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The celebration of life for the legendary leadoff man was an exhilarating affair: "He was a legend here in Oakland, California." ...

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"Going to the games, watching him steal a base was just amazing ... If you were to ask me, who's my favorite baseball player, it's Rickey Henderson...all day, all day." But Henderson did much ...

steal second and third and score on a weak ground ball. We called them Rickey Runs." Cameron had always been a base stealer in his rise to the majors and felt he understood the art, but Henderson ...

“He’d get on base, steal it. The one thing I said ... retired by the franchise as it relocates from Oakland (and “Rickey Henderson Field”) to Sacramento this year before an eventual ...

The late Rickey Henderson holds the record with 1,406 stolen bases. Lofton, who stole seven bases in 10 attempts with the Yankees in 2004, elaborated further on why he thinks he could steal 100 ...