2024 Topps Stadium Club Lawrence Butler RC #265

I picked this card up because it pictures the Oakland Athletics star rookie attempting to track a fly ball down by the wall - I love the signage pictured of Rickey Henderson Field, where the playing surface at Oakland Coliseum is dedicated to one of the all-time great players in MLB history.

For a moment, I think about the idea of the Oakland Athletics not existing anymore - where a team destined for Las Vegas for 2028, will be playing their games in Sacramento for the next three seasons.

With Henderson just passing [R.I.P.] at the age of 65, maybe it makes it a hurt so much more where a fan base in Oakland has not only lost a team at the end of 2024 - but also an all-around guy lionized as a larger than life figure both on the field and as a character of the game.