Rickey! Rickey! Read All About Him!

These are artilces I have found about Rickey while surfing the net. Some are actual features, some are game recaps, and still others are articles that are not just about Rickey, but may mention him or pertain to him. I have written a couple of them, but the rest are copyrighted by the original author and have been credited as so.

There are about 18,000 articles about Rickey and his situation with the Mets and the Mariners. I have seperated them by day as to save me some work. Meaning, some of these links may contain more than one article.

A's All-Century Team - A's name All-Century Team, Rickey Henderson A's Player of the Century.

Bad Rep Not True? - Is Rickey's bad rep deserved or not.

Rickey Starts With A Bang - Rickey starts out his Mariner carreer with a bang.

Rickey Brings Swagger - Rickey brings some swagger to a potent Mariner line-up.

Rickey Ready to Go - Rickey is ready to start again in Seattle for the hated Mariners. Go A's!!!

Henderson Sure to Find a Home - Where will Rickey end up? Again, I think it just might be Seattle.

Not His Kind of Town - The Mets say goodbye after a rocky start of the season.

End of the Road? - Will he stay in New York or not? My prediction: he will end up in Seattle. Just a guess.

Rickey the Remarkable - George Will writes about why Rickey might be the greatest player in the last 25 years. And no, I did not mis-spell Rickey's name in the article, Newsweek actually did.

Mets Hopes Rest with Rickey - (4-14-00) Jayson Stark, senior writer at ESPN.com talks about why the Mets need Rickey in their lineup as well as in the game.

Will He Play? - (4-2-00) Prior to the Japan series there was question as to whether Rickey would play or even be on the Mets.

Trade talks follow Mets' Henderson to Tokyo - (3-26-00) - Will Rickey stay a Met? Does Rickey want to be a Met? The saga continues.

Henderson and Cedeno run past D-Rays - (7-17-99) Rickey Henderson and Rodger Cedeno steal 5 bases and pace the red-hot Mets past the Devil Rays.

Tomko Gives Up 5 of Mets' 6 Homers in 11-3 Rout -(6-15-99) Game story about Rickey's second 2-homer day of the 1999 season, this time off of Brett Tomko of the Reds. Tomko was sent down the next day.

Henderson Homers Twice for Mets - (4-7-99) Two game stories of Mets 6-0 win over the Marlins in which Rickey went yard twice.

Rickey: Spring's Not My Thing - (3-17-99) Rickey talks about his lack of production during spring training. Hey, at least they're still not talking about him showing up on time. NOTE: He has reported early the last couple of seasons.

Rickey Refuses to Forget His Roots - (3-7-99) Piece showing that Rickey is passing along what he knows to his new Mets teammates.

Rickey Steals Hearts - (1-27-99) Roger Cedeno talks about idolizing Rickey as he grew up and now being a teammate.

The Man vs. Teddy Ballgame - (1-14-99) An article from ESPN comparing the greatest leftfielders of all-time. It compares Rickey, Ted Williams, Stan Musial and Barry Bonds.

Mets Festejan Llegada de Henderson - (12-99) For you spanish speakers out there, a article about Rickey signing with the Mets ... I think.

Retirement is Not an Option - (12-10-98) Story touting Rickey's prowess on the diamond. Interesting comments about Rickey by Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn and Mike Blowers.

Henderson Agrees to Deal with New York - (12-13-98) AP story reporting Rickey's signing with the Mets.(Of interest: mentions other teams that were interested in him as well.)

Henderson Still Has It - (7-29-98) Another good article about Rickey's influence on a young A's squad.

Rickey Henderson Still Crazy with Drive... - (6-16-98) Good article from 1998 season about Rickey's influence his young A's teammates and his desire to keep playing the game.

Art of the Steal - (6-10-98) Good piece about how stealing bases has changed over the years. Alex Rodriguez, Tim Raines, Eric Davis and Tom Goodwin talk about Rickey's accomplishemnts.

He Stands Alone - Statistical look at Rickey's stolen base record. Compares it to other career records throughout the history of the game.

Rickey Past His Prime, but Still Prime - Comparing Rickey's season at age 39 to other all-time greats as they finish their careers.

Rickey Henderson v. Tim Raines - A matchup of the two best lead-off batters of the 80's. Go ahead and guess who wins.

Ripken and Henderson - Not a real complimentary article about Rickey. Tony LaRussa actually has the gale to say Rickey "is not a great player." Tony, see that one and only World Series ring you have, it should have Rickey's name all over it you idiot!!!

Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing: A Statistical Study - (8-2-97) A REALLY in-depth study of Rickey's forte by a member of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of South Carolin-Aiken.

Base-Stealer Worshipped Henderson in Teen Years - (7-26-95) Tom Goodwin talks about his admiration for Rickey as he was growing up.

Henderson Lives Large in Big Games - (10-2-96) Playoff article, Padres at St. Louis. Rickey went yard to account for the Pads lone run in this one. Todd Stottlmyre and Bruce Bochy comment.

Conversation with Rickey Henderson - (early '96) Partial transcript of one of Rickey's visits to ESPN's UpClose show with then host Chris Myers. Talks about going to the National League after first signing with the Padres.