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Rickey Henderson: A Career Retrospective

Jul. 26, 2009
Rickey Henderson: A Career Retrospective As Rickey Henderson is inducted into the baseball hall of fame we pause to look back over his incredible...
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Henderson, Rice enter Hall of Fame

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., July 26 (UPI) -- All-time stolen base leader Rickey Henderson and Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice entered the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Athletics to retire Henderson's number

OAKLAND, Calif., July 9 (UPI) -- The Oakland Athletics announced Thursday the team will retire the jersey No. 24 of Rickey Henderson prior to a scheduled game Aug. 1.

Henderson, Rice make it into Hall of Fame

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Base-stealing whiz Rickey Henderson and power-hitting Jim Rice have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, officials announced Monday.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- All-time stolen base leader Rickey Henderson is among 10 players on the 2009 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.

Henderson named Mets hitting coach

NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- The New York Mets Thursday fired hitting coach Rick Down and hired Rickey Henderson as his replacement.

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SAN DIEGO, May 9 (UPI) -- Rickey Henderson, the major leagues' all-time stolen base leader, will play in a new professional league this year -- at the age of 46.

Rickey Henderson with independent team

NEWARK, N.J., May 3 (UPI) -- Rickey Henderson, regarded by many as one of the greatest leadoff hitters in baseball history, is back in the independent league.

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NEWARK, N.J., April 24 (UPI) -- Rickey Henderson, arguably the greatest leadoff hitter of all time, has agreed to terms with the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League.

Henderson breaks Cobb's run record

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- San Diego's Rickey Henderson became the all-time leading run scorer in baseball history Thursday, eclipsing Ty Cobb's mark by hitting a home run in the third in

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Rickey Henderson has made his living with his legs and on Wednesday night they carried him into the baseball history book once again.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler