Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson ... To celebrate the Man of Steal, here are 10 mind-blowing stats about Henderson's Hall of Fame career. 1. He's the all-time stolen base king Henderson is the ...

Hey, a story needs a hook. I think Rickey paid for a year of my son’s college. With hindsight, I now think Henderson was MLB’s first Advanced Metrics Man. The new stats loved him. His wins above ...

More news: Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson Dies at 65 Henderson stole a ... and left a series of apocryphal anecdotes ...

Rickey Henderson, the greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer in Major League Baseball history whose blazing speed, ...

For many in Oakland, when you'd ask who their favorite player to watch growing up was, if they were of a certain age, the answer was always Rickey Henderson ... the incredible stats that one ...

With Rickey, though, I'm ready to be a hypocrite ... There are plenty of mind-blowing stats posted by Henderson. He led the league in steals 12 times, including when he was 39 years old.

But I think it illustrates his persona: It seemed impossible to consider that Rickey Henderson was mortal. I have two favorite statistics about Henderson, who was a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2009.

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Sure, Rickey Henderson, one of his best friends in life ... Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings. “Him having asthma, him being sick, it never stopped ...

The new stats loved him ... “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 his ...

Unlike previous generations, Henderson was unafraid to demand the high salaries he believed his play merited. "Beyond the statistics and the awards, Rickey captivated crowds with how he played the ...