· a quick forensic search came upon the fact the $ 1 million they couldnt reconcile was the $ 1 million they had paid rickey for signing, because rickey hadnt cashed rickey s check and instead had framed it and hung it in rickeys front room. Overwhelmed with pride and excitement, the baseball legend decided to frame the check and hang it on his wall rather than cashing it in. A few months later, the accounting department calls him asking him to cash the check …. it was messing up the bookkeeping by having a $ 1 million check out there. “i said [the check ] was on my wall. ” rickey determined as a kid that when he became a millionaire, he’d frame the check. · henderson later confirmed what his response was: · as fans attempt to keep rickey henderson s memory alive, the story of the man of steal framing his $ 1 million check from the as instead of cashing it began to resurface. · the oakland athletics once gave henderson a $ 1 million bonus check. This video recounts the hilarious true story of mlb legend rickey henderson , who famously framed his $ 1 million signing bonus check instead of cashing it. · to reward his performance over those first few years, just before the start of the 1982 season the oakland as gave rickey a $ 1 million signing bonus. Thats equal to $3. 3 million today. · two great rickey henderson stories that involve $$$ - the yankees gave him $ 1 million signing bonus and he framed the check.
