RIP Rickey Henderson

[BitterYoungMatador2]

It's a great name for a kitchen tabletop company though.

 

[dixiehack]

I really don’t want to pay a home contractor with “Taken” right there in the name.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

What the ****, that was worse than I thought, even with the self-aware lede. Rickey didn't play to win? He was the 1989 ALCS MVP and drew the walk to start the Blue Jays' World Series-winning rally in 1993! I picture Bert Campaneris reading this and going what the ****, leave me out of this. Also, Campaneris left Oakland in 1976, but why let facts get in the way of another racist screed?

Yeah, that was awful. He whines about Henderson not stealing second in that game against the Yankees. He ignores that New York was up 2-0 at the time, there were no outs, and there was Dave Henderson, Canseco, Steinbach and McGwire coming up. And the A’s scored four runs in that inning anyways.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK199104300.shtml

 

[HanSenSE]

What the ****, that was worse than I thought, even with the self-aware lede. Rickey didn't play to win? He was the 1989 ALCS MVP and drew the walk to start the Blue Jays' World Series-winning rally in 1993! I picture Bert Campaneris reading this and going what the ****, leave me out of this. Also, Campaneris left Oakland in 1976, but why let facts get in the way of another racist screed?

Don't **** off Campaneris. Especially if there's a bat nearby.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

it’s how I hope people react to my fake countertops.

I nod in the general direction of you and your counter tops.

 

[maumann]

Don't **** off Campaneris. Especially if there's a bat nearby.

About the only trivia question involving Lerrin LaGrow.

 

[Songbird]

About the only trivia question involving Lerrin LaGrow.

Lotsa trivia about Lerrin ...

1, Won the '69 CWS at Arizona State

2, Lerrin LaGrow, a 6'5" righthander whose mother picked his name out of a magazine, had scouts beating a path to his door in high school. "I told them that Coach Winkles convinced me I should play for him," says LaGrow, "and they didn't bother to draft me." Odd one for the Sun Devils

3, Sun Devil teammate went to my HS.

 

[MTM]

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Tired hack Mushnick writes completely wrong and moronic column. Because he's a tired hack who is 25 years past being relevant.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Joe Buck catches a lot of **** for being a nepo baby but he handles it well and I honestly think he’s a better broadcaster than his dad.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

There were some real redasses on that 1969 ASU roster.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Joe Buck catches a lot of **** for being a nepo baby but he handles it well and I honestly think he’s a better broadcaster than his dad.

I don't know the extent of the animosity between the two, but Joe reacting to it indicates it's high and I do think he should've let it go. Cue Elsa.

 

[Songbird]

Len Randle should get a few HOF votes just for this.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Joe Buck catches a lot of **** for being a nepo baby but he handles it well and I honestly think he’s a better broadcaster than his dad.

He's gotten so much more likable over the last decade and I can't put my finger on why. Did the divorce/midlife crisis humanize him? Is it the ironic post-modern nonsense now mainstream? Or is it simply him just focusing on football and not being in our face 24/7/365?

 

[DanOregon]

1) He doesn't take himself so seriously. 2) There are a lot more hateable sports media types to come along since he was Public Enemy No. 1.

Shoot, the Rushmore these days is McAfee, Herbstreit, SAS and Ryan Clark. And I'm not even sure about SAS, Bayless is gone...

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

For me, it was when he wrote the forward to Artie Lange’s book.

 

[Batman]

Len Randle should get a few HOF votes just for this.

Love that play for so many reasons, only one of which is Randle's act itself:
1) The way the pitcher and Randle both continue on with the play, by holding the ball and trying to fight his way to first base, respectively, before engaging in the brawl.
2) The first baseman with the full body tackle on Randle.
3) The umpires making the call.
4) The first base umpire literally throwing up his hands to say, "Oh HELL no" and not wanting any part of the fight.

 

[MTM]

Len Randle should get a few HOF votes just for this.

I’ve probably told this here before, but in the early 2000s, Randle lived in our community and ran baseball clinics. He also delivered our biweekly paper.
Our sports guy did a feature on him and turned down my suggested lead of “Lenny Randle used to throw baseballs to Major League stars such as Keith Hernandez. Today he may have thrown this paper in your driveway.”

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Not to keep up the Lenny Randle threadjack, but to me this was Lenny at his best.