RIP Rickey Henderson (1958–2024)

One of Baseball's all-time legends — both in terms of on-field performance (Wow!) and in terms of the many awesome stories — has left us. Inner-circle Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson has died.

You can read about his career, his personality, and a couple of his unreachable Major League records in this article. This article has a collection of 25 great stories (most of them true), and this article has a collect of 10 great instances of Rickey talking about Rickey in the third person. (There is some overlap in the stories in these two collections.)

As Tom Verducci wrote in 2003, "There are certain figures in American history who have passed into the realm of cultural mythology, as if reality could no longer contain their stories: Johnny Appleseed. Wild Bill Hickok. Davy Crockett. Rickey Henderson. They exist on the sometimes narrow margin between Fact and Fiction."

Rest in peace, Rickey.