July 21, 200322 yr Baseball men often will say of a washed-up player, "You couldn't trade him for a bag of balls." Technically, the Dodgers didn't trade for Rickey Henderson. But they did give up a bag of balls. The Newark Bears, an independent minor league team, were contractually obligated to release Henderson, 44, if a major league club wanted him. But when Henderson departed, the Bears made a special request of the Dodgers, asking for a shipment of balls. The Dodgers happily obliged with six dozen, establishing a new going rate for a future Hall of Famer: Approximately $130,000 -- the pro-rated portion of the minimum salary that the Dodgers will pay Henderson -- plus six dozen balls.
July 21, 200322 yr "Ricky likes the Dodgers, but Ricky thinks he's worth more than the bag of balls...what about some batting gloves? Ain't a brother at least worth a pair of gloves?" - Ricky Henderson
July 21, 200322 yr "Ricky likes the Dodgers, but Ricky thinks he's worth more than the bag of balls...what about some batting gloves? Ain't a brother at least worth a pair of gloves?" - Ricky Henderson lol
July 21, 200322 yr "Ricky likes the Dodgers, but Ricky thinks he's worth more than the bag of balls...what about some batting gloves? Ain't a brother at least worth a pair of gloves?" - Ricky Henderson lol
July 21, 200322 yr "Phlub think Ricky's a little crazy. Phlub think Ricky be lucky to even have his own bag of balls at his age." Shouldn't Ricky be sitting in a chair telling his great grandkids about how he served his country proud in the Civil War and got to meet President. Lincoln at Gettysburg? And then how he hit a home run off of Babe Ruth?
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