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[dayan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2865084

Henderson, who caught a foul ball on Monday at AT&T Park, where he was watching the Mets play the Giants, kept the ball instead of handing it to a young fan

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[grubi]

It's all part of his Rickey Henderson... osity.

[crazyasitsounds]

He probably thinks it's exciting to be a fan & catch a foul ball, the same way the rest of us would think it was exciting to hold the all-time record for stolen bases & runs scored.

[dayan]

Totally. I mean, if I found a Hall of Fame plaque on the street with my name on it, I certainly wouldn't hand it over to some little snot-nosed kid.

As an aside: So Rickey's playing for the Sox in 2002, and a few people walking ahead of me on Boylston St spot him, stop him and say hello. Somehow I get drawn into the conversation long enough to hear the following nugget:

"Yeah, Rickey'll take a picture with y'all!"

I love Rickey Henderson.