Why does Bruce not want to tell the team about his condition/why does he only tell Henry?
I think that Bruce doesn't want to burden the team with his condition. I bet that he feels he would be treated differently by the players and that they would be awkward around him, knowing that he doesn't have much time left. Bruce might want everyone to treat him normally, not be pampered, and live the rest of his life like he lived the rest of it. Perhaps, if everyone knew about it and it was always on their minds, it would make Bruce think about it more than he wanted and it would freak him (or anyone) out to be constantly be thinking about the end of life. If anything, being treated normally could help keep his mind off of it.
At the same time, he probably felt that he needed to tell someone. To have a secret that important buried deep inside would eat away at almost anyone, and Bruce probably felt he could confide in Henry. In a similar situation, I would more than definitely want at least one person that I could talk to, and Bruce found this person in Henry.
Your theory makes sense to me. Are you enjoying the baseball parts of this? In some ways, the team scenes seem a little old fashioned, but I also suspect that a lot of it is the same today (though with slightly bigger egos and much bigger paychecks).
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