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Earlier this week, Craig Calcaterra got Rich Gossage on the phone. As you probably know, Gossage has been fairly outspoken about the use of steroids (etc.) and Craig had an interesting question for the Goose: What would the Hall of Fame do if a curre...

No, he's never going to be Rickey Henderson. But as Roger Mooney writes, Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford really is trying: Crawford sat on the couch of his offseason home in Phoenix a few weeks after the World Series and watched a DVD of his 2008 ...

Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Fred McGriff and Edgar Martinez will be on the Hall of Fame ballot for 2010, but only Alomar is likely to get elected on the first try.

If you're waiting for someone to challenge Rickey Henderson's stolen-base record, don't bother: It's not going to happen.

Well, now we know for sure: Rickey Henderson won't be elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously, because Corky Simpson didn't vote for him. One oddity: Simpson didn't vote for Henderson but did vote for Tim Raines. Now, you know how I feel about Tim R...

There remain a dozen baseball figures who should follow Goose Gossage into the hallowed halls of Cooperstown.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2008

In the old days, many great players played professionally long after their major league careers were finished.

Story | Conversation | May 26, 2005

Rickey Henderson clearly tops the list, but it has more to do with quality rather than quantity.

Story | Conversation | January 21, 2005

Greg Maddux and Ivan Rodriguez both want big bucks, but their numbers suggest they're asking for too much.

People are talking about Juan Pierre like he's the second coming of Rickey Henderson. Well, he's not.

Did Rickey Henderson really avoid legging out triples? Our readers pose some interesting theories.

Rickey Henderson, the greatest speedster of all-time, statistically appears to have a bias against triples.

Did the Mets need a productive outfielder a fifth starter at the trade deadline?