Rest in Peace Dave Henderson

On December 27th, 2015, former Seattle Mariner Dave Henderson, better known as "Hendu", died due to a massive heart attack. He was picked by the Mariners as the franchise's very first amateur draft selection back in 1977. He was an extremely gifted athlete. He could run, hit, field, and throw extremely well. He reached the Major Leagues in 1981 and was immediately popular with everyone...except for then-Mariners owner George Argyros, who did not like him because Dave always had a smile on his face, win or lose &, believe me, there was a lot of losing back in the '80s for the Mariners. In 1986, the Mariners stunned everyone by trading the very talented Henderson to Boston for the very untalented Rey Quinones, who's biggest accomplishment as a Mariner was setting the clubhouse record of consecutive hours playing the Nintendo video game Super Mario Brothers. Anyways, once Henderson was traded, he became a legend in Boston Red Sox lore as he single-handedly got the Red Sox to the 1986 World Series by hitting a home run off of Angels' pitcher Donnie Moore in Game #5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series. After retiring from Baseball in 1994 due to the Player's Strike, Hendu eventually returned to the Mariners as an announcer on Mariner TV & radio broadcasts.

I actually got to meet Dave at Seattle Mariners FanFest 2006.  He was extremely nice.

Hendu, you will be missed