Rickey

pwdennis · 09-26-2002, 09:18 PM

Did anyone notice ?

Rickey's recent cold spell has dropped his career batting average below .280

Rickey started the season with career averages of
BA .280 OBP .402 SLG .420

He is now at .279 / .402 / .419

If Rickey keeps playing, Barry Bonds will have passed him in BB and Runs BEFORE Rickey can be enshrined in Cooperstown.

.279 was Ralph Kiner's lifetime BA. Kiner, who gets surprisingly little respect , had an OBP of .398 and SLG .548

In other words, the longer Rickey persists in playing, the more ordinary his career non-counting stats will look

LET'S HANG IT UP RICKEY BEFORE PEOPLE FORGET WHAT A GREAT PLAYER YOU WERE

JamesI · 09-26-2002, 09:31 PM

Rickey is great, but he's not the same Rickey that he was a few years ago. He should retire, and move on.
A lot of players hold on too long and their percentage stats pay the price. Rickey is one of them. What more does he need to do in his career?

SmedIndy · 09-26-2002, 09:49 PM

You know a .402 OBP and .419 SLG still ain't hay. Even if they dip a little bit, everyone will remember Rickey. His legacy is not in question.

Everyone remembers Joe Morgan. No one remembers his painful last few years.

VNV Nation · 09-26-2002, 10:01 PM

Rickey has always had an interest not just in breaking records, but obliterating them.

I would have liked to have seen him hang it up years ago. It would have been nice if he bowed out gracefully after his big year with the Mets, leaving some meaty ratios at the bottom of his line. Some sports are conducive to hanging on; in hockey you can go from being a superstar to a checking center and not embarrass yourself. Baseball isn't one of those sports.

Max Power · 09-26-2002, 10:06 PM

<fortune cookie fact> Those who think Rickey cares about his career numbers forget that the man probably can't count. </fcf>

LeGrandOrange · 09-26-2002, 10:34 PM

I'm convinced that Rickey Henderson will play until they have to use the Jaws of Life to remove Rickey's jersey. I used to think that the day Rickey wasn't a top 10'er in steals was the day Rickey'd hang 'em up, but now I think Rickey's going to play forever...so baby remember his name.

Although if Rickey plays too long, people will see him and cry...

Rickey's truly playing for love of the game. And if Rickey wants to play until he's got a cane, you can't stop Rickey.
Besides, I want to see Rickey keep playing, these posts in Rickey-speak are fun.

And Rickey's still one of my all-time favorites, so that's worth something.

09-26-2002, 10:42 PM

I believe Henderson has said that he'll play until they rip the uniform off his back. He loves the game... I'm sure he feels that he's already left his legacy as the greatest leadoff hitter of all-time, no matter what his career numbers end up as. And I agree, and I hope he plays another 5 years! He is my favorite all-time player.

JamesI · 09-26-2002, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LeGrandOrange

Rickey's truly playing for love of the game. And if Rickey wants to play until he's got a cane, you can't stop Rickey.

Rickey with a cane will probably still have a good OBA and above average steals.

LeGrandOrange · 09-26-2002, 11:35 PM

Exactly. I knew I should've put that in my post.

Rickey with a cane is still a lot faster then 90% of the players in major league baseball.

tortured angel · 09-27-2002, 02:53 AM

Is Rickey still playing?

spitball · 09-27-2002, 09:07 AM

Let's see now...there's Raffy Palmeiro shilling Viagra.
Rickey can do ads for " Oops, I Crapped My Pants".
" How does Rickey know they work? Cause Rickey just did."

KCBOOMER · 09-27-2002, 11:57 AM

Rickey should have hung them up years ago.

Skip · 09-27-2002, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LeGrandOrange
Rickey's truly playing for love of the game. And if Rickey wants to play until he's got a cane, you can't stop Rickey.

Aw Rickey, you're so fine, ....

nyyfanfrombirth · 09-27-2002, 01:59 PM

Does anybody know anything about Rickey's family life? Doesn't Rickey have anybody Rickey wants to spend time with -- besides the obvious (Rickey)?

Max Power · 09-27-2002, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nyyfanfrombirth
Does anybody know anything about Rickey's family life? Doesn't Rickey have anybody Rickey wants to spend time with -- besides the obvious (Rickey)?

He's got a few daughters, I believe. And, has been quoted that he wants to be a farmer when he hangs them up --- not sure if he was kidding on that or not?

09-26-2002, 09:18 PM	#1
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	Rickey Did anyone notice ? Rickey's recent cold spell has dropped his career batting average below .280 Rickey started the season with career averages of BA .280 OBP .402 SLG .420 He is now at .279 / .402 / .419 If Rickey keeps playing, Barry Bonds will have passed him in BB and Runs BEFORE Rickey can be enshrined in Cooperstown. .279 was Ralph Kiner's lifetime BA. Kiner, who gets surprisingly little respect , had an OBP of .398 and SLG .548 In other words, the longer Rickey persists in playing, the more ordinary his career non-counting stats will look LET'S HANG IT UP RICKEY BEFORE PEOPLE FORGET WHAT A GREAT PLAYER YOU WERE __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

09-26-2002, 10:06 PM	#5
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	<fortune cookie fact> Those who think Rickey cares about his career numbers forget that the man probably can't count. </fcf> __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

09-27-2002, 11:57 AM	#12
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Rickey should have hung them up years ago. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

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nyyfanfrombirth All-NetShrine Team Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York State Posts: 340	Does anybody know anything about Rickey's family life? Doesn't Rickey have anybody Rickey wants to spend time with -- besides the obvious (Rickey)? __________________ "Gazizza."

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09-26-2002, 09:31 PM	#2
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	Rickey is great, but he's not the same Rickey that he was a few years ago. He should retire, and move on. A lot of players hold on too long and their percentage stats pay the price. Rickey is one of them. What more does he need to do in his career?

09-26-2002, 09:49 PM	#3
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	You know a .402 OBP and .419 SLG still ain't hay. Even if they dip a little bit, everyone will remember Rickey. His legacy is not in question. Everyone remembers Joe Morgan. No one remembers his painful last few years.

09-26-2002, 10:01 PM	#4
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Rickey has always had an interest not just in breaking records, but obliterating them. I would have liked to have seen him hang it up years ago. It would have been nice if he bowed out gracefully after his big year with the Mets, leaving some meaty ratios at the bottom of his line. Some sports are conducive to hanging on; in hockey you can go from being a superstar to a checking center and not embarrass yourself. Baseball isn't one of those sports.

09-26-2002, 10:34 PM	#6
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	I'm convinced that Rickey Henderson will play until they have to use the Jaws of Life to remove Rickey's jersey. I used to think that the day Rickey wasn't a top 10'er in steals was the day Rickey'd hang 'em up, but now I think Rickey's going to play forever...so baby remember his name. Although if Rickey plays too long, people will see him and cry... Rickey's truly playing for love of the game. And if Rickey wants to play until he's got a cane, you can't stop Rickey. Besides, I want to see Rickey keep playing, these posts in Rickey-speak are fun. And Rickey's still one of my all-time favorites, so that's worth something.

09-26-2002, 10:42 PM	#7
Sound2TheBay Posts: n/a	I believe Henderson has said that he'll play until they rip the uniform off his back. He loves the game... I'm sure he feels that he's already left his legacy as the greatest leadoff hitter of all-time, no matter what his career numbers end up as. And I agree, and I hope he plays another 5 years! He is my favorite all-time player.

09-26-2002, 11:35 PM	#9
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Exactly. I knew I should've put that in my post. Rickey with a cane is still a lot faster then 90% of the players in major league baseball.

09-27-2002, 02:53 AM	#10
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	Is Rickey still playing?

09-27-2002, 09:07 AM	#11
spitball Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Studio City, Ca. Posts: 1,751	Let's see now...there's Raffy Palmeiro shilling Viagra. Rickey can do ads for " Oops, I Crapped My Pants". " How does Rickey know they work? Cause Rickey just did."

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