Ricky Henderson = Humility

If you listen to Jim Rome or paid attention to the baseball in the 80's and 90's, you know Ricky Henderson is one of the most detestable human beings in sports. I'm not even sure he's ever had a thought or concern about another human being. He led major league baseball for nearly 25 seasons in the category of "referring to yourself in the 3rd person." Here is the top ten Rickyisms. 10-2 were borrowed from theworldoofisaac.com.

10. During one off-season, Rickey Henderson called Padres general manager Kevin Towers and left the message "Kevin, this is Rickey. Calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

9. A Padres teammate once offered him a front seat on the team bus, saying that Henderson had tenure. Henderson replied, "Ten years? What are you talking about? Rickey got 16, 17 years."

8. When asked about Ken Caminiti's estimate that 50% of Major League baseball players were using steroids, Rickey replied..."“Well, Rickey’s not one of them, so that’s 49 percent right there.”

7. Supposedly, Rickey was pulled over by a San Diego police officer for speeding. As the officer was approaching Rickey’s car, the window rolled down a few inches and a folded $100 bill emerged. The officer let Rickey and his money head home without a ticket.

6. In 2002, Henderson had an argument with El Duque and stated, "He needs to grow up a little bit. I ain't a kid. When I broke into the game, he was crawling on his hands and knees. Unless he's as old as I am. He probably is."

5. Rickey was asked if he had the Garth Brooks album with Friends in Low Places and Henderson said, “Rickey doesn’t have albums. Rickey has CDs.”

4. When he was on the Yankees in the mid-1980s, Henderson told teammates that his condo had such a great view that he could see, “The Entire State Building.”

3. While resting up sore muscles after a game, Rickey fell asleep on an icepack. Consequently he got frostbite and missed three games in Mid-August.

2. The story went that a few weeks into Henderson’s stint with the Mariners, he walked up to Olerud at the batting cage and asked him why he wore a batting helmet in the field. Olerud explained that he had an aneurysm at nine years old and he wore the helmet for protection. Legend goes that Henderson said, “Yeah, I used to play with a guy that had the same thing.” Legend also goes that Olerud said, “That was me, Rickey.”


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