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Baseball Musings
March 19, 2005
For the Love of the Game

An interesting comment to this month old post today.


My brother & I had a unique opportunity to to meet & talk with Rickey Henderson for 10 minutes yesterday (3/18/05) at the Royals-Angels spring training game.

Rickey deserves a chance to play.

He said, “I tell General Managers ‘pay me the minimum salary & then I’ll donate that entire salary to whatever local high school you want me to & I’ll play for free…I already have money, I know I can play…give me a shot & forget about how old I am.”

The game needs more guys like Rickey.

The Royals could use his influence on their young hitters.


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Posted by David Pinto at 09:02 PM | All-Time Greats | TrackBack (0)
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I couldn't agree more - some other teams who could use him include the Braves, Cubs, Devil Rays, Yankees and, yes, the Giants. He' s mended well since the 2003 shoulder surgery so he could be good for a few games, especially in the early season against righty pitching - good article!

Posted by: frank schilling at March 23, 2005 01:16 PM
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