Rickey Henderson was just elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame! He was my favorite player growing up, and somewhere in my parents house is a box with something like 250 different Rickey Henderson baseball cards as well as stacks and stacks of various memorabilia (Oakland Tribune from the day he broke the career stolen base record!). I'm not ( Read more... )

This article could have been written about me.We're in a sports age in which Executive of the Year is an award on par with the MVP, where there's always a seat for an ex-GM on Baseball Tonight, where Knicks fans hate Isiah Thomas not because he's dismantling them on the court, but because he's doing so from the front office. Michael Jordan is ( Read more... )

Since the end of May the Oakland A's have a best in the majors record of 32-13. After beating the Angels last night they have moved into 2nd place in the AL West. They're also only 2.5 games back in the wild card race. After their disastrous, injury filled, start this is a truly remarkable achievement.

Go A's!