what happened. I had to promise them I would go and deposit them that week. I told them I didn't want to spend the money so I wasn't cashing them. I hadn't thought ahead. I guess I was just going to deposit them one by one as needed. LOL.
