Ricky Henderson and his iconic head first slide.
Growing up in South Florida during the eighties was not pleasant, if you were a baseball fan. Every now and again you would catch MLB games on regular television. ESPN was the best source to see games from around the league. Luckily for me, we were able to get TBS with our local cable service.
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Having a craving to watch and play baseball everyday was a common occurrence. TBS was the flag station for the Atlanta Braves. Sure, they have been a great team for awhile, but back then, they literally stunk. I remember games where there was only like 3,000 people in the stands. That didn’t deter me though. Watching them everyday, I quickly became a huge Dale Murphy fan.
Watching a lot of baseball had it’s perks though. It wasn’t long before I started to learn about other players on other teams. It was Rickey Henderson that caught my eye. It wasn’t because he could demolish the ball, it was because he was the fastest person I ever saw. It wasn’t just because he stole bases, he had a killer head first slide. When I saw him slide head first, I knew that was what I was going to learn next. Sure enough, I did and stealing bases became a lot more easy.
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