Henderson wasn’t just one of the greatest to play baseball — as he once acknowledged about himself. He was certifiably cool, radiating with the swagger Oaklanders see in themselves and …
An Oakland Athletics cap and a flower bouquet hang on the fence of the Field of Dreams, also named the Ricky Henderson Field in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. The A’s legend Rickey Henderson died at age 65. He would have been 66 on Christmas Day. OAKLAND — Rickey Henderson sometimes slipped into third-person when discussing himself. He’d lift a base plate triumphantly into the air like it was a trophy he’d stolen, which he did more times than anyone else ever.
Henderson’s death snuck up on those who remember the Man of Steal as fit, healthy and an easy conversation in his final years. Henderson remained an A’s employee in his final days. There was the natural leadership quality to Henderson that made him invaluable to younger generations, those who knew him said.
He showed up to spring training, just to hang out and explain the art of stealing bases. He threw the first pitch at the A’s final game in Oakland. For a while, he was a local landlord.“He would be mowing my yard randomly at 6 a.m. by himself,” Hall recalled. “The whole thing was a theater of the absurd.”
On Saturday afternoon, a single bouquet of flowers and an old Oakland A’s hat adorned the fence of Rickey Henderson Field off 45th Avenue in North Oakland, the home diamond for Henderson’s alma mater, Oakland Tech High School.
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