Honoring Rickey Henderson: The best photos and quotes

So Rickey Henderson is being inducted into the Hall of Fame today and I'm thinking that I'm finally over feeling old while seeing one of the players from my childhood receive such an honor. I suppose guys like Ryne, Tony, Cal and Wade are to thank for that. But there's also an obvious benefit to having been conscious for all or even most of a Hall of Famers career. When you're watching an exalted one deliver his speech on the great lawn in Cooperstown, you understand the reasons they're standing on the dais so much more. The days of forming an appreciation by pairing stat lines with what I've read and been told by older fans are long gone; these days I enjoy the ceremonies in high definition. And with Rickey, was there ever a player who fit the high-definition description before we knew there was even such a thing? I can't lay claim to ever being the biggest Rickey Henderson fan, but there were few players who captured my imagination more. Remember how y...