Rickey’s weepy superfan is all grows up
Well it’s Rickey Henderson Hall of Fame Week and the hits just keep coming. You may remember this latest one: Erin States, who has pretty much the most incredible story of fan-player friendship ever, will be flying to Cooperstown to help induct Rickey.
As the CCT outlines, States hit the scene when Rickey was making his second run with the A’s in 1989. Her creative signs caught his eye and he befriended her. When he left for Toronto, she wrote a heartbreaking letter to some newspapers saying “I didn’t even get to say goodbye.” Rickey wept when he read it, and when he came back to Oakland he hugged States, and she wept, and the photo ran in several newspapers. Are you about to weep right now? Good.
Anyway, States is now married and living a normal life with a normal family blog, although it’s a bit heavy on “Dancing with the Stars” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Twilight.” Maybe she could convince Rickey to pick up his dancing shoes? And she hasn’t totally left the Man of Steal behind: When he was elected she wrote “…suffice to say that I’ve been his NUMBER 1 fan since I was 5 years old.” We think he would agree.
…Other linkage, not including Barack’s mom jeans…
Jeremy Newberry, a Bay Area native who hit the Bay-fecta of Cal, the 49ers and the Raiders, retired today. Via Facebook. That’s a Silicon Valley sports star. NBC Bay Area
Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young and got … a denim and corduroy jacket? Congrats? SFGate
Barry Bonds’ wife changed her mind and doesn’t want a divorce after all. TMZ
Rod Benson is just obsessed with pee (you might remember this). Which is fine by us, because there isn’t much funnier than that. Too Much Rod Benson
Kevin Frandsen hears the words every player wants to hear: “You’re our stopgap guy.” Yessss. Extra Baggs
Mark Madsen was a little confused about being traded today and it played out in hilarity on his Twitter feed. madsen_mark
Something you don’t see every day: A former athlete is acquitted of a crime, then sues the police. The “athlete” in this little scenario is former 49ers kicker Tony Zendejas. ESPN.com
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By Peter on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am.
Tags: Cal Golden Bears, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Stanford Cardinal
July 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Thanks for the kind words… I just thought I would let you know that I’m obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance and not Dancing with the Stars :) I have to admit I was super embarrassed that I hadn’t updated my blog earlier and that all my “quirks” were right there on front :) Anyway – again thanks for the kind words. I’m in Cooperstown now and should be updating my blog in the next couple of days. :)