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TIL Baseball player Rickey Henderson referred to himself in third person. Reporter Tom Verducci claimed that during one off-season, Henderson called Padres general manager Kevin Towers and left this message: "Kevin, this is Rickey. Calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball."

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