Rickey Henderson was born in Chicago on Christmas Day, 1958, and moved with his family to Oakland, CA at age 7. At Oakland Technical High School, he played baseball, basketball, and was an All American running back in football.  He graduated Oakland Tech in 1976 and was the fourth round draft pick of the Oakland A’s that same year.  He made his major league debut with Oakland in June of 1979, and by 1980 he became the 3rd person ever to steal at least 100 bases in a season.

Rickey went on to lead the league in steals for the next  7 seasons, setting the single season record in 1982 with 130, and broke 100 again in 1983 with 108.  He missed 67 games in 1987 and lost the stolen base crown that year to Harold Reynolds who finished with 60.

“Hello?”
“Reynolds! This is Rickey.”
“Oh, hey Rick.”
“60 steals, huh?”
“Yeah, I can’t believe it. It was amazing.”
“60?! Rickey had 60 at the All-Star Break!”
**CLICK**

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Hayward born, Eduardo and Jose Quiroz are at it again. The two brothers are back writing / directing / acting in another bay area masterpiece, I Got Five on it Too. The film is shot all in the bay and is loosely tied to their 2004 success, I Got Five on it; both films star Todd Bridges of Diff’rent Strokes fame. Jose Rosete also stars as Oscar the storyteller and Chris Angelo steals many a scene with his umbrella toting, street hustling, Barney Bumble. Complete with bay area slang and throwback jerseys, this is definitely one movie that will have you reminiscing about the yay in no time.

“I Got Five On It Too” continues the hilarious adventures of Barney Bumble and the gang and their “high times.” As the guys plan a house party complete with liquor, girls and weed, their “best bud” Barney Bumble gets set-up by his new rival Larry Poppins and gets busted by the cops for selling marijuana, Jimmy, Oscar and Arnie have to come to the rescue and get some payback against the new neighborhood drug dealer who’s been trying to move in on Barney’s turf.

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In the highly anticipated heavyweight rematch, Brock Lesnar seeks revenge vs Frank Mir on Saturday in UFC 100. It’s a classic battle of Mir’s experience and technique vs Lesnar’s strength and size; as well as a measure of how far Lesnar has come since his first round submission defeat to Lesnar at UFC 81. The other headlining bout on the card is the welterweight match up of George St. Pierre defending his belt vs Thiago Alves for division superiority.

” I believe his win over me was pure luck. He was getting his ass beat” -Lesnar

“The one thing I’ve always said is that technique outweights power,” Mir said. “But you need a lot of technique… Wherever the fight goes, I’m ready”

While I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, and don’t really want to, this is a crazy drink.

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The UK’s leading photography outlet, Digital Camera, is hosting the Digital Camera’s Photographer of the Year 2009 Contest. From now until the end of September, its free entry to take part in one of the worlds biggest photography competitions. Winner takes home 10,000 £’s and that ain’t no monopoly money.

The 10 categories to participate in are: This is Britain, World in Motion, Man-Made, Planet Earth, Destination Everywhere, Fashion, Landscapes, People and Portraits, Black & White, & Digital Vision. Up to five (5) entries per person, per category so start uploading!

Recent Entries:

Category: Man-made. Bunkyo-ku Street, Tokyo by Chris Jongkind, UK

Category: Fashion. Are You Looking At Me? by Sharni Rohaizal Mohd Saari

Category: This is Britain. Pier Sun Light, an early summer's morning at Teignmouth, Devon, by Andrew Emmett, UK

We will dropping little hints now and then for what’s to come