20 Years Ago: Nolan Ryan's 5,000th Strikeout

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Rickey Henderson is the answer to the trivia question...
Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning News points us in the direction of the night's game story... Merle Harmon and Norm Hitzges were your play-by-play and color from Arlington Stadium...

Just Rickey Being Rickey

We know that both Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson are now headed to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Those of us here at OSG HQ debated how to properly cover the historic event... do we actually vent our spleen over the fact that Bert Blyleven was passed over AGAIN?

Or do we give the day its proper due...

We chose the latter...
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And this one from his Toronto days doing what he does best...
Promote... Sho 'nuff, Bob... from 1993...