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Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal.
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โฉ๏ธ Timber in at right-back
๐ Madueke makes full Arsenal Premier League debut
๐ค Gyokeres leads the line
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Erin States's parents were season ticket holders with seats in the left field corner stands of the Oakland Coliseum. Erin was 5 in 1989 when he went to her first game, right after the Yankees traded Rickey back to the A's. She tried to get his attention but couldn't, so the next time she went, she made a sign that said "HI RICKEY" & drew a heart on it. Rickey saw it & waved to her. After the game, he brought her a ball. From then on, she took more specific signs to the games: NICE STEAL! GREAT HOME RUN!
Erin was devastated when Oakland traded Rickey to Toronto. She wrote a letter to several Bay Area papers, noting that Toronto was a long way away and her parents wouldn't let her move there.
"I asked my mom to take down all my Rickey posters & pictures in my room. They make my heart hurt too much to look at. My mom said that the hurt won't be so bad later & I'll be able to stop crying when I hear his name. If someone out there knows Rickey, would you please tell him that the girl with the signs in the left field corner of the Coliseum misses him very much and would you tell him I said goodbye. I didn't even get to say goodbye."
Someone sent the letter to Rickey, who cried when he read it and said, "The fans and press might be on me, but I knew I could always count on that little girl."
When the Jays played in Oakland August 30, Rickey came onto the field and found Erin immediately. He hugged & kissed her and promised that if Toronto got to the World Series, he would hit a home run or steal a base for her. Newspapers ran a picture of Rickey holding her while she cried.
Erin States Hoy holds the sign she made for Rickey Henderson when she was a child, next to his plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame
During our 1994 Turn Back the Clock game, Rickey Henderson and Ken Griffey Jr. shared a glove, leaving it behind second base for each other after each half inning ๐