When Harold Reynolds worked on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, he was asked who he thought the best player ever was. Instantly he said Rickey Henderson. Bill James, the father of modern stats said " If you split Henderson in half, you would have 2 Hall of Famer's." His domination of the '89 playoffs are why the A's won. Game 6 of '93 WS, his lead off walk set the table for Carter's walkoff. Quite simply...the best player ever. I've been lucky enough to meet Rickey dozens of times over the last 28 years. Every single time he went out of his way to make me feel special. My fondest memory is from 1982. I attended an Oakland A's booster club luncheon with my Dad. I was the only kid there, Rickey thought that was great and asked me if for address so he could send me some stuff. The items I received are still on display in my office. I rarely go to A's games anymore, but I long for one last time to see Rickey play. Billy Beane please due the right thing and bring Rickey back...he is the reason you have a WS ring.