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Another Reason Why Rickey Is the Greatest
by Robert J. Baumann - February 21, 2013

Rickey Henderson is the fucking greatest for many reasons. The following anecdote is further proof of said.

"Rickey was the most generous I guy I ever played with, and whenever the discussion came around to what we should give the fringe people - whether it was a minor leaguer who came up for a few days or the parking lot attendant - Rickey would shout out, "Full share!" We'd argue for awhile and he'd say, "Fuck that! You can change somebody's life!" I admired Rickey's heart but I usually came down somewhere in the middle."

from Long Shot by Mike Piazza

Rickey got his, there�s no denying that: made over $44million in his time as a player. But Rickey knew that not everyone in the game would get their shot to make millions, and Rickey didn�t know what kind of shit people had going on at home, so maybe Rickey figured people went through some of the same shit that Rickey came through � �cause Rickey had it kinda tough. So when Rickey can vote to spread some wealth around to those who don�t have his talents (and really, who does?), he can�t see a single damn reason not to do so.

Mike Piazza, who made over $120millon as a player and hailed from wealth and baseball privilege to begin with, �came down somewhere in the middle.�

Fuck that, said Rickey. Fuck that indeed.

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Rickey is the man for this

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

....Rickeys and Piazzas and players with top-level contracts, then the snark at the end of this post would be dead on. But I imagine the backup catcher or the utility infielder making the league minimum was less thrilled about Rickey wanting to give peripheral guys full shares.

All other rules: not important.

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bshelly

"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

>But I imagine the backup catcher or the utility infielder making the
>league minimum was less thrilled about Rickey wanting to give
>peripheral guys full shares.

More important than a guy who got a cup of coffee in September and definitely more than the parking lot attendant, to be sure. But they're also people who'd lose money if they started giving out playoff shares according to WAR.

edit: I was slow on the uptake with the snark part, so edited title.

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--Walleye's Dad

>I'll add that you've just described "peripheral guys" by
>bringing up backup catchers and utility infielders.

No, I didn't. A guy who's on the roster all year is an automatic full share. That has zilch to do with a cup-of-coffee guy, or the lot attendant.

And after your edit, still no.

he was.

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Jim Rice was the first 1 million/year contract. Really wasn't that long ago.

And young me thought that was insane

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and that raised eyebrows then, funny how the loot has changed and the amount paid.

anyway Ricky was one of the baddest ever.

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

he could look any owner in the eye and tell him 250 in his prime, and get it.

44? Jayson Bay got 66 mil. in one deal. smfh.

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Same as it ever was!

i still blame hip-hop.

Rickey also owns a bunch of apartments in Oakland. One of my softball teammates and his friends lived in one of them. Their toilet got clogged up and they called the attendant about it. Later Rickey showed up at their door and went in to fix the toilet himself.

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>Rickey also owns a bunch of apartments in Oakland. One of my
>softball teammates and his friends lived in one of them. Their
>toilet got clogged up and they called the attendant about it.
>Later Rickey showed up at their door and went in to fix the
>toilet himself.
>

and I totally believe it.

This dude is legitimately the best, like, the most
perfectly awesome athlete and person ever

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

That picture's dope though. I might frame it and put it in my office

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The deeper they get, the bigger the pot is. So this year, when they Giants won the World Series, their pool was $377,002.64.

Year to year it breaks down like this:

-World Series winner - 36%
-World Series loser - 24%
-League Championship losers - 12%
-Division Series losers - 3.25%
-Wild Card playoff losers - 1.5%

Each team has a players' meeting to determine how that money is divided up. So when Rickey is voting for the ball boy to get a full share, he's saying that he should get the same piece of the pie as the starting shortstop for the team in this instance.

wiki: "Just to give a sense of the amount of money a particular player might receive, members of the St. Louis Cardinals received over $362,000 for winning the World Series in 2006."

*Jews you*

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Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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The pool was $23,530,848.92

Each team in the playoffs gets a bonus based on how far they go in the playoffs... for an established guy like Rickey or Piazza that's barely a drop in the bucket, for a younger guy it could make a significant difference, and for a clubhouse attendant that amount of money could changes things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason#Postseason_bonuses

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

Rickey never ate ergo, because Rickey never been to France.

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bshelly

"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

>Rickey never ate ergo, because Rickey never been to France.

And apparently so is Orbit_Established. And when Orbit_Established
has anything in common with Rickey Hendersen, Orbit_Established is
happy.

(as an aside, his wikipedia page has me crying in tears...
....the stories)

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

>(as an aside, his wikipedia page has me crying in tears...
>....the stories)

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"This (and every, actually) conversation needs more Chesterton and less Mike Francesa." - Walleye

I am almost 100% sure he said somebody, instead of somebody's.

There is a diffeence, and if you have ever heard Rickey speak you would hear the difference.

...and if you listen hard enough I say some things - Jeezy

with the info for the wedding on the back.

I got Rickey.

Top 10 most honored I've ever been.

i still blame hip-hop.

pawz

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

and way cheaper than paying some dbag photographer to take pictures of you and the SO feeling feelings in some stupid meadow or something.

dude claimed that the rest of the guests got like, Milt Thompson and Cal Eldred commons, but he was prob just trying to make me feel good.

i still blame hip-hop.

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

It was in that back pool playing area waiting to get up on a table, he was next on the list but needed a partner.

Somehow right at that moment in walks a small group that included Rickey Henderson (think this was during his Mets base coach period) and settles into a table towards the back.

My boy seizes the moment, hollers over to him, 'Yo Rickey, wanna play some pool? I need a partner'

Rickey looks towards the back, gets up slowly, walks right up to him, eyes him up and down for a bit then just asks matter-of-factly after a long pause:

"you any good?"

"yeah, I'm pretty good"

Rickey (guessing satisfied enough by the confidence of the reply that he didn't feel he was he signing up for an L) nods, says 'alright', then wanders off to go pick out a stick.

They ran the table for the rest of the night.

does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11625438/miguel-cabrera-detroit-tigers-sign-paperwork-playoff-bonus

Completely unrelated, but I'll always bump this thread.

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQOcHduk-s

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