Post by Fish Troll on Mar 13, 2007 19:53:14 GMT -5
Rickey Henderson arrived in camp yesterday for a 10-day stint as a baserunning instructor. Looking fit as always at 48, baseball's all-time stolen base king was asked if he's officially retired yet.
"I don't know what retirement is," he said. "They keep saying, 'You're retired, Rickey.' They won't let me play. This year probably I'll announce that maybe I'm retired . . . Unless somebody says, 'Hey, let me see, can you go out there and play?' "
Henderson is probably the only person who will still hold out the hope of playing again while he's making his induction speech for the Hall of Fame. Henderson last played in the majors in 2003, meaning he'll be eligible for the Hall in 2009.
THE QUOTE
"I'm hoping maybe he'll challenge my record. He's the most likely, in my eyes."
- Rickey Henderson on Jose Reyes.
THE NUMBER
130 Henderson's single-season stolen base record, set in 1982. Reyes' high is 64, set in 2006.
"I don't know what retirement is," he said. "They keep saying, 'You're retired, Rickey.' They won't let me play. This year probably I'll announce that maybe I'm retired . . . Unless somebody says, 'Hey, let me see, can you go out there and play?' "
Henderson is probably the only person who will still hold out the hope of playing again while he's making his induction speech for the Hall of Fame. Henderson last played in the majors in 2003, meaning he'll be eligible for the Hall in 2009.
THE QUOTE
"I'm hoping maybe he'll challenge my record. He's the most likely, in my eyes."
- Rickey Henderson on Jose Reyes.
THE NUMBER
130 Henderson's single-season stolen base record, set in 1982. Reyes' high is 64, set in 2006.
