Former outfielder Dave Henderson dies - Heart Attack at 57

[Leon]

RIP Dave....

http://news.yahoo.com/former-dave-he...4634--spt.html


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[Joshchisox08]

Saw that last night. He had just had a kidney transplant a month earlier. RIP Dave.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Saw that last night. He had just had a kidney transplant a month earlier. RIP Dave.

didn't the guy he hit the homer of I think last name 'moore' died an untimely death..

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

didn't the guy he hit the homer of I think last name 'moore' died an untimely death..

Donnie Moore committed suicide. A horrible story. Shot his wife beforehand, but she survived.

[itjclarke]

Loved watching him play as a kid. No one made catching a routine fly ball look more fun than him. He'd bounce around on his tippy toes as he threw the ball back in, smiling the whole time. RIP Hendu.

[1952boyntoncollector]

I remember on every Oakland As game the announcers always had to make sure that the two Henderson's in the OF had 'no relation'...

[z28jd]

Yesterday was a bad day in the baseball circles. Henderson, longtime Braves coach Bobby Dews, longtime writer covering the Cardinals Joe Strauss, former Reds pitcher Jim O'Toole and longtime scout Keith Ryman all passed away

[xplainer]

Not baseball, but Meadowlark Lemon also died.

[drcy]

Henderson was a local television color commentator for the Mariners games and was good.

[Jobu]

This is sad news, he was fun to watch because he was clearly having fun playing the game. I remember a Brewers-A's game at County Stadium in Milwaukee in the late 80s/early 90s. There was an extremely long injury delay followed by a pitching change during which the stadium started playing music. Hendu was in right that day and my friends and I, kids at the time, were up front way down the 1st base line. We started shouting "dance, Hendu, dance" at him because he looked like he liked the music. He smiled at first but when we persisted he started actually dancing for everyone (while laughing). That is one of my fondest baseball memories from my childhood. RIP Hendu.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

Loved watching him play as a kid. No one made catching a routine fly ball look more fun than him. He'd bounce around on his tippy toes as he threw the ball back in, smiling the whole time. RIP Hendu.

Thanks for the recollection of those memories, Ian...I had forgot about those catches he made.

I loved watching him play as he was one of the guys I remember from when I was growing up watching baseball. He, like many other A's players, hit some towering home runs...thanks for the memories hendu, you will not be forgotten.

[chris6net]

I can still see him making a catch in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and hot dogging it thinking the Red Sox were going to win until Mookie hit the slow roller down the first baseline!
He did hit a home run in the same inning to put the Sox up
He will be missed by this Mets fan. RIP

[tjb1952tjb]

As a lifelong Angels fan, from their early 60's LA days, I remember Dave Henderson's 9th inning 2-out 2-strike homerun off Donnie Moore in the 1986 AL Championship Series as if it was yesterday. The Angels were one strike away from going to their first World Series. The anticipation was palpable, and the win seemed all but assured. Then.......the homerun. The Angels never recovered, and the Red Sox and Bill Buckner went on to lose to the Mets. BTW, Donnie Moore was an exceptional reliever/closer but was never the same after that devastating loss. The rest is the very tragic story of Donnie Moore. I couldn't even watch the replay for years. But, as time went on I could watch the replay and actually enjoy the pure thrill exhibited by Dave Henderson as he rounded the bases. RIP Dave.