Just in time for Christmas, here’s “Rickey Henderson is the Reason for the Hendersonmas Season.”  No, Rickey isn’t the son of God – although it wouldn’t shock me if he claimed he was – but he was born on Christmas, making this video clip doubly approrpiate.

Rickey Henderson is pretty easily the greatest leadoff hitter of all time, and he’s in the Hall of Fame where he deserves to be.  But really, Rickey should have his own separate wing simply for being so damn entertaining over the years.  Everyone’s got a favorite Rickey Henderson story, such as the time he told John Olerud that he used to play with another cat who wore a helmet at first base.  “Ricky, that was me!” responded Olderud.

Or when Rickey was told he could sit anywhere on the team bus since he had tenure.  “Tenure?  Ricky’s got fifteen years!”

And by the way, does the singer’s voice in the video clip sound a lot like the dude from Crash Test Dummies?  Mmm mmm mmm mmm….