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I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.
Rickey Henderson
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Rickey Henderson
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 25
Baseball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Rickey Henley Henderson
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