Word: rickey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...busy for him, even at this hour. A thin man with a bad crossbite is drinking black coffee and waiting for a blueberry muffin, another guy with a German accent is hunched over a plate of fried eggs and toast, and a third customer is sipping at a lime rickey and watching his raw hamburger patty start to smolder. That's close to capacity for The Tasty--only three or four stools around the tiny counter are empty. But that Kennedy St. counter, sandwiched between Varsity Liquor and the Wursthaus, is the only restaurant in the Square that does business...
...counterman goes to a sink by the pay phone to wash his hands, and the man with the crossbite drinks down the rest of his cup. It is now 4:15--time to leave the Tasty--so the other customer finishes off his lime rickey, pays his bill, and walks out the door...
Whiteyball means leading the majors, with the exception of the Rickey Henderson A's, in stolen bases, successfully employing the squeeze play almost two dozen times, and always sending the man home from third it also means third string catcher Glenn Brummer stealing home with two outs in the bottom of the twelfth and speedy Tommy Herr scoring from second on an infield...
...balloons, the player still hangs out in "Henderson Heights," a 50-seat block of outfield seats he buys for underprivileged kids. Sometimes during games, Centerfielder Dwayne Murphy must tug him back on the field from autograph signing. "I get bored," Henderson admits. Says his former roommate, Pitcher Mike Norris: "Rickey is cocky, but conceit hasn...
Henderson's record-breaker Friday night in Milwaukee was typically audacious. In the third inning, he broke for second and barely slid under the tag. Afterward, Brock and American League President Lee MacPhail presented him with the base. Said Brock: "Rickey, you've carved yourself a niche in baseball history." Stolen the niche would be more like...