On May 1, 1991, Rickey Henderson reached the mountaintop. On a Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, California, on a field that would one day don his name...
Rickey Henderson was the platonic ideal of a leadoff hitter, not to mention beloved as a person. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images) The MLB...
Tribute to Rickey Henderson, MLB’s undisputed greatest leadoff hitter originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Undisputed singular superlatives are rare in sports because debate is...
Rickey Henderson, Athletics icon and Hall of Famer, dies at 65 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in...
Major League Baseball’s two murky stadium situations got a little more clarity on Thursday night. In Florida, the St. Petersburg city council approved to uphold its...
Luis Severino is now a member of the A’s pitching staff after reportedly agreeing to a three-year, $67 million deal on Thursday, according to Yahoo Sports’...
MLB: USA TODAY Sports-Archive Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best .366 for the Atlanta Braves, has died....
With the World Series behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to another winter of transactional activity featuring several high-profile free agencies that we’ve been...
With the World Series behind us, we turn our attention to another winter of transactional activity featuring several high-profile free agencies that we’ve been anticipating for...
Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, right, races with catcher Mike Scioscia during their first full workout following a strike in 1981. (Los Angeles Times) Fernando Valenzuela had...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Players’ association head Tony Clark said teams are encouraging pitchers to throw as hard as possible, leading to more injuries and minimizing...
Ten potential candidates Posey might consider for Giants GM job originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO — When the Giants hired Farhan Zaidi...