In the early 80's I had three players who could be counted as idols: Reggie Jackson being the main one, followed by Dale Murphy-WTBS, anyone? and Rickey Henderson. The only reason I would go to A's games was to see Rickey and usually I was rewarded with a couple of stolen bases a game. This is the Rickey of his return to Oakland in 1989 and his MVP season after his stay in New York. How did he not get the 1985 American League MVP has been something of a mystery. Yes, Mattingly did have that scary number of RBI's but the only reason he had them was because Rickey was constantly on base. If there wasn't a Mattingly Rickey would still have found a way to score including stealing home.
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