Rickey Henderson, who died Friday at 65 ... The news that Rickey passed away Friday, confirmed by NBC Sports California, hit like a sledgehammer to the gut. He’s so fit. So vivid.

It was a common sentiment, and it was true: Rickey Henderson understood the lessons of American capitalism better than his ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A memorial for Athletics legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is set to take place in Oakland next month, the ...

On May 1, 1991, Rickey Henderson reached the mountaintop ... That followed an epic run in October 1989 — Henderson hit .441/.568/.941 with 11 steals in nine postseason games — that culminated ...

Rickey Henderson dives back to first plate in the ... “He batted .310 but didn’t hit a home run in 133 games. People don’t realize how dedicated he was to being the best he could be.

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 ...