When I was an 11-year-old kid with skinned knees, tube socks and a Huffy bike, the Oakland A’s occupied about 90% of my thoughts: who was pitching that day, who was batting .300, and above all else, ...

If you could name one player in the history of baseball who was the Platonic ideal of a leadoff hitter, who would you name? Rickey. Even today, 21 years after Rickey Henderson's last big league ...

The Kansas City Royals are rolling, and it's due in large part to the new tone that's been set at the top of their lineup. Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, who arrived in a July 31 trade with the San ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rickey ...

Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in Athletics franchise history and 2009 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday at 65, NBC Sports California confirmed. MLB's all-time leader ...