on January 5th, 2009 by ManOfSteal
Only one week from today (Monday, January 12th), barring a totally unforeseen voting travesty, Rickey Henderson will finally be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. There’s been quite a few articles written lately by Hall voters, describin…
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on January 4th, 2009 by ManOfSteal
It was on this date, exactly one year ago, that I decided it would be fun to put together a blog chronicling my Rickey Henderson collection. I wasn’t sure how I would continue after that first post, but 100 posts later, I think I’ve come along way. I r…
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on January 3rd, 2009 by ManOfSteal
As anyone who buys cards on eBay knows, it’s often the price of shipping that turns a good deal into a bad one. As a result, buying cards in “lots” is always the way to go. But, it’s not often that I run across anyone selling more than one game-used Ri…
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on January 2nd, 2009 by ManOfSteal
I know I’m a little late in posting this, but better late than never. With the Hall of Fame induction results coming out shortly, interest in Rickey has definitely be picking up. What a nice surprise it was to open up my local paper (the Sacramento Bee…
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on December 31st, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I was contacted about a month ago by a writer who asked if I was interested in doing an interview for a Rickey Henderson article that he was writing. Of course, I jumped at the chance, excited that my little blog about Rickey was getting some sort of r…
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on December 25th, 2008 by bapple2286
Rickey Henderson turns ‘The Big 50′ today!!!!
Arguably the best player from the 1980’s, Henderson had the natural ability to do it all!!! A master at the plate and on the base paths, seeing Henderson play live was worth the price of admission by itself.
Baseball’s all-time record holder for most stoles bases in a career with [...]
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on December 25th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
The birth of Rickey Henderson is probably not the first one you think of on Christmas, but it is a special day for him as well. This year, even more so, as he’s turning 50! Although he’d probably rather still be playing, I don’t think he’ll mind gettin…
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on December 21st, 2008 by ManOfSteal
With Christmas closing in, I thought it would be an appropriate time to put together my ultimate Rickey Henderson “wish list.” If money was no object (which of course it is), the list below is of the top five Rickey “collectibles” I’d most like to own….
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on December 19th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I sent Night Owl a stack of Dodgers about a month ago, and I got back a nice stack of A’s not to long afterwards. I’ve been way behind in posting my trades, but I hope to catch up before the end of the year. Below are some of my favorite cards from the…
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on December 9th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I was at Target this past weekend, preparing for an upcoming trip, and thought I’d check out the cards. I hadn’t purchased much of anything for awhile, and have been intrigued by the Timelines release. I like the fact that you get a few “inserts” in ev…
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on December 6th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
Rickey Henderson was recently offered $1 million by the Golden Baseball League, to enter the Hall of Fame wearing a San Diego Surf Dawgs hat. You can read the entire press release here.Rickey played one year for the Surf Dawgs in 2005, the inaugural y…
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on December 5th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
A few weeks ago I contacted Will at Boxbusters, asking if he’d be interested in an A’s for Cardinals trade. I sent him about 50 cards, and he sent me the same in return.The first half of the pack contained some 2008 A’s that I still needed. I was actua…
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on December 1st, 2008 by ManOfSteal
The official ballots for the 2009 Hall of Fame Induction class were released today by Baseball Writers’ Association of America. In what should come as no surprise, the list is headlined by none other than Rickey Henderson!Rickey last played Major Leagu…
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on November 30th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
Just a quick post today, as I realized I hadn’t posted any Rickey-related items in awhile. I’ve been working on quite a few Oakland A’s trades recently, and haven’t had time to put any Rickey posts together.In 1983 Topps issue a set of five “foldout” …
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on November 29th, 2008 by night owl
Long before there was “Manny being Manny,” there was “Rickey is Rickey.” Except Rickey Henderson actually uttered “Rickey is Rickey” before it became a catch phrase. Or so the legend goes.Not only was Rickey Henderson one of the most talented players …
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on November 28th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
While perusing other blogs a few weeks ago I ran across a post from Chris from Nachos Grande, whose attempting to complete a ton of 2008 sets by hand. He was very close to completing the Allen & Ginter set, and I had one of the World’s Deadliest Sh…
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on November 19th, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I want to start by apologizing for not updating the blog in the past two weeks. I had some personal issues arise, and now that things are starting to get a little back to normal, I can return to more regularly scheduled posting.I got an e-mail not too …
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on November 3rd, 2008 by ManOfSteal
As you may have noticed, I’ve written some posts lately that aren’t exactly Rickey Henderson related. Although this blog’s focus is obviously on Rickey, I’m a big Oakland A’s fan as well, so will throw in some A’s and collecting posts now and then.Sinc…
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on October 31st, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I’d like to start by wishing everyone a nice and safe Halloween. I gambled on a Rickey Henderson eBay auction recently, and received an early Halloween treat! Since Rickey was one of the more popular players of the 1980’s, there are quite a few “colle…
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