According to the New York Post, Rickey passed away at age 65. A Hall of Famer, he was also a member of the 1993 Blue Jays World Series team.
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What? How? natural?
I’ll never forget his World Series performance for us.
He’s the reason I fell in love with baseball. This hurts
Man, that’s awful news. 65 is too young.
RIP Rickey.
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Dam, super sad news. He was such an electric player. I was so pumped when MLB The Show released a 99 Diamond Dynasty card for him. He was locked in as my left fielder and lead off hitter for years, just so much fun to play with.
I hope he has an even better view of the Entire State Building now. RIP Legend.
One of, if not THE, most entertaining star the sport has ever had. Damn this one’s a bummer.
RIP Rickey, thanks for coming to Toronto and winning
Oh man, way way too young
Best ballplayer ever, no argument.
“This is Rickey, calling on behalf Rickey, Rickey wants to knows where Rickey’s limo is. “
Rickey was in fact, the greatest of all time.
He was playing professional ball not long ago. Maybe Japan, I’m not sure. Such a shame – he was so young. When you’re young, like your 20s and younger, 65 seems so far away. But it’s really not
The most complete and entertaining baseball player I’ve ever seen. RIP.
Oh man. So young. Rip Ricky
Most entertaining ever! No question!
Loved watching him as a player with the A’s then the Jays.
The second biggest deadline deal the Jays ever made
Far too young, what an absolute fucking legend though
RIP Rickey.
Do they keep track of how many times he stole each base? Interested in seeing a breakdown by 2B, 3B, and Home.
If I could create an all time fantasy team, I’d have Rickey Henderson on the roster.
Nooooooooooooo 😳
He was one of my Nan’s all time favs, and thus a part of why I got into baseball at all. RIP Rickey, always a Jays legend.
Rickey will always be known to me as [J. Monie](https://imgur.com/a/etVibkP): the unlicensed version of him on the best baseball video game of all time, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball on SNES. The game was released ahead of the 1994 season and featured the 1993 Jays, among them Rickey in the leadoff spot.
Good lord was he fast in that game, the 10 SPD stat basically made him Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson on the basepaths. RIP to an inner circle legend of the game.
Ricky Henderson stoled our hearts will be missed
There’s an American history podcast called The Dollop. Listen to the 2 parter they did on Rickey. It was amazing. He fought for everything in his life. He wasn’t perfect, but all the guy ever wanted was to compete and earn your respect.
25 comments
What? How? natural?
I’ll never forget his World Series performance for us.
He’s the reason I fell in love with baseball. This hurts
Man, that’s awful news. 65 is too young.
RIP Rickey.
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Dam, super sad news. He was such an electric player. I was so pumped when MLB The Show released a 99 Diamond Dynasty card for him. He was locked in as my left fielder and lead off hitter for years, just so much fun to play with.
I hope he has an even better view of the Entire State Building now. RIP Legend.
One of, if not THE, most entertaining star the sport has ever had. Damn this one’s a bummer.
RIP Rickey, thanks for coming to Toronto and winning
Oh man, way way too young
Best ballplayer ever, no argument.
“This is Rickey, calling on behalf Rickey, Rickey wants to knows where Rickey’s limo is. “
Rickey was in fact, the greatest of all time.
He was playing professional ball not long ago. Maybe Japan, I’m not sure. Such a shame – he was so young. When you’re young, like your 20s and younger, 65 seems so far away. But it’s really not
The most complete and entertaining baseball player I’ve ever seen. RIP.
Oh man. So young. Rip Ricky
Most entertaining ever! No question!
Loved watching him as a player with the A’s then the Jays.
Deadspin article from back when it was decent.
https://deadspin.com/the-true-story-of-the-rickey-henderson-oakland-party-ba-1824190369/
The second biggest deadline deal the Jays ever made
Far too young, what an absolute fucking legend though
RIP Rickey.
Do they keep track of how many times he stole each base? Interested in seeing a breakdown by 2B, 3B, and Home.
If I could create an all time fantasy team, I’d have Rickey Henderson on the roster.
Nooooooooooooo 😳
He was one of my Nan’s all time favs, and thus a part of why I got into baseball at all. RIP Rickey, always a Jays legend.
Rickey will always be known to me as [J. Monie](https://imgur.com/a/etVibkP): the unlicensed version of him on the best baseball video game of all time, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball on SNES. The game was released ahead of the 1994 season and featured the 1993 Jays, among them Rickey in the leadoff spot.
Good lord was he fast in that game, the 10 SPD stat basically made him Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson on the basepaths. RIP to an inner circle legend of the game.
Ricky Henderson stoled our hearts will be missed
There’s an American history podcast called The Dollop. Listen to the 2 parter they did on Rickey. It was amazing. He fought for everything in his life. He wasn’t perfect, but all the guy ever wanted was to compete and earn your respect.