Oakland A's superstar Rickey Henderson, the all-time stolen base leader and MVP of the 1989 World Series delivers his Cooperstown induction speech July 2009. Courtesy of the Associated Press.
Sad to see people ripping on Rickey for not being a speech professor. That was a moving speech. He is oneof the best of all time. Possibly the best baseball player we've witnessed since 1980. Impressive how he mentioned great non-HOFers like Don Mattingly and Dave Stewart. He put the stamp mentioning Jackin Robinson first, followed by Babe Ruth in his list of greats. He knows who the all-time legends are, and Rickey is one of the best among them.
I wasn’t a fan of his while growing up but that’s largely because he didn’t play for my team and partially because he was a hot dog but he is without a doubt the best lead-off hitter and base-stealer of all time and a Top-10 player all-time. Congratulations to him.
An amazing baserunner and one my childhood heros. Even as a dodger fan in the late 70's and through the 80's growning up. No one could talk ill of Rickey "the man" henderson. If you only have to talk bad about the man because of the way he speaks. Just look at his numbers, because they speak louder than any of your ill h.stern inspired words.
Rickey, who'd just joined the Padres, gets on team bus & the manager says: "Sit wherever you want Rickey. You have tenure." Rickey: "Ten year? Sheet, Rickey been playing like 16-17 year!"
Justin Black he must be the first mentally challenged player in the HOF. People thought it was cute that he played a poker game while his team was getting eliminated back in 99
thought he was going to end it with: " I am the Greatest base stealer of all time.../ not I am humble"...like what he said, when he took over the record at 939 - see youtube clip for ref.
Bill, LOL!!! Listen to you, man. Most of us couldn't stand in front of thousands and speak regardless of if we can speak English or not. Compared to most of us, Rickey did an exceptional job.
Rickey made the game of baseball more exciting. The opposing teams couldn't let him get on base, because he would be so disruptive and he'd have stolen second and third base. And the opposing teams would mostly be unable to stop him, even on pick off attempts. And to all those who are pointing out the way he speaks, so what. His career involved something he really loved and he made millions of dollars during his career. How many of you, who criticize the way he speaks, can say the same?
baynardrustin97 so that means Oakland is filled with quitters and criminals? Ricky Henderson doesn't belong in HOF but in prison. He may have the stats to be in the hall of fame but his attitude and the fact he played poker during a playoff game shows he didn't care. He was 41 years old at the time which is sad.
BEST LEADOFF HITTER OF ALL TIME IF THERE WAS A ALL TIME LINEUP THERE WOULD BE NO ARGUMENT OVER WHO WOULD BE THE LEADOFF HITTER RICKEY HENDERSON IS BASEBALL
I don't really give a shit about this video (although Rickey Henderson is legitimately one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the sport) but the flame war between FUahole69 and myboyz24 is perhaps the best I've ever seen on RU-vid. I highly recommend reading the whole thing, because it only gets better as it goes on. Hopefully it'll start up again soon.
I think this speech is edited, because when I saw it live he made a joke about being a kid in Oakland coming up to Reggie Jackson asking for an autograph and Reggie giving him a pencil with his name on it.
This is very sad. But l guess we shouldn't feel that sorry for him. Chances are he still "do not knows" what he "dids", since I'm pretty sure he "do not knows" about the "internets"; and as for tv, well it's clear that the news "is not his thang".
Jeez, Vanna, let him buy an "S", please! Let him buy a lot of "S's"!! Well, this at least beats his "Muhammad Ali" speech after he broke the record. Excuse me.... "beat". :)
I noticed on Jordans HOF speech, Jerry Rice's HOF speech and in now Rickey's HOF speech that there is zero mention of GOD..Im just saying that now all these guys are old and what will happen to them and their souls. For they were blessed with the most natural of gifts to the outsiding of others and lead lives of Kings, with all the privileges/access possible and they dont even say thanks...WOW!.Jeremiah 9:24-25
He referred to guys like "Luke" Gehrig, Dave "Hennison" and Cal "Ripton". Who are they? Is English his second language? He has a hard time distinguishing between singular nouns and plural ones. I had a hard time with fractured expressions like "wherever you at", "fans that makes game fun" and "wunnerfuh???". And the association really "goaded" him into the Hall of Fame?
