OAKLAND — Rickey Henderson’s ties to the Coliseum run deep, and they go back further than the time the Oakland product wore an A’s uniform.
“I used to come to the ballpark, a lot of time I didn’t have the money to buy a ticket,” he recalled. “Somehow we would find a way to get into the ballpark.”
The A’s are making a renewed effort to honor their legends from the past, and the first major step in that came Monday night when the A’s dedicated the playing surface at the Coliseum as Rickey Henderson Field.
Henderson attended a pregame ceremony before the Opening Night game against the Los Angeles Angels, and he took part in a news conference sitting alongside A’s president Dave Kaval, who he credited for welcoming former A’s players with open arms back into the fold.