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Howard Bryant on baseball legend Rickey Henderson

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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The Rare Baseball Player Who Could Affect the Action

Rickye was the rare baseball player who felt like he could control a game. It's very rare for anyone else to feel like they really matter on the field throughout a game. If if clayton kershaw is your best player, he's only on the field 20 % of the entire season. And if ricky henderson is your best players, and it's two outs in the bottom of the ninth of the world series and game seven, then rickye's a spectator. Like everybody else in baseball. You have to wait your turn, and you have to watch. He did believe that he was the kind of player who could always affect the action even when he

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