[sports] Rickey passes Cobb, becomes all-time runs leader

[eSDee]

Just wanted to make a thread in honor of the great Rickey Henderson, who yesterday set the all time run record at home in San Diego. I was lucky enough to see it happen live, and I have to admit I was getting a little choked up. If you know anything about baseball you know that Rickey is quite a character. He likes to refer to himself in the 3rd person. Like, "Rickey don't like going out on the field after its rainin'. Rickey's cleats always get messed up..." :)

Anyways, cheers to you Mr. Henderson. Thanks for making yesterday a very special day for me, and 22,000 other San Diego fans.

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[attgig]

and to top it off, he slid into home....(he said he would slide into home on his record breaking run a while ago).

Now if he'll just get 2 more hits (3000 club), he can finally retire! :)

[YanksFanRy]

Rickey is pretty damn good.

So is Barry gonna hit 71? Certainly is possible...