OAKLAND — The life of Rickey Henderson was saluted Saturday at the ... Payton said as he stood at the podium and pointed back to a picture of Henderson hoisting his 939th stolen base, “That man, right ...

OAKLAND — The life of Rickey Henderson was saluted Saturday ... the podium and pointed back to a picture of Henderson hoisting his 939th stolen base, “That man, right there, is Oakland.” ...

Rickey Henderson was celebrated by former teammates, executives, friends and fans at the arena next to the Oakland Coliseum where he played for so many years and, later, had a field named for him.

So, I had to be here to pay my respects for Rickey." Henderson stole his way into baseball immortality with a stolen base record of 1,406. Many believe it's a record that will never be broken.

‘Rickey needs a new contract.’” From that gloriously bottomless well of tales, the stories kept flowing Saturday at Henderson’s celebration of life. Baseball’s all-time stolen base ...

"Walk him, hit him, let him get on first base [in front of Henderson] because it just wasn't fair when Rickey got on first and no one was on in front of him. It wasn't fair to the catcher." ...

“He’d get on base, steal it. The one thing I said ... His No. 24 is retired by the franchise as it relocates from Oakland (and “Rickey Henderson Field”) to Sacramento this year before ...

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 gave him a more enhanced view. With a right-hander on ...

The life of Rickey Henderson was saluted Saturday at the Oakland ... back to a picture of Henderson hoisting his 939th stolen base, “That man, right there, is Oakland.” The crowd probably ...

“That man right here, that is Oakland: Rickey Henderson.” Former Athletics general manager Sandy Alderson recalled how most conversations with Henderson began with the brazen base-stealer “telling me ...