the almost daily dodger - rickey henderson

i originally planned and wrote this post a couple of weeks before today, obviously not knowing that rickey henderson would pass away prior to its posting. 2024 has been a rough year for players that i followed closely as a young baseball fan, and henderson's death is still very surreal to me. 

it's still weird to me that rickey henderson played for the dodgers. however, it happened and like hoyt wilhelm and juan marichal before him, los angeles was his final stop before cooperstown. several months ago i picked up this 2005 playoff prestige prestigious pros blue parallel card

that features rickey as a dodger. his dodger cards seem to be fairly popular with collectors i've noticed, so i was pleased to find this one for cheap. the card is numbered to 900, which is a lot compared to this next one.

this is one of two 2004 playoff prime cuts rickey cards that i picked up twenty years ago

i'm showing it here because it is a true rickey henderson birthday card, numbered 12/25

for the christmas kid.

today would have been henderson's 66th birthday, but instead we are left to mourn the former dodger and remember how much of a revolutionary player he was. i am glad to have seen him play in person and been able to have followed his entire career. rest in peace, rickey.