Topic: Rickey Henderson
In the history of Major League Baseball , many players from New York to Los Angeles have stood in the batters box to prove their worth. Any discussion of baseball's greatest hitters has to start with George Herman "Babe" Ruth. Known as ...
Perhaps one of the most underrated baseball players of all-time, Rickey Henderson changed the game every time he stepped onto the field. While most fans love to see the home run hitters, players like Rickey Henderson kept the fans in their seats ...
When you tell me something I didn't already know, I'll be surprised, Canseco told ESPN. After the groundbreaking news came through in ripples through the baseball and sporting world, surprising many and leaving others in disbelief, Jose Canseco didn't even have to ...
When it comes to detrmining the greatest base stealers of all time in Major League Baseball (MLB) there are three schools of thought. Rickey Henderson is almost universally accepted as the single greatest base stealer of all time. Henderson takes the edge ...
Who would win if the 1975 Reds played the 1927 Yankees? Whatif sports is kind of like the place sports junkies o to die, or be reborn depending on how you look at it. With only $60 million dollars to round out ...
The Oakland Athletics baseball franchise has been in existence since 1968. When referring to the Oakland Athletics, the best players in their franchise history include Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Rickey Henderson, and Dennis Eckersley. Rollie Fingers was a relief pitcher with ...
The 1989 baseball season ended with disaster. on October 17 in San Francisco's Candlestick Park -- just a half-hour before game three of the 1989 World Series -- fans and players felt a vibration. And in December, Billy Martin was killed in ...
Nolan Ryan got his 4,000th strikeout, Rod Carew collected his 3,000th hit, and Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro each earned their 300th victory (Seaver and Carew accomplished their feats on the same day). Dividing his 1985 season between the Indians and the ...
The Atlanta Braves were the talk of the early 1982 baseball season, when they won their first 13 games. Dave Kingman led the National League in homers with 37 while driving in 99 runs and batting an anemic .204. The 1982 baseball ...
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson praises McGwire for acknowledging steroids useHall of Famer Rickey Henderson said on Friday that former teammate Mark McGwire is better for admitting earlier this year that he used steroids during his major league career.Henderson and McGwire were ...