Former Mariner Dave Henderson, who died Sunday from a heart attack, was a big personality who was be recalled fondly for his postseason play with the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A’s.
Dave Henderson was immediately the center of attention for any room he entered, especially the clubhouses he populated for 14 years in an under-appreciated major-league career.
For one exalted moment, he was nearly a demigod in Boston, giving them the 1986 pennant with one epic homer and then coming oh so close to delivering an elusive World Series title to the Red Sox with another homer in the top of the 10th of Game 6.