Remembering Rickey Henderson, who was even better than he said he was
It was a common sentiment, and it was true: Rickey Henderson understood the lessons of American capitalism better than his ...
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Rickey Henderson dies: MLB stars, sports world react to death of Hall of Fame leadoff hitter, base stealer
Longtime MLB manager Buck Showalter said Henderson was "one of a kind." "I played against Rickey when he was with Jersey City in the Eastern League in 1978. He batted .310 but didn't hit a home ...
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Placing Rickey Henderson, The Hitter, Into Proper Historical Context
and Henderson had more power than both. Morgan was a comparable player, but didn’t hit leadoff all that much. Where might Rickey fit in among the redwoods who populate the top of alltime Best ...
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Rickey Henderson's lifelong friend Dave Stewart 'can't wrap my head around' death
Henderson hit .474 in the World Series, but the MVP went to Stewart, who went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in the four-game sweep. “When I won the MVP," Stewart said, laughing, “Rickey kept saying the ...
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Rickey Henderson’s iconic career came with memorable seasons for Yankees and Mets: ‘Best player I ever played with’
“Rickey Henderson was a dream to hit behind as [a] teammate and a nightmare for a catcher as an opponent. He was one of the most generous, hysterical and gracious human beings,” Mike Piazza ...
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10 mind-blowing Rickey Henderson statistics from Hall of Fame career: Stolen bases, leadoff home runs and more
That makes Rickey the all-time leader in unintentional ... have since matched the feat. Henderson hit his final big league home run on July 20, 2003. Naturally, it was a leadoff homer.
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Rickey Henderson was a nuisance and a showman and a baseball marvel
He also hit .315 when he was 40 ... “You don’t have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.” Everything about Henderson on a baseball field, every gesture, seemed designed to irritate ...
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Rickey Henderson, Hall of Famer and MLB’s all-time stolen base leader, dead at 65
Rickey Henderson, who forged a Hall of Fame career as the game’s stolen-base king, has died, MLB confirmed on Saturday after reports of his passing began to circulate. He was 65. TMZ reported ...
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Rickey Henderson, the greatest Oakland A’s player of all time, has died at age 65
In what turned out to be his final game in the majors, Henderson pinch hit against the Giants and scored a run after being hit with a pitch thrown by reliever Jason Christiansen. Rickey being ...
Memorial for A's legend Rickey Henderson scheduled for Feb. 1 in Oakland
A memorial for Athletics legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is set to take place in Oakland next month, the ...
Athletics reveal patch to commemorate inaugural season in Sacramento, another to honor Rickey Henderson
The Athletics revealed that they will be wearing two patches, one to honor Rickey Henderson and another to commemorate the ...
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Remembering Rickey Henderson, who was even better than he said he was
Rickey followed it up with a World Series in which he hit .474 as the A's swept the San Francisco Giants. At the end of his career, Henderson had scored more runs, stolen more bases, hit more home ...