That’s Just Rickey Being Rickey

We love baseball here at the ‘bowl. Which is why we have sympathy for baseball beat reporters this time of year. The excruciating two-month game of foreplay known as Spring Training is almost over — the season still a week away. So for a writer, this last week has gotta be beyond tedious to cover, right? Enter a spacey, 47-year-old future hall-of-famer whose verbal flow is permanently stuck in third person. Who says Rickey could play another “five, six years.” Who says teams are afraid to let Rickey try out because they’re afraid Rickey’d make the team. Who is working temporarily as a baserunning coach for the New York Mets so Rickey can get a glove. Who says Rickey talks in the “third party” on purpose. Rickey. Rickey Henderson.

Now you’ve got a story.

Life on Planet Rickey [Yahoo! Sports]

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