Derek Jeter holds the Yankee team record for stolen bases. It took him about 18 seasons to surpass the orevious record set by Rickey Henderson. Rickey was only a Yankee for about 3 1/2 years.
LMAO old man said "it was a pleasure" LMAO you enjoyed yourself?! LOL old timer. Nowadays us youngins cant afford a house, gas, pretty much anything.... you oldies are spoiled LMAO "pleasure" WTF IS PLEASURE? old timers had everything handed to them
I watched Ricky play in 99 with the Mets. Even though his best baseball was behind him, he still had an ability to attract all of your attention to him. He was a once in a lifetime special.
Ricky Henderson didn’t just play baseball he flaunted it. Love him or hate him, his cocky swagger and unmatched dominance changed the game, proving you can be great and unapologetically bold at the same time.
In that different timeline where he played football, he'd still have played baseball as well. He would have been a 2 sport monster, and if he played for the Raiders at the same time as Bo Jackson, that would have been a total nightmare for any other team.
Leading off for the Oakland Athletics is Rickey Henderson. As an old A's fan, Henderson is my favorite Oakland A. Rickey could get on base because he could hit and he walked a lot, which attests to his hitting ability and good judgement at the plate....but also it is a reflection of his posture at the plate. It was very Pete Rose style of an exaggerated hunch over stance at the plate. So he got on base a lot. Rickey was an event when he was on base. The electricity was in the air because everybody knew he was a threat to steal 2nd. And then 3rd. It was so fun to see the pressure and intensity Rickey brought to the game.
I am a big Henderson fan, and I like your video. HOWEVER, he was certainly NOT the first ballplayer to play with "extra flair" as you seem to say at 11:40.
Reggie Jackson is often falsely cited as the first guy to play with flair. As is, uh, Willie Mays. As was King Kelly. It's all absurd. Flair has always been part of baseball, as has a reactionary conservatism. Different sides of this dichotomy have emerged triumphant for an era or two but both sides have always been there.
Rickey was cocky but in an endearing way and he could back it up. I didn't know Ali was his idol. Makes perfect sense. It didn't feel like he was disrespecting his opponents. It felt like he was bringing a show type performance to the game. He was having fun and genuinely loved the game. We loved him in NY. Many still do. You didn't include how he continued playing after 2003 in independent leagues just because he loved playing. He said in one interview "Rickey will never retire."
His 3rd person declarations and dialogue with whomever he might have been talking with is just hilarious. I had the privilege to watch him play in real time in the mid 80’s and beyond. He was the Bo Jackson cheat code for baseball like Bo was in Tecmo Bowl. Felt like cheating 😂😂
Rickey is arguably the GOAT of MLB. The whole purpose of the game is to score runs, and he did that more than anyone, and he had nearly 300 HRs and 3000 hits.
It's great to see a guy play for his hometown team, struggle then come back and win a championship with them..... Perfect Hollywood script, though I'm sure you have to tone down Ricky's personality a bit
What if I told you I played with Rickey Henderson in professional baseball and that he’s literally one of the nicest and not-cocky people I have ever met? people who don’t play the game at a high level, really have no idea what they’re talking about. But hey, nice vid lol
There sure are a lot of people who famously played the game at the highest level in on the decades long conspiracy to portray Rickey Henderson as cocky, which is not the opposite of nice. What do you make of that? Just duping the rubes for kicks?
He truly was a special player. I remember when the A’s won the World Series. He’s probably the only player I can remember that could single-handedly completely dominate a game 😊
Seeing old footage I am always amazed that it took baseball well over 100 years before people realized it might be a good idea to spray down the infield dirt to prevent the cloud of dust on plays. Dust which often obscured the play itself.
Ricky Henderson is no doubt the GOAT lead off batter. He could have easily thrived in the 3 hole or clean up. With that said, having a lead off batter who is as dangerous as a clean up batter is a huge asset for a team and a nightmare for opposing pitchers. From the moment the game starts the first guy they face is a threat. In fact, Ricky was so dangerous it was not safe walking him because you were most likely putting a guaranteed scoring run on base. What an amazing ball player he was. It's fun to watch athletes who are so good they project a high level of confidence. Larry Bird talked a lot of trash and was keenly aware of his superior talent which gave him a license to talk said trash. Everyone knows how flamboyant Mohammed Ali was. Ricky Henderson was indeed a "hotdog" and there will never be another perfectly built lead off man like him.
Amazing SS during those late 80’s and championships in 91&92. That whole infield was sick. Alomar on 2nd, Gruber at 3rd and Olerud at first. Great teams
If Rickey came along now in the present era, he would be such an insane force, especially with the new pitching rules. When you look at his numbers in his prime, they were insane. I don't think he gets talked about enough as one of the greatest players ever.
Let me tell you Ricky in the twilght of his career when he became a journey man. Ups gave him the benifit ofvthe doubt when stole bases. Many calls to my eyes he was called safe when the clearly the tag best him to the bag. Also i seen cleae strike threes called balls when Ricky was working the count. That crouch helped him immensely.
@TiagoGomez-hb9te Juan Soto hasn't hit 300 since 2020 and he received a 15 year deal worth 765 million dollars. You can't tell me that in the 90s he would have been a top twenty player. Look at Jeter, Bonds, Manny, Ortiz, MO Vaughn, Albert Belle, Gwynn, Piazza, Chipper, Barry Larkin, Griffey, Edgar Martinez, Tino, Bernie, Paul O'Neil, Juan Gonzalez, Nomar Garciaparra, Mark Gwyre, Sammy Sosa, Pudge, John Olerud, Jay Buhner are all better than Soto. Pitchers don't last anymore because they don't know how to pitch, in the 90s they would either learn how to pitch or they would get consistently clubbed
@@pwx13 Take the nostalgia Goggles off. Everyone knows how to pitch now and you were not seeing 100MPH+ Fastballs with otherworldly movement frequently back then. Pitchers are way better _now_ than they were back then. The game of baseball is a whole lot different now. Batting .300 is far more valuable *now* than it was back then because pitchers sucked back then, fielders sucked back then too, and hardly anyone had a good bullpen… Guys like Juan Soto and Aaron Judge would’ve been absolutely game breaking had they played in the 1990s.
He was one of a kind. I mean, he would steal 3rd base from a stand still, routinely. Nobody does that. Even with running starts, players rarely still 3rd.
Ricky and Larry Bird are cut from the same cloth. They're intentionally roasting people from the time they get to the statium till when they leave. They are always 'on.' It's a deliberate act they perfected before they went pro. They arrived fully realized. Ricky knew he was hilarious and was a character. And, it was a character. People didn't know what to make of it at first. But this approach wasn't unlike an actor who goes Method and stays in character the entire time. That's all Ricky was doing, taking the method acting approach, but applying it to baseball. Because he never broke character and inhabited the Ricky persona so completely 24/7 fully committing to the bit, that everybody bought into it and had the intended effect as it rubbed a few opponents the wrong way. Which played right into Ricky's hands. The fact some speculaters still pushback on the narrative that this larger than life persona was, in fact, a manufactured persona and just a role Ricky was playing is a testiment to what a mental master over mere mortal men Ricky truely was. The clues, trace evidence and irrefutable facts bare this all out to be true. The truth, whole truth and nothing but the Ricky truth. The biggest mic drop argument ender to the whole Is Ricky just playing the part of Ricky and Ricky is a made-up figment of his imagination whose alter-ego is now our historical collective shared Tyler-Durdan make-believe evil twin born out of necessity like The Hulk to Bruce Banner or Thor to Dr. Donald Blake; this super-sized leveled-up mirror image doppelganger versions of themselves conjured up who possess the thick skinned, unflappable outsized-confidence and mental toughness of projected invincibility bravado to conquer the competition that otherwise mild mannered, insecure, riddled with doubts and very human, relatable secret identity everyday everyman, Ricky Henderson, had to overcome and manifested out of that reality. The whole running joke that everybody and his mother knows about Ricky Henderson be how Ricky Henderson talks about himself which be Ricky Henderson always refers to himself in the third person. HE didn't do this or HE didn't do that. RICKY did this or RICKY didn't do that. RICKY was the larger than life superstar character he created that HE just merely played the part of that was totally separate from his real life Clark Kent understudy after-hours, off the clock, behind the curtains other self that only very few people got to see let alone know about who were privy to that were in his private little inner circle, which might've just been Ricky, and that goes double for Ricky too. It all factors in and is another part of the complex machinations that went into building the ultimate one-man wrecking crew, scoring machine that is the prince of thieves king himself, the split personality to make up the singular talent unlike any other: Ricky MF Henderson. Gotta go; Ricky gotta run.
My father was a pathetic loser who put down anyone who had confidence and who wanted to be the best they could. It ain't show-off if you can back it up. As a kid I didn't appreciate Ricky because of my father, as an adult I appreciate such talent
add Jose Reyes 60, 66, and 78 stolen bases to the list. HUGE Mets fan here, I saw the Mets entire roster increase their stolen base number the only 3 years Rickey ever coached, he was the first base coach and many times looked like he would run himself. What made Rickey dangerous wasn’t only his speed and contact but he’s smart. This can be seen on Jose Reyes and the 2006 Mets speed stats. Reyes never again stole above 60 part his health the other no Rickey there.
Rickey and the Yankees were about $100k apart when he was traded. Given the Yankees of 1990-93, it was a good thing he didn't sign with them. Would've been a waste.
Rickey is a man-child - there's the story when Rickey received his first $1,000,000 pay check. About 3 months later the accountant contacted the general manager that the check hadn't been deposited. Seems that Rickey was so proud of the check he pinned to a bulletin board in his house so he could look at it. The general manager told Rickey he wouldn't get the $1 million until he put it in the bank. He sent some guy from his office to Rickey's house. They stopped at a Kinko's to make a copy of the check for Rickey's bulletin board then they went to the bank to deposit it. You might think Rickey was stupid, but he never was taught practical ways to deal with life. Rickey lived in Rickey's world.
The Rickey vs. Red Sox team stolen bases stat is fascinating, but you said it wrong. Rickey had more steals than the Sox had as a team during Rickey's career, NOT more than they had in their entire franchise history. That would be impossible. The Sox teams at the beginning of the 1900s, for example, routinely had over 100 steals per year.
It is going to be sad when someone breaks Rickey's modern single season steals record because of the bigger bases/pitch clock/limited pick-off throws. Rickey could steal 170.
Another weird stupid gatekeeping take. Since 2000, the 70 stolen bases mark has been broken four times. Out of these four times, only one of them is still an active player, Acuna Jr. Out of all the active players that lead in total stolen bases, the highest is Starling Marte (36 years old) at 354 stolen bases. If we are going to even consider your statistically impossible scenario of someone beating Henderson's total, the most likely at the moment would be Acuna Jr (26 years old) if he can stay healthy looking purely at age factor and he is at 196 stolen bases. Henderson averaged 56 stolen bases a year. Acuna Jr is at 28 stolen bases per year. Even if Acuna Jr keeps his pace of 28 a year, if he plays a 25 year career like Henderson, he will reach only HALF of the stolen base total at 700. If Acuna Jr wanted to at least match the record, starting next season for the next 18 seasons he would need to average 67 stolen bases a season. All this to say get your head out of your ass, no one is touching that record.
@@joes4194 Total Stolen bases have increased 63% since 2021, the first full season of universal DH. Teams and players will attempt more SB in more situations until the success rate falls below 75%, (the success rate at which SBs add more value than Caught stealing subtracts.) The rule changes were expected to create more attempts and more steals, not change the success rate. (and to reduce dead time between pitches)
@@joes4194 In 1982 the avg AL team got 1558 singles+BB and stole 99.6 bases for a rate of 0.0639 per single+walk. In 2024 the avg AL team got 1338 singles + BB and stole 110.3 bases for a rate of 0.0824 steals per single+walk. That is an increase of 29% more steals per trip to first.
@michaellee4276 That is all correct. Teams abandoned the stolen base because in an advanced metric baseball world, it wasn't a play worthy of performing. So the rules were changed to encourage teams to steal more. The rule changes however did not "make it easier" to steal a base, as OP suggests with his or her ridiculous comment that Rickey's stolen base record is in danger of even being sniffed. Thank you for substantiating my point.
18:15 Every footage I see from before 2013 looks like it was taken from 1929 yet this from the 1993 WS you blink and is 720p… could be, if my eyes dont deceive me this is higher than broadcast 480p from back then.
When you are far and away better, until that point(and I’d argue even until now) as he was stealing bases and just a machine manufacturing runs, you can declare yourself as the GOAT. I, personally, would leave that moniker to others, but he’s not wrong. Nobody comes close to him
Rickey's showboating isn't anything compared to todays guys. It's out of control anymore and even Ohtani is starting do it. I understand a walk off home run but guys pimp a solo shot when down by 3. They'd have one in their ear next at bat in in Rickey's era.
He was awesome! I hated him, but I am a Jay's/Expo's fan so ya I hated him. Only because the dude was scary for my teams to go up against. Loved when he came to the Jay's though!
11:30 mark...... if i were his coach it be simple. get good or go home. there are litterally thousands ready to take your spot. stop pissing and moaning. You either man up now. or pack your bags dont come back. you are clearly not man enough, mature enough to be in this league.
What gets me about pro athletes is they sign a contract to play for x amount of years for x amount of dollars and then want more money for before the contract is over .. why ?! You agreed to play your best for the term of the contract
The contract they sign is based on what their perceived value is at the time they are given the contract. As the season plays out and they become more valuable, the previous amount of money that was agreed to no longer suffices because other teams would gladly pay more to get them. Player salaries are driven by their market value. If it goes down they get a pay cut. If it goes up they command a pay raise. They don't wait until their previous deal expires because anything can happen between now and then. They want to get a new deal while the market for them is hot. Pro sports are games and they are also a business.
They had never seen anyone" is grammatically correct; it uses the past perfect tense ("had seen") to indicate an action that happened before another past action, and "anyone" functions as the object of the verb "seen" in this sentence.
I like screwups who average like 9 WAR and dominate the way no Yankee had since Mickey Mantle, another guy long regarded as a screwup by idiot Yankee fans. Other folks begrudge them. Go figure. P.S. I'm a Yankees fan.
stop over exaggerating your titles. individuals in team sports that dont win chips arent special players at all. individuals dont matter that damn much in team sports
Derek Jeter holds the Yankee team record for stolen bases. It took him about 18 seasons to surpass the orevious record set by Rickey Henderson. Rickey was only a Yankee for about 3 1/2 years.
damn if the yankees paid him that record would of been never broken
“If you could split Rickey Henderson in half, you’d have two Hall-of-Famers.” - Bill James
A couple times a year when I am feeling down I look up the Babe's and Ricky's career stats.
I’m old enough to have seen Rickey’s career. It was a pleasure watching this man play baseball. Possibly the smartest player I’ve ever seen.
LMAO old man said "it was a pleasure" LMAO you enjoyed yourself?! LOL old timer. Nowadays us youngins cant afford a house, gas, pretty much anything.... you oldies are spoiled LMAO "pleasure" WTF IS PLEASURE? old timers had everything handed to them
Ricky wasn't a showboater. Ricky put on a show.
No, Ricky was indeed a showboater. Great once in a lifetime type player, but arrogant.
Correct @ OP.
I watched Ricky play in 99 with the Mets. Even though his best baseball was behind him, he still had an ability to attract all of your attention to him. He was a once in a lifetime special.
rickey is the rare type of showboater the type who could back up thier talk
Let's face it the best thing about Rickey Henderson is the fact that he always referred to himself in the 3rd person.
C'mon Man - You can't fall asleep during the video! If that's all you got from this you weren't awake ... I could hear you snoring the whole time!
“Ricky being Ricky” is one of my favorite players.
Imagine Tyreek Hill playing in the 80s😆
Ricky Henderson didn’t just play baseball he flaunted it. Love him or hate him, his cocky swagger and unmatched dominance changed the game, proving you can be great and unapologetically bold at the same time.
Great video Rickey was wild 🤣🤣🤣.
Jeez...looking at what Juan just signed "Rickey" was born in the wrong decade ...prolly wouldve signed the 1st billion
Dude can chirp like John Randle but can definitely back it up…Rickey be looking like Eazy-E 😎😎
It was great watching Henderson play baseball. Great leadoff hitter
In that different timeline where he played football, he'd still have played baseball as well. He would have been a 2 sport monster, and if he played for the Raiders at the same time as Bo Jackson, that would have been a total nightmare for any other team.
Dang Rickey never skipped legg day, his quads are huge!
Rickey was a nightmare to opponents
Leading off for the Oakland Athletics is Rickey Henderson.
As an old A's fan, Henderson is my favorite Oakland A.
Rickey could get on base because he could hit and he walked a lot, which
attests to his hitting ability and good judgement at the plate....but also
it is a reflection of his posture at the plate. It was very Pete Rose style
of an exaggerated hunch over stance at the plate. So he got on base a lot.
Rickey was an event when he was on base.
The electricity was in the air because everybody knew he was a threat to steal 2nd.
And then 3rd. It was so fun to see the pressure and intensity Rickey brought to the game.
I am a big Henderson fan, and I like your video. HOWEVER, he was certainly NOT the first ballplayer to play with "extra flair" as you seem to say at 11:40.
Can you list some instead of just disagreeing? Im new to baseball
@@adamxo. Good question…off the top of my head, Mark Fidrych, Al Hrabosky, of course Pete Rose. They had flair but I wouldn’t call them hotdogs.
Reggie Jackson is often falsely cited as the first guy to play with flair. As is, uh, Willie Mays. As was King Kelly. It's all absurd. Flair has always been part of baseball, as has a reactionary conservatism. Different sides of this dichotomy have emerged triumphant for an era or two but both sides have always been there.
@@EricKoonitsky-s1d That's what I was trying to say, but you said it better.
Rickey was cocky but in an endearing way and he could back it up. I didn't know Ali was his idol. Makes perfect sense. It didn't feel like he was disrespecting his opponents. It felt like he was bringing a show type performance to the game. He was having fun and genuinely loved the game. We loved him in NY. Many still do. You didn't include how he continued playing after 2003 in independent leagues just because he loved playing. He said in one interview "Rickey will never retire."
"Rickey knows Rickey is one of the greatest," Rickey said.
His 3rd person declarations and dialogue with whomever he might have been talking with is just hilarious. I had the privilege to watch him play in real time in the mid 80’s and beyond. He was the Bo Jackson cheat code for baseball like Bo was in Tecmo Bowl. Felt like cheating 😂😂
Rickey is arguably the GOAT of MLB. The whole purpose of the game is to score runs, and he did that more than anyone, and he had nearly 300 HRs and 3000 hits.
I would argue the point is to win games, in which case he's only 19th in MLB history. Great but not GOAT.
It's great to see a guy play for his hometown team, struggle then come back and win a championship with them..... Perfect Hollywood script, though I'm sure you have to tone down Ricky's personality a bit
12:10 Yeah! Rickey's no hotdog - Rickey playin' all out! Glad he broke Brock's record at home.
What if I told you I played with Rickey Henderson in professional baseball and that he’s literally one of the nicest and not-cocky people I have ever met? people who don’t play the game at a high level, really have no idea what they’re talking about. But hey, nice vid lol
There sure are a lot of people who famously played the game at the highest level in on the decades long conspiracy to portray Rickey Henderson as cocky, which is not the opposite of nice. What do you make of that? Just duping the rubes for kicks?
Ricky gone, Thrill!! 😂😂😂😂
Excellent post, One of my absolute all time favorite players!!
God I wish the Yankees had a player like this today
He truly was a special player. I remember when the A’s won the World Series. He’s probably the only player I can remember that could single-handedly completely dominate a game 😊
I worked the snack bar at a Camden Riversharks game around 2002-2003. My job was to continuously deliver Rickey LARGE LARGE bags of popcorn.🍿 😂
Seeing old footage I am always amazed that it took baseball well over 100 years before people realized it might be a good idea to spray down the infield dirt to prevent the cloud of dust on plays. Dust which often obscured the play itself.
Ricky Henderson is no doubt the GOAT lead off batter. He could have easily thrived in the 3 hole or clean up. With that said, having a lead off batter who is as dangerous as a clean up batter is a huge asset for a team and a nightmare for opposing pitchers. From the moment the game starts the first guy they face is a threat. In fact, Ricky was so dangerous it was not safe walking him because you were most likely putting a guaranteed scoring run on base. What an amazing ball player he was. It's fun to watch athletes who are so good they project a high level of confidence. Larry Bird talked a lot of trash and was keenly aware of his superior talent which gave him a license to talk said trash. Everyone knows how flamboyant Mohammed Ali was. Ricky Henderson was indeed a "hotdog" and there will never be another perfectly built lead off man like him.
you should do one on Hall of Famer Tony Fernandez . Great Jay
Amazing SS during those late 80’s and championships in 91&92. That whole infield was sick. Alomar on 2nd, Gruber at 3rd and Olerud at first. Great teams
If Rickey came along now in the present era, he would be such an insane force, especially with the new pitching rules. When you look at his numbers in his prime, they were insane. I don't think he gets talked about enough as one of the greatest players ever.
Might the best baseball player of all time.
I met him ⚾️
Twice 🥃🔥💎
Let me tell you Ricky in the twilght of his career when he became a journey man. Ups gave him the benifit ofvthe doubt when stole bases. Many calls to my eyes he was called safe when the clearly the tag best him to the bag. Also i seen cleae strike threes called balls when Ricky was working the count. That crouch helped him immensely.
Ricky was one of very few too in mlb history that batted right handed, but threw left handed.
If Rickey played today he'd be just as good. Maybe better.
Much better as pitchers and hitters are watered down
@@pwx13 That’s a lie…
@TiagoGomez-hb9te Juan Soto hasn't hit 300 since 2020 and he received a 15 year deal worth 765 million dollars. You can't tell me that in the 90s he would have been a top twenty player. Look at Jeter, Bonds, Manny, Ortiz, MO Vaughn, Albert Belle, Gwynn, Piazza, Chipper, Barry Larkin, Griffey, Edgar Martinez, Tino, Bernie, Paul O'Neil, Juan Gonzalez, Nomar Garciaparra, Mark Gwyre, Sammy Sosa, Pudge, John Olerud, Jay Buhner are all better than Soto. Pitchers don't last anymore because they don't know how to pitch, in the 90s they would either learn how to pitch or they would get consistently clubbed
John olreud and Jay Buhner!?! lol naw bro there’s now you’re being serious with that. Also, nomar was injured way too much to put him on that list
@@pwx13 Take the nostalgia Goggles off. Everyone knows how to pitch now and you were not seeing 100MPH+ Fastballs with otherworldly movement frequently back then. Pitchers are way better _now_ than they were back then. The game of baseball is a whole lot different now. Batting .300 is far more valuable *now* than it was back then because pitchers sucked back then, fielders sucked back then too, and hardly anyone had a good bullpen…
Guys like Juan Soto and Aaron Judge would’ve been absolutely game breaking had they played in the 1990s.
Rickey was an amazing athlete and he WILL tell you about it! He was also a young boy but that's another story!
Ricky Hendorsen was the man. Fast a shit and knew he needed to progress on the bases
He was one of a kind. I mean, he would steal 3rd base from a stand still, routinely. Nobody does that. Even with running starts, players rarely still 3rd.
Legend. Greatest leadoff hitter of all times with a s.
Ricky and Larry Bird are cut from the same cloth. They're intentionally roasting people from the time they get to the statium till when they leave. They are always 'on.' It's a deliberate act they perfected before they went pro. They arrived fully realized. Ricky knew he was hilarious and was a character. And, it was a character. People didn't know what to make of it at first. But this approach wasn't unlike an actor who goes Method and stays in character the entire time. That's all Ricky was doing, taking the method acting approach, but applying it to baseball. Because he never broke character and inhabited the Ricky persona so completely 24/7 fully committing to the bit, that everybody bought into it and had the intended effect as it rubbed a few opponents the wrong way. Which played right into Ricky's hands. The fact some speculaters still pushback on the narrative that this larger than life persona was, in fact, a manufactured persona and just a role Ricky was playing is a testiment to what a mental master over mere mortal men Ricky truely was. The clues, trace evidence and irrefutable facts bare this all out to be true. The truth, whole truth and nothing but the Ricky truth. The biggest mic drop argument ender to the whole Is Ricky just playing the part of Ricky and Ricky is a made-up figment of his imagination whose alter-ego is now our historical collective shared Tyler-Durdan make-believe evil twin born out of necessity like The Hulk to Bruce Banner or Thor to Dr. Donald Blake; this super-sized leveled-up mirror image doppelganger versions of themselves conjured up who possess the thick skinned, unflappable outsized-confidence and mental toughness of projected invincibility bravado to conquer the competition that otherwise mild mannered, insecure, riddled with doubts and very human, relatable secret identity everyday everyman, Ricky Henderson, had to overcome and manifested out of that reality. The whole running joke that everybody and his mother knows about Ricky Henderson be how Ricky Henderson talks about himself which be Ricky Henderson always refers to himself in the third person. HE didn't do this or HE didn't do that. RICKY did this or RICKY didn't do that. RICKY was the larger than life superstar character he created that HE just merely played the part of that was totally separate from his real life Clark Kent understudy after-hours, off the clock, behind the curtains other self that only very few people got to see let alone know about who were privy to that were in his private little inner circle, which might've just been Ricky, and that goes double for Ricky too. It all factors in and is another part of the complex machinations that went into building the ultimate one-man wrecking crew, scoring machine that is the prince of thieves king himself, the split personality to make up the singular talent unlike any other: Ricky MF Henderson.
Gotta go; Ricky gotta run.
"Rickey Henderson, truly don't give a damn who you think was greater than me."
He was eccentric yet talented
Wow-we Ricky Henderson! Who remembers that shit! 😂
Rickey Henderson was from another planet.
My father was a pathetic loser who put down anyone who had confidence and who wanted to be the best they could.
It ain't show-off if you can back it up.
As a kid I didn't appreciate Ricky because of my father, as an adult I appreciate such talent
add Jose Reyes 60, 66, and 78 stolen bases to the list. HUGE Mets fan here, I saw the Mets entire roster increase their stolen base number the only 3 years Rickey ever coached, he was the first base coach and many times looked like he would run himself. What made Rickey dangerous wasn’t only his speed and contact but he’s smart. This can be seen on Jose Reyes and the 2006 Mets speed stats. Reyes never again stole above 60 part his health the other no Rickey there.
My dude, so true!!! Rickey did say Rickey was the best first base coach!
He used to be my favorite player growing up
Rickey Henderson was the best all around player I ever saw
Quite possibly the greatest player to ever play the game. A 5 tool player if there ever was one.
Ricky wasn’t a “showboater”, Ricky just stated facts
Please do a video on Dave Kingman. He’s still talked about today.
If I could go back to the younger me and owning doubles of Ricky's rookie card, I would have made myself put them in a safe.
If someone stole 50 bases for 28 seasons in a row they would still need 7 more steals to pass Rickey Henderson.
Rickey and the Yankees were about $100k apart when he was traded. Given the Yankees of 1990-93, it was a good thing he didn't sign with them. Would've been a waste.
Loved his STYLE lol 😅 #rickdog🎉
Rickey is a man-child - there's the story when Rickey received his first $1,000,000 pay check. About 3 months later the accountant contacted the general manager that the check hadn't been deposited. Seems that Rickey was so proud of the check he pinned to a bulletin board in his house so he could look at it. The general manager told Rickey he wouldn't get the $1 million until he put it in the bank. He sent some guy from his office to Rickey's house. They stopped at a Kinko's to make a copy of the check for Rickey's bulletin board then they went to the bank to deposit it.
You might think Rickey was stupid, but he never was taught practical ways to deal with life. Rickey lived in Rickey's world.
He was clearly the greatest of all time., simply an incredible player...
My All Time favorite player.
The Rickey vs. Red Sox team stolen bases stat is fascinating, but you said it wrong. Rickey had more steals than the Sox had as a team during Rickey's career, NOT more than they had in their entire franchise history. That would be impossible. The Sox teams at the beginning of the 1900s, for example, routinely had over 100 steals per year.
Overlooked great baseball players:
Rickey Henderson
Bo Jackson
Deion Sanders
Reggie Sanders
Rickey was the show.
It is going to be sad when someone breaks Rickey's modern single season steals record because of the bigger bases/pitch clock/limited pick-off throws. Rickey could steal 170.
Check the numbers, stolen base success rate wasn't better this year than last year with the new rules. People just assume so.
Another weird stupid gatekeeping take. Since 2000, the 70 stolen bases mark has been broken four times. Out of these four times, only one of them is still an active player, Acuna Jr. Out of all the active players that lead in total stolen bases, the highest is Starling Marte (36 years old) at 354 stolen bases. If we are going to even consider your statistically impossible scenario of someone beating Henderson's total, the most likely at the moment would be Acuna Jr (26 years old) if he can stay healthy looking purely at age factor and he is at 196 stolen bases. Henderson averaged 56 stolen bases a year. Acuna Jr is at 28 stolen bases per year. Even if Acuna Jr keeps his pace of 28 a year, if he plays a 25 year career like Henderson, he will reach only HALF of the stolen base total at 700. If Acuna Jr wanted to at least match the record, starting next season for the next 18
seasons he would need to average 67 stolen bases a season.
All this to say get your head out of your ass, no one is touching that record.
@@joes4194 Total Stolen bases have increased 63% since 2021, the first full season of universal DH. Teams and players will attempt more SB in more situations until the success rate falls below 75%, (the success rate at which SBs add more value than Caught stealing subtracts.) The rule changes were expected to create more attempts and more steals, not change the success rate. (and to reduce dead time between pitches)
@@joes4194 In 1982 the avg AL team got 1558 singles+BB and stole 99.6 bases for a rate of 0.0639 per single+walk. In 2024 the avg AL team got 1338 singles + BB and stole 110.3 bases for a rate of 0.0824 steals per single+walk. That is an increase of 29% more steals per trip to first.
@michaellee4276 That is all correct. Teams abandoned the stolen base because in an advanced metric baseball world, it wasn't a play worthy of performing. So the rules were changed to encourage teams to steal more.
The rule changes however did not "make it easier" to steal a base, as OP suggests with his or her ridiculous comment that Rickey's stolen base record is in danger of even being sniffed.
Thank you for substantiating my point.
18:15 Every footage I see from before 2013 looks like it was taken from 1929 yet this from the 1993 WS you blink and is 720p… could be, if my eyes dont deceive me this is higher than broadcast 480p from back then.
14:08 ....huh Sea sil Fielder? I thought Se.Sil Fielder, no? Did I say his name wrong all my life? Damn how. lol
00:21 tell me Soto doesn't look like him in that frame
When you are far and away better, until that point(and I’d argue even until now) as he was stealing bases and just a machine manufacturing runs, you can declare yourself as the GOAT. I, personally, would leave that moniker to others, but he’s not wrong. Nobody comes close to him
He could walk the talk.
In todays game he could possibly have gotten 200 SB in a single season
Rickey ain't no showboat, Rickey is the best
The best of the best
By the end of the 80s, Rickey's career was aided by steroids.
Rickey's showboating isn't anything compared to todays guys. It's out of control anymore and even Ohtani is starting do it. I understand a walk off home run but guys pimp a solo shot when down by 3. They'd have one in their ear next at bat in in Rickey's era.
Rickey Henderson click bait….. I love it
My favorite player all time no one like him he would walk and two pitches later he would be on third base
He was awesome!
I hated him, but I am a Jay's/Expo's fan so ya I hated him. Only because the dude was scary for my teams to go up against. Loved when he came to the Jay's though!
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haven’t watched yet but already know it’s another banger video 👌🏻
They love to call black athletes "showboaters"
1. Ricky
2. Ichiro
3. Ohtani
If your all star legends 1.2.3. is not this you are behind the curve.
Rickey, Ichiro and Griffey. Thats the Curve. Nice try though. Griffey kill Ohtani in the Field.
11:30 mark......
if i were his coach it be simple.
get good or go home.
there are litterally thousands ready to take your spot. stop pissing and moaning. You either man up now. or pack your bags dont come back. you are clearly not man enough, mature enough to be in this league.
What gets me about pro athletes is they sign a contract to play for x amount of years for x amount of dollars and then want more money for before the contract is over .. why ?! You agreed to play your best for the term of the contract
The contract they sign is based on what their perceived value is at the time they are given the contract. As the season plays out and they become more valuable, the previous amount of money that was agreed to no longer suffices because other teams would gladly pay more to get them. Player salaries are driven by their market value. If it goes down they get a pay cut. If it goes up they command a pay raise. They don't wait until their previous deal expires because anything can happen between now and then. They want to get a new deal while the market for them is hot. Pro sports are games and they are also a business.
A little grammar please: "They had never seen ANYONE" Read much?
They had never seen anyone" is grammatically correct; it uses the past perfect tense ("had seen") to indicate an action that happened before another past action, and "anyone" functions as the object of the verb "seen" in this sentence.
Ricky Henderson was a screw up on The Yankees here in NY in the late 80s. I still hold a grudge...The end..
I like screwups who average like 9 WAR and dominate the way no Yankee had since Mickey Mantle, another guy long regarded as a screwup by idiot Yankee fans. Other folks begrudge them. Go figure.
P.S. I'm a Yankees fan.
I snubbed 78 Guidry. Point stands.
stop over exaggerating your titles. individuals in team sports that dont win chips arent special players at all. individuals dont matter that damn much in team sports
Love Rickey. Highest speed ever.
Awesome
Rickey sold out to the Yankees. How weak