His snatch catch was so cool. Rickey Henderson would take a routine fly ball, usually one of baseball’s most yawn-inducing endeavors, and turn it into a showcase. A flex. Of his elite hand-eye coordination.

Baseball's all-time stolen base leader was truly multi-dimensional. I remember meeting Rickey Henderson. Back in 1992, as a 15-year-old, starstruck, and baseball-obsessed kid, I was fortunate to have had a job as a batboy for the Toronto Blue Jays.