My brother just reminded me of a couple of Rickey stories that I had forgotten. You may remember when he broke Lou Brock's base stealing record that he held second base over his head and stated "Today I am the greatest of all time!" Very classy. Or when he homered to break the record for runs scored, he waved off his teammates gathered around home plate to congratulate him so that he could slide into home...on a home run. Too bad Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale weren't on the mound to drill him with a fastball next time up. Henderson also has a fondness for referring to himself in the third person. That's reason enough to anticipate a ridiculous acceptance speech.
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