Josh Q. Public:Everytime I think I had enough, I start heading for the door. There’s a very strange vibration that pierces me right to the core. It says turn around you fool. Never can say goodbye. -Michael Jackson
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Just a quickie today. Just a little Rickey today. Seems he’s a little home sickie today. Home sickie for baseball. Like Buck Weaver always says: You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody’s cheerin’. It’s like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there’s the players, they’re yakkin’ it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill… suddenly there’s nothing else in the ballpark but you and it. Sometimes, when you feel right, there’s a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it’s going to go a long way. Damn, if you don’t feel like you’re going to live forever. Rickey Henderson feels like he’s going to live forever. Remember my name. Fame! I’m gonna live forever. Rickey Henderson was the greatest leadoff hitter to ever hike up his stirrups. He may not be in baseball’s all-time outfield, but if you were filling in your all-time lineup card, there’s no question that Henderson is at the top of the order. I’m A number one, top of the list, king of the hill, top of the heap. And now, Rickey wants more. With a rebel yell, he screams more, more, more! He said Sunday, Cooperstowncan wait. He said Sunday, he’d give up the Hall altogether to play one more time. One more time, we’re gonna celebrate. Yeah. Oh yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. Rickey doesn’t want to stop the dancing. He wants to play the entire month of September for Oakland. Heck, he’d even settle on riding the pine just to be a member of the team. Rickey just wants to play ball. Let them Play! Let them play! Let Rickey play. He’s the career leader in runs scored. He’s the career leader in stolen bases. He is second behind Barry Bonds in walks. He also has 3,055 career hits and 297 bombs. He won the 1990 AL MVP award and made 10 All-Star games. He won an AL Gold Glove in 1981 as an outfielder with Oakland. And know this sports fans, Rickey is four months younger than Mets infielder Julio Franco. In my heart you’ll always stay forever young. Rickey’s toiled for the Newark Bears. In ninety-one games he had a .462 obp, more than twice as many walks as strikeouts and stole thirty-seven bases while being caught only twice. Rickey’s toiled for the San Diego Surf Dawgs. In the Surf Dawgs’ and the Golden Baseball League’s inaugural season, Rickey helped his team to the league championship. In seventy-three games, he had a .456 obp, seventy-three walks while striking out a paltry 43 times. And of course, the obligatory sixteen steals while being caught only twice. So I say, Let him play! Let him play! What could it hurt?
Public Acknowledgements: Eight Men Out, Fan Nation, USA Today, Coco, Frank Sinatra, Billy Idol, Daft Punk, Bad News Bears and Rod Stewart.
I could go for another Rick Da Ruler...presentation.
I have always said Henderson would have been better than Franco, just with all the baggage. He has been black listed for sure. He would obviously no longer be a star, or evn close, but someone could carry him on a roster. He would have just wanted to play everyday.
i've always been a slick rickey fan. i gotta think his presence could only help the a's. he knows he won't be starting. and he's still a thousand times better than franco.
Let Rickey Play, I used to bring my 4 year old nethew on te BART to the Coliseum when he was a rookie. I think it is di####able that the A's let somebody else where 24. That belongs to Rickston!
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meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it’s going to go a long way. Damn, if you don’t feel like you’re going to live forever. Rickey Henderson feels like he’s going to live forever. Remember my name. Fame! I’m gonna live forever. Rickey Henderson was the greatest leadoff hitter to ever hike up his stirrups. He may not be in baseball’s all-time outfield, but if you were filling in your all-time lineup card, there’s no question that Henderson is at the top of the order. I’m A number one, top of the list, king of the hill, top of the heap. And now, Rickey wants more. With a rebel yell, he screams more, more, more! He said Sunday, Cooperstown 
can wait. He said Sunday, he’d give up the Hall altogether to play one more time. One more time, we’re gonna celebrate. Yeah. Oh yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. Rickey doesn’t want to stop the dancing. He wants to play the entire month of September for Oakland. Heck, he’d even settle on riding the pine just to be a member of the team. Rickey just wants to play ball. Let them Play! Let them play! Let Rickey play. He’s the career leader in runs scored. He’s the career leader in stolen bases. He is second behind Barry Bonds in walks. He also has 3,055 career hits and 297 bombs. He won the 1990 AL MVP award and made 10 All-Star games. He won an AL Gold Glove in 1981 as an outfielder with Oakland. And know this sports fans, Rickey is four months younger than Mets infielder Julio Franco. In my heart you’ll always stay 
forever young. Rickey’s toiled for the Newark Bears. In ninety-one games he had a .462 obp, more than twice as many walks as strikeouts and stole thirty-seven bases while being caught only twice. Rickey’s toiled for the San Diego Surf Dawgs. In the Surf Dawgs’ and the Golden Baseball League’s inaugural season, Rickey helped his team to the league championship. In seventy-three games, he had a .456 obp, seventy-three walks while striking out a paltry 43 times. And of course, the obligatory sixteen steals while being caught only twice. So I say, Let him play! Let him play! What could it hurt?
