In a continued effort to celebrate the franchise’s rich history, the A’s on Saturday morning named the Coliseum’s Gate C after Jim “Catfish” Hunter.
The pregame ceremony was the latest among the A’s creative ideas to embrace their past, including naming the field after Rickey Henderson in April and adding a light-up “Holy Toledo” sign to pay homage to broadcaster Bill King last month.
Joe Rudi and Vida Blue, who played with Hunter on the A’s teams that won three straight World Series crowns from 1972-74, pulled two large green curtains away to unveil a banner honoring Hunter above the gate.