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you could make a 15 minute compilation of Pujols swiping just ONE base, tbf

Quick Rickey story: Back when I worked at the Oakland Coliseum, Rickey was always there watching A’s/Raider games. On Christmas Eve in 2018, Rickey was at the Raider game. I asked him to sign a baseball for me to give to my dad the next day for Christmas, and he gladly did so. My dad passed away last month, and giving him that baseball was one of the best moments me and him had in these past few years. I still am extremely thankful for Rickey taking the time out of his day to sign a baseball for my father. The best part is that Rickey was celebrating his birthday, which was the next day on Christmas. A great baseball player and and even better person.

Ah yes, a Dave Stieb sighting. My new favorite baseball player!

Rickey Henderson stories are my favorite. During his stint with the Mariners, he walked up to John Olerud at the batting cage and asked him why he wore a batting helmet in the field. Olerud explained that he had an aneurysm as a child and he wore the helmet for protection. Rickey goes, “Yeah, Rickey used to play with a guy that did the same thing!” To which Olerud responds with, “I know. That was me, Rickey.” Henderson played with Olerud on the Blue Jays and the Mets.

I keep a Rickey Henderson mini-card in my wallet, when things get stressful I look at it and think “what would Rickey do?” The registers at work have been coming up a little short, but it’s what he would have wanted

This is the perfect companion piece to Part three of the Dave Stieb series on Dorktown

I feel like Rickey Henderson is a top 5 All Time baseball player that we took for granted.

Bill James on if Rickey Henderson: “If you could split him in two, you’d have two hall of famers”

Derek Jeter holds the Yankees team record for most steals. It took him about 18 years to take that record from Rickey Henderson. Henderson set the record in about 3 1/2 years.

3:57 - 3:58 I've watched this on 1/4 speed over a dozen times and I still cannot figure out how he made that adjustment mid-throw, threw it half-ass-side-arm, and still hit the target at first. Astonishing play by the short stop; absolutely astonishing.

His ability to draw walks was an underrated but hugely vital element to his game. All those walks were just huge...

Rickey's stolen base record is beyond even "video game numbers." You can't even replicate what he did in video games.

If a team gave him a chance I’m sure Rickey would still be playing today

"Late, great Tony Fernandez" hit me right in the feels. One of the best Blue Jays ever.

I watched a lot of Rickey games back in the day, and he absolutely changed the character of every game he was in. He was a threat in every aspect, including defense.

"Todd, a power pitcher, 90 miles an hour" Me: oh okay....wait....*starts laughing*

That Tony LaRussa joke was gold lmao

i was born in 2005, so rickey didnt even play when i was alive but damn is his playstyle so awesome to me. i love people with annoying type games in all sports, like a defensive pest in basketball, and i can only imagine how annoying he was for pitchers, one walk leads to a runner on third, definitely deserving of a baseball bits

It's not often that I'm happy to be so old, but the fact that I got to watch Rickey Henderson play live does bring a smile to my face.

Rickey still living rent free in so many pitchers' heads. He was a blast to watch.

Finished the day 0-2 with 3R scored. Yeah, that's Rickey Henderson.

Favorite Rickey Henderson quotes. I'll start. "Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame." - Rickey Henderson

Rickey occasionally filled in as our first base coach from time to time in the late 2000s, early 2010s or so. The guy was still in better shape than any player on the field.

Hot take: Rickey Henderson is a good baseball player

This has been a rough week for me, it's silly but a new baseball bits brings me a little more happiness, thank you for your work:)

Rickey Henderson is probably the most electric player in MLB history. Absolute legend. And my god his personality, too... there will never be another Rickey Henderson!

He's so legendary, even in his bad moments. Case in point: guess who was Nolan Ryan's 5000th K? Rickey Henderson, born December 25, 1957.

Always a great day when this man uploads

Fun fact: Rickey WILL BE stealing second today

You killed this one, and you make a great case for the so called “eye test”. Totally different kind of video from what you usually make but equally enjoyable!

This would make a great series. Checking out Hall of Famers over a stretch of time to demonstrate how great they were. If only the MLB realized this...

The best part of Rickey is Rickey talks about Rickey in the third person😂

He basically called Rickey a show-off, the term is “hotdogging”

First game I ever went to, Rickey Henderson hit a leadoff homer for the A's and I was immediately hooked

As an A's fan, these were the halcyon days...the Coliseum had the view of the Oakland hills, the Haas family spent money on the team, and the fans showed up at its highest rate ever in Oakland.

Rickey Henderson is one of my favourite players to watch, glad you made a video on him

This was done incredibly well. I’d love to see a series of this, where we vote on which player we want or anyone that you have in mind! I’d love to see Bob Gibson or Hank Aaron.

"Did you remember Tony LaRussa managed this A's team?" Yes, I'm 41, that's how I remember Tony LaRussa.

Rickey Henderson was amazing! I doubt we'll ever see a player like this again.

Let's all give this man a round of applause for these baseball bits. Fantastic.

As a person who'll occasionally use the term "hotdog" or "hotdogging" to refer to a show off or the act of showing off I feel attacked in this video 🤣

HUH THIS DAVE STIEB GUY HUH MAN WHAT A GUY

I did know that Dave Stieb had the most pitching WAR in the '80s! Funny you should ask!

2:15 Kinda crazy to think there was another Billy Hamilton that was stealing alot of bases 100 years before the Billy Hamilton we know and love today was born

"greatness has a rhythm" rings really true. i watched this series as a young ballplayer and had this dread (tiger fan) of rickey finding his way on base every at bat. he was an incredibly dynamic player to watch.

That Fernandez play to throw Rickey out was like….insanely good

Who's back at this video after the Secret Base Dave Stieb doc?

Great video foolish, I watched the whole thing at 100x speed and really enjoyed it

This is going to be an amazing work of art!

I love how the thumbnail is implying that Rickey had explosive farts when stealing bases, which made him the greatest of all time!

He’s so cool I wAs yelling RICKY from the stands when he played for the Mariners and he turned and waved!

What a legend! It’s interesting that as the speed of the game progresses in this era, guys like Rickey is somehow more rare by the day.

Watching a new Foolish vid is like when my mom makes spaghetti. It’s just delish 👌🏼

I am old enough to remember Rickey and I love that Bailey is discovering a recent, generational talent, is being appreciated. To truly appreciate a sport, love those that started before you started following. Rickey was a menace, pure and simple

Ricky was amazing to watch back in the day. He was well known for his insane training regiment - doing the kind of workouts to handle the wear and tear of an NFL wide receiver. That's why he lasted so long. And he had a pretty good workout partner to make sure that off-season durability work was just as good as what actual NFL receivers did: Jerry Rice. I'm a Bay Area kid, and I pull for every team here - but Ricky broke my heart, because although I love the A's and have been to a number of their games, the Giants were the one team I liked more. The A's made it to three straight world series and the only one they won was that 89 series against the Giants. It would have been so much better if they'd won the one against the Dodgers instead.

Hot dogging is when a baseball player does unusually big gestures, usually after performing well. It comes from big gestures fans would make to get the attention of the hot dog venders walking through the stands.

"hotdogs are good! And part of baseball" made me laugh too hard

1406 stolen bases and 81 leadoff homeruns, 2 records that will never be broken. I truly believe that if you asked 100 baseball experts if they had to pick their all-time lineup, all 100 would pick Rickey to bat leadoff.

Thanks for featuring my all time favorite player. This dude is a freak, so unique, and such an exciting player the likes of which the game could use more these days.

rickey was one of the most fun players of all time, totally unique in his play style and attitude. This A’s team with the bash bros, eckersley and Rickey must have had an insane clubhouse lol

Speaking as a Jays fan who watched these games live...it was special to see. I miss those games. Thanks for the memories⚾

Wild, I just finished the Dorktown series on Dave Stieb where they take a break to talk about Ricky henderson, and to come to this video now and see the clips from the exact games they mentioned against the Bluejays

I just laugh like a maniac the whole time I watch him play.

Thank you for posting, Rickey is a GOAT-type player and is rarely mentioned in this day and age.

"Wow-wee! Rickey Henderson!!" ^ I seem to remember a kid exclaim that in a commercial from the late 80's/early 90's. Wow-wee, indeed, kid... Wow-wee, indeed. (4:55 - btw, yeah, that is what was called a good hard slide back in day when men were men and the A's were gods) ---- P.S. If you enjoy watching those old games, check out the NLCS from the same year. Not as competitive of a series at first glance, but some great games with stand out performances from Mark Grace and Will Clark (both carried their teams that year and were great in that series, but Will Clark had some truly monster games that series). Game 1 has one of my favorite examples of why I liked Mark Grace as a hitter. Bottom of the 1st, he worked an 0-2 count full, fouled off something like 5 or 6 pitches in a row, only to eventually homer to the opposite field after the pitcher had thrown like 12 pitches. I saw him work 0-2 counts full repeatedly. Very disciplined, patient hitter (career K% was 6.9%). He was known to be a very tough out. His power numbers would never work at 1B in today's game, but if I"m not mistaken, he lead the league in doubles and hits in the 90's. Very underrated bat. Oh, and if I'm not mistaken, the guys calling the game referred to then 23 year old Greg Maddux as a "power pitcher," which he was known as back in the day when throwing 90+ mph was considered throwing hard. Always makes me smile to think of Greg Maddux, one of the great masters of control, as a fireballer. P.P.S. Will "The Thrill" should be in the hall of fame.

Thing i love about Rickey is he clearly loves to play the game. I'm in my 40's now and still try to run with the young ones in mens leagues. You never lose that joy for the game

Man, Ricky's play style would be exhausting game after game, 182 times. And I had no clue he played for 24 seasons lol.. What a stud.

Yes!!! The legend has uploaded once again.

The 80s commercials are killing me. I cannot believe there was a point where "this shampoo tingles, and that one doesn't!" was commonly accepted as proof the former was good.

The Toni la Russa Mercedes burn made my whole week 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi! Canadian here. My dad used the "Hot Dog" expression all the time. It's a term used for over-celebrating, bming or styling on your opponent. If someone themself is a Hot Dog, it means they're notorious for being unsportsmanlike in their victory. It's not an expression people have used in years, but that's what it means. Hope this helps!

Great to see legendary Dbacks GM Dave Stewart on the mound

Ricky was a hotdog. We always used to laugh about how head wear his cap in the outfield so it would always fall off when he was running, which made him look even faster. Him, Ozzie Smith and Jim Anderson are my favorite players.

I haven't followed pro baseball much since the 90's, but this channel is just quality, entertaining content period. Bonus points for early FF music.

I've been blessed with chance meetings with several sports legends - Bobby Tomson, Montana, Mays, McCovey, to name a few. I met Rickey in 2001 in the Nordstrom's elevator in SF. One of only two times I've been awe struck meeting a sports legend. Rickey exuded "cool cat" and graciously shook my hand when I managed to stammer, "Rickey! It's a pleasure to meet you." That's one of my favorite stories to share, to this day. 🤩

If Rickey is a hotdog does that mean he’s also a sandwich?

When a guy can steal a base when getting picked off, you know he's something special. I love my Ricky Henderson bobble legs.

You're making great content, Bailey. My favorite parts of this video were your casual use of the term teleporting, so on point! Keep it up!

Ah Stieb v. Stewart, a classic revisited!

Rickey had one hell of a strut to 1st base! 🙏

You should use music from Neo TWEWY in a future video :) Either way, I became a Jays fan in 1992 (didn't even know that they were a contender because I was little and just getting into it), and Henderson was a joy to watch, both as a Jay and as an opponent.

Love the way you narrate, relaxed, funny, informative !!! 😁

Your vids are consistently educational, entertaining, and enjoyable. Thanks for making 🤙

I was literally just thinking that it had been a while since the last baseball bits and bailey heard me through time and space gotta love it

i’m gonna say it, this is the funniest baseball bits. got me laughing twice

7:15 he throwing 90!!!!!!!!! Woah 🤯

I never thought I’d love a baseball content channel as much as Jomboy yet here we are. Great editing, great information, great voice, great choices. Please never stop.

Thank u Bailey. Rickeys one of my favorites of all time

1891: Billy Hamilton steals 111 bases and being a speedster. Over a century later: Billy Hamilton being a speedster once again

love the throwback editing - great video. subbed!

rickey henderson was probably my favorite player growing up. i'm from northern california and the a's are my team. you just knew if rickey got on base he was trying to take a bag, maybe even 2. i don't think a lot of people who have never played ball or watched a lot of baseball realize how much impact he had on a game. if he could somehow find his way to first base all it took was a pitch to home plate and if he tried for 2nd base 80% of the time he was going to turn that into a player in scoring position. now a single gets you a run. not only that he puts a lot of pressure on the pitcher so he can't focus completely on the batter he has to watch rickey as well. he caused havoc for defenses. the guy is a legend and one of the most under appreciated players of all time imo. some of his crazy stats are as follows. he's 19th all time in career wins above replacement right next to players like ted williams, mickey mantle, and lou gehrig. 2nd in career walks behind only barry bonds. rickey is the all time leader in runs scored. lastly he's the all time leader in stolen bases and it's not even close w/ 1406 stolen bases. he ended his career with almost 500 more stolen bases than the next player lou brock who had 938 stolen bases. amazing player and was awesome to watch him play live.

Thank you for doing what you do, i always look forward to these

Hey Bailey, amazing outro, genuinely had me feeling a few goosebumps.

Your channel is good man. I love baseball so much and I like to watch videos on it when I’m working around the house or listen to them while I’m driving. I think I’ve watched everyone of your videos they are soo good man! This is my 3rd of 4th time watching this just to see you talk about Rickey while he plays. I’ve never watched any other video more than once unless they are on your channel, keep up the great work brotha we appreciate you!! Thank your for keeping me entertained and giving me more baseball information than I could ever get elsewhere. Thank you!

I grew up a Rickey Henderson fan. I lived with every boxscore living in NY before he got traded to the Yankees and i got a good report card the year before so my Mom's boss gave her his 3rd row behind the dugout Yankee tickets for that summer and we went early for BP. I brought my glove and dreamed the night before that Rickey would see me and sign my glove. I didnt sleep more than 20 mins. Not only did Rickey come over to where i was, he shook my hand when i told him he was my favorite player. He said "Thanks!" He signed my glove (which rubbed off because i played ball with that glove) he signed a blank piece of paper my mom had and signed a BP ball and gave it to me. I still have both and wouldnt sell them for $10k. He couldn't have been nicer. I hope every little kid has an experience with their favorite player like i did. I'll never forget it.

Watching Max Scherzer right now feels like watching one of the all time greats do things no pitcher has done before

“Hot Dog” is another term for “Hot shot” or “show off”…..Rickey was just the right amount of cocky, and rightfully so

Instant classic, amazing stuff Bailey