OAKLAND – The torch was passed from Willie Mays to the Hall of Fame baseball player of choice. My choice was Rickey Henderson. Mays laid claim to the title, with barely a murmur of dispute, for more ...

One of the first big baseball moments I can remember from my childhood is when Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock's all-time stolen base record in 1991. I remember seeing the highlights of Henderson ...

Before he was a somebody, Rickey Henderson was already a constituency of one. Professional athletes are a different species, world-class talents whose sense of self and possibility do not often fit ...

His snatch catch was so cool. Rickey Henderson would take a routine fly ball, usually one of baseball’s most yawn-inducing endeavors, and turn it into a showcase. A flex. Of his elite hand-eye ...

This was 1999, when the Yankees and Mets were preparing for a mid-summer Subway Series. The rivalry was still a year away from a World Series showdown, but the tension between the two franchises was ...

Late in Rickey Henderson's career, hisSeattle Mariners teammate Mike Cameron would reach for the bus microphone as the team lumbered from airports to hotels, and he read aloud some of the recent ...