When I was a little-leaguer, I was sort of famous for stealing bases - and it started only … - Rickey Henderson

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Rickey Henderson

When I was a little-leaguer, I was sort of famous for stealing bases - and it started only because my mom wanted to be sure where I was in the afternoons. Mom always used to say, "If you don't come home dirty, you didn't play a baseball game. " So I always tried to get in a situation where I had to slide so that I could go home dirty.

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