
Howard Bryant on baseball legend Rickey Henderson
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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Those Are the Things That Rickie Had to Deal With Early on in His Career
Ricky henderson embodied a lot of the same issues that so many people deal with. He kept his inner circle close, without feeling like im being taken advantage of. Nobody would look at rickie and think he's not straight oakland. His best friends were the kids he grew up with. That's unique for black athletes who are counselled to separate themselves from their communities when they get to the big leagues.
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