Your Saturday Baseball Open Thread

By TheNaturalMevs on June 8, 2013

Happy Saturday everyone.

Our retro throwback picture features one of our favorite players from the era when we were growing up. What it must have been like to own “The Man of Steal” Rickey Henderson beginning in the 1980 season all the way until 1990. Especially back then when all those die hards kept the stats on paper somehow all season long and Henderson was tallying seasons of 100, 130, 108, 80, 87, 93, 77, and 65 through the decade. Rickey Henderson was the king player of AL-only leagues. Rickey Henderson broke the game back then. He had a cheat code.

Rickey was also an Oakland Athletic four different times in his career, returning three times after leaving the franchise.

Have a great Saturday all. I hope your team of choice hangs a ‘W’ for you. Thank you for your continued support of Diamond Hoggers.

And in honor of the Cardinals-Reds showdown tonight on Baseball Night in America, here’s a memory for you: