In a sport long known for fathers and sons and brothers, sisters Amelia and Joanna Schimmel are making their own mark.

The Athletics announced on Monday that every player will wear the No. 24 to honor late franchise legend Rickey Henderson ... greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history, tallying ...

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.

None of that concerned Hatfield, a season-ticket holder for the Triple-A River Cats, with his wife, Mallory, a Red Sox fan, who both sported green and gold Monday night for the first Major League ...

A lineup of events will ring in the start of major league-level baseball in Sacramento ... with the new Sacramento jersey patch, and a Rickey Henderson rally towel. A flyover from Beale Air ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

One of Henderson's most notable accomplishments is his record for stolen bases. He led the American League in stolen bases an incredible 12 times, and notably, he surpassed the 100-steal mark in a ...

The A's had all of the pomp and circumstance like every other home opener in their history, but nothing was quite like this ...

In a press release, the A's said "In a tribute to Rickey Henderson ... In following with Major League Baseball Opening Day tradition, both teams will take the lines for introductions and the ...

To honor the greatest player in franchise history, every A’s player and coach will wear number 24 for the team’s home opener on March 31. To commemorate the first home game of their inaugural season ...

Every A's player will wear No. 24 in honor of the late Rickey Henderson ... In May 1991, Henderson's base-stealing prowess earned him a place in baseball history when he swiped his 939th career ...

2002 — Rickey Henderson is added to the Boston Red SoxOpening Dayroster ... Bartolo Colon earns the win with eight solid innings of work. 2023 — Major League Baseball strikes a tentative deal with ...