May 1, 1991 Nolan Ryan threw his seventh no hitter, tipped his hat, was congratulated by his teammates, and was a humble gentleman.
The same day Ricky Henderson broke the stolen base record and promptly declared himself the “greatest of all time”
To their credit ESPN gave Nolan more coverage.
At least that is the way I remember it.
Henderson was Ryan’s 5000th strikeout.
That's the way I remember it too. My little brother was a Ricky Henderson fan, for some reason. He had all of his baseball cards. I was a Nolan Ryan fan. I remember Henderson plucking second base out of the ground and holding it over his head. Then, Ryan pitched his 7th No Hitter and not another word was wasted on RH. Brother was pooch lipped about it.
