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Speaking of which, let's take a look at Rickey's collection.
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When told by reporters that former Padres teammate Ken Caminiti said that 50% of all major leaguers used steroids, Henderson said: Well, Rickey's not one of them.
Henderson enters Hall as baseball's ultimate leadoff hitter 2009
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The account of Rickey's conversations with Robinson is thrilling.
Jesse Kornbluth: Jimmy Breslin's 143-page Biography Of Branch Rickey Is Much More Than A Great Book About Baseball Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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He compares Mr. Beane's innovations to Branch Rickey's creation of the modern farm system when he was running the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1920s.
Baseball After Moneyball Matthew Futterman 2011
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Rickey prevailed on the manager to let Thomas sleep on a cot in Rickey's room, where Rickey says he later found his black teammate in tears.
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When Rickey played for the A's, Rickey's teammates used performance enhancing drugs that made them almost as good as Rickey.
Dan Abramson: Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame Induction Speech 2009
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The failure of Rickey's daring plan underscored just how dearly baseball has paid for the absence of competition wrought by the anti-trust exemption.
Michael Shapiro: Why Sotomayor Couldn't Really Save Baseball 2009
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That idea, so fundamental to football's success, was Rickey's -- Hunt sat in on Continental League meetings -- and was to have been a founding tenet of his new league, had baseball had the foresight to accept it.
Michael Shapiro: Why Sotomayor Couldn't Really Save Baseball 2009
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Now if you'll excuse me, Rickey needs to go stand naked in front of a mirror and say, "Rickey's the best."
Dan Abramson: Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame Induction Speech 2009
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Rickey keeps himself in "Rickey Shape" by lifting bases over Rickey's head and chanting "Rickey's The Greatest Of All Time."
Dan Abramson: Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame Induction Speech 2009
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