The A’s celebrated the past tonight, inducting the first seven members of their team Hall of Fame and then went out and celebrated the present by going out and drubbing the Yankees, 8-2 before a mid-week crowd of 21,004.
A’s Celebrate Inaugural Class of Hall of Famers Tonight
The A’s inducted team legends, Dennis Eckersely, Catfish Hunter, former owner, Charlie Finley, Dave Stewart, Rollie Fingers, Rickey Henderson and Reggie Jackson as the inaugural class in their team hall of fame. It was a moving and classy pre-game ceremony with one of the highlights occuring when Yankees special advisor, Reggie Jackson, begrudgingly put on an A’s cap:
After donning the A’s cap, Reggie shared this amazing comment:
Fiers Escaped First Inning Jam and Then Went to Work
Mike Fiers came into tonight’s game against the Yankees with some impressive numbers (3-0, 2.