Rickey Henderson Throwback Oakland A's Jerseys and Biography
Rickey Henderson was one of those throwback players that you don't see in today's baseball. This old style retro Rickey Henderson throwback jersey is made by Majestic Athletic Sports Apparel, and officially licensed by MLB.
Rickey Henderson Biography
Rickey Henderson didn't just tip toe into Major League Baseball, he broke into the MLB running at full speed. In Rickey Henderson's rookie season with the Oakland A's in 1980 he had 100 stolen bases, breaking a long standing record held by Ty Cobb (96 stolen bases). Rickey didn't slow down in the following years either. Two years later he stole 130 bases shattering Lou Brocks MLB record.
When he first came in to the league the "so called" experts thought that his head first slides when he was stealing a base would slow him down. His reckless style of stealing bases did take it's toll. Henderson suffered many injuries that occurred while raising havoc on the bases. Henderson had jammed fingers, bruised wrists, scraped arms, and separated shoulders.
The experts thought that Rickey Henderson's would slow down after suffering so many injuries on the base paths, but Henderson's love of stealing bases never diminished. He kept stealing bases fearlessly and launching himself into harms way. For the next 12 baseball seasons he led the league in stolen bases 11 times! With each stolen base he crept closer to Lou Brock's record.
Rickey Henderson had his chance to dive into the record books in a game against the New York Yankees on May 1, 1991. As Henderson tool his lead off of second base he faked a steal of third base. As he slowly walked back to second he fooled the pitcher into thinking that he wouldn't steal. Henderson then bolted towards third base and launched himself into one of his infamous head first dives and slid in safely. The all time stolen base record was his! He lifted the bag out of the ground and hoisted it over his head in a triumphant manner. After the baseball game Henderson announced to the world that he was the greatest stolen base artist ever. Who could argue with him?
Rickey Henderson Timeline Biography
Born : December 25th, 1958
Age 13 : His Godmother used to give him a quarter for every time he would steal a base in his little league baseball games.
Age 17 : Played football, basketball, and baseball in college. Received two dozen scholarship offers to play football, but signs to play baseball with the Oakland A's.
Age 20 : Called up to the Oakland Athletics halfway through the season.
1980 : Breaks Ty Cobb's single season record for stolen bases.
1989 : Steals 8 bases to set an AL Championship series record.
1991 : Broke Lou Brok's career stolen bases record.
1993 : Wins the World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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