The Sunday Funnies

Rickey Henderson, the subject of perhaps more funny stories than anybody since Dizzy Dean, was born on Christmas. Since this is Christmas week, a Rickey story...

The Mets were staying in a hotel less than a mile from Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. While some players walked to the stadium, most took the team bus. A few minutes after they arrived — again it was less than a mile – the last players off the bus noticed a stretched limo that had just pulled up.

Of course, Rickey emerged from the back seat.