Minnie Minoso:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-white-sox-great-minnie-minoso-dead-at-90-20150301-story.html
― clemenza, Sunday, 1 March 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
He should have been in the Hall of Fame before today. RIP.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 2 March 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
If you give enough weight to his a) late start (25 as a rookie), b) historical importance, and c) MVP support (no wins, but four fourth-place finishes), yes. Statistically, with the exception of one great year ('54), he's not quite as strong as I would have thought.
― clemenza, Monday, 2 March 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link
Christina Kahrl interviewed him last week:
A few guys who would shout, "Hit this [N-word] in the head." When we went to Philadelphia, you could hear Jimmy Dykes [then a coach for the A's] shouting that from the dugout. But then, after the game back to the hotel, he passed me by and said, "Hello, Mr. Minoso." And I went, "Wait a minute, how do you now call me 'Mr. Minoso,' but before you called me dirty names during the game?" And he said, "That's the game."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/blackhistoryMLBminoso/white-sox-great-minnie-minoso-integration-fan-appreciation-cuba-hof-slight
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 March 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
former met/oriole jeff mcknight, aged 52
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
1970 AL batting champ alex johnson
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Al Rosen, 1953 AL MVP (Indians), 1987 Executive of the Year (Giants)
http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/03/14/al-rosen-dies-cleveland-indians-mvp-san-francisco-giants
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 March 2015 09:11 (nine years ago) link
Missed Alex Johnson. Because 1970 was my first year watching baseball, still remember that he won that batting race going into the fourth decimal place (and, without checking, that he hit .329).
(Which I did check after typing that. But not before.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 March 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Why I remember: this photo turned up in the first Zander Hollander guide I bought.
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d52ced231646628a24690e2e6fce9bae95a7beaa/c=0-9-2237-2992&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2015/03/05/DetroitFreePress/DetroitFreePress/635611651735560995-AP-Alex-Johnson-Baseball-NY1.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 March 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Ford C. Frick award winner Lon Simmons:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12624395/lon-simmons-hall-fame-san-francisco-giants-broadcaster-dies-91
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Jim Fanning, former Expos GM.
http://montrealgazette.com/sports/baseball/longtime-expos-manager-jim-fanning-dies
I'm actually about halfway through Jonah Keri's Expos book at the moment.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 April 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
RIP Nelson Doubleday; you weren't a fucking Wilpon
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13104166/former-new-york-mets-owner-nelson-doubleday-dies-81
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
darryl hamilton
jeez
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 June 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Ugh, that's horrible.
― polyphonic, Monday, 22 June 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
His poor son. Man.
― Andy K, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
if Kevin Millar gets called up to fill his chair the terrorists have won.
― chaki wite (sanskrit), Monday, 22 June 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
Billy Pierce
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
pierce bio by neyer
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9e29afb8
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
RIP Joaquín Andújar
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/2468215/fallecio-exlanzador-dominicano-joaquin-andujar
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
"youneverknow"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
yogi berra
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 07:19 (eight years ago) link
RIP Lawrence Peter
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:14 (eight years ago) link
Aw, RIP
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 12:47 (eight years ago) link
RIP Yogi.
I just learned (from the NYT obit) that his return to Yankee Stadium after 14 years feuding with the Steinbrenners happened on the same day as David Cone's perfect game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
he was going to jump into Cone's arms but they couldn't find a stepladder.
last time i saw him AND Gary Carter was at the closing of Shea Stadium:
http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Yogi+Berra+Gary+Carter+Florida+Marlins+v+New+gvQWrA9KENtl.jpg
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
aww man ... it's getting dusty in here ...
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
Dean Chance:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-dean-chance-angels-cy-young-winner-dies-20151011-story.html
Dominant in '64 (a little less so when you adjust for era and park).
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link
Also an object lesson in how pitchers were destroyed in those days. He was on track for the HOF at 27, at which point he'd thrown 1800+ innings; threw another 350, and retired at 30.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2015 11:50 (eight years ago) link
His real claim to fame: the only guy to beat Sandy Koufax in a Cy Young vote after '62. (Koufax lost time to an injury and finished third.)
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
Reading his SABR bio - said to have had a back injury before the 1969 season.
― timellison, Monday, 12 October 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
I looked at his Wikipedia entry, and my assumption seems to be wrong. He got into a contract dispute after the '68 season, held out (and "won" a mere $5,000 reduction...), then tried to rush his comeback, which led to the back trouble.
Also, for what it's worth, Felix Hernandez had thrown 1,800+ innings by age 27. Obviously, he's an exception to the general trend, though.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
Pitching is voodoo and just good genes. There are bunches of guys out there with career arcs like Dean Chance. Jim Maloney is one from the same period. He stays healthy into the 70s and the Big Red Machine, the guy is probably a Hall of Fame pitcher, but it just was not to be. Then you look at guys like Carlton, Seaver and Blyleven and wonder how they handled that many innings. You got to wonder if some of the modern guys could actually handle those 280 inning loads and are just not getting used that way out of fear they will get hurt. Never know.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
the modern guys throw harder more often than fastball pitchers of the '70s (with a few exceptions then like Ryan)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link
Neill Sheridan, an outfielder in the old Pacific Coast League who supposedly hit the farthest home run in history, died Thursday in Antioch. He was 93.
Mr. Sheridan died peacefully while surrounded by family members a month after suffering from pneumonia, said his granddaughter Tami Hopkins.
In his 12-year pro career in the ‘40s and ‘50s, Mr. Sheridan played mostly in the PCL, including several stints with the San Francisco Seals and one with the Oakland Oaks - and played two games for the 1948 Boston Red Sox, striking out in his only major-league at-bat.
"Ted Williams and I were talking, and Joe DiMaggio comes out and asks me if I'd like to meet Babe Ruth,” said Mr. Sheridan, reminiscing about a day in spring training for a Chronicle story published in January 2014.
A Sacramento native, Mr. Sheridan grew up in Berkeley, played football at USF and joined the Seals in 1943, playing for legendary manager Lefty O’Doul, who Mr. Sheridan called “Mr. San Francisco.”
His best PCL season was 1947 when he hit .286 with 16 homers and 95 RBIs, which prompted a trade to the Red Sox. He met Ruth in the spring of 1948, shortly before the Babe died, and got called up late in the season.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Neill-Sheridan-dies-said-to-have-hit-613-foot-6573371.php
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 October 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
Norm Siebern, 3-time All-Star OF traded by Yankees for Roger Maris
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/sports/baseball/norm-siebern-82-dies-left-yankees-in-trade-for-maris.html
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 12:49 (eight years ago) link
reds outfielder eddie milner, age 60
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/baseball/former-red-eddie-milner-dies-at-60/npF76/
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Tommy Hanson, 29
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14095292/tommy-hanson-former-atlanta-braves-losangeles-angels-pitcher-dies
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link
Jeez -- RIP Tommy.
― phở intellectual (WilliamC), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
:( that's awful.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
George Genovese, longtime Giants scout
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14150240/george-genovese-scout-san-francisco-giants-losangeles-dodgers-dies-93
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
Ken Johnson
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/ken-johnson-dies-dead-only-pitcher-lose-nine-inning-no-hitter-complete-game-82-colt-45s-112315
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Phil Pepe, longtime NY columnist/Yankee beat writer
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14363878/long-new-york-sports-writer-phil-pepe-dies-80
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
Jim O'Toole:
http://www.700wlw.com/onair/lance-mcalister-7818/sad-news-rip-to-reds-hall-14227094/
I remember he turns up in Ball Four--I think he might be the guy who Bouton looks over at sympathetically in the clubhouse one day as he soaks his elbow in ice water during a doomed comeback attempt.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 December 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
@BNightengaleDave Henderson, the gregarious man known as Hendu, died Sunday, one month after getting a kidney transplant. He will be tremendously missed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPwYfPwl7qs
― Andy K, Sunday, 27 December 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Wow, RIP Hendu. He was a big guy, even by today's standards.
The big moment starts at around 2h30m of the video in the previous post.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 27 December 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
Joe Strauss, who covered the Cardinals, along with the braves and orioles earlier in his life, has passed away.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 December 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
Boston fave Frank Malzone
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14460694/frank-malzone-former-boston-red-sox-all-star-third-baseman-dies
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 December 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link
monte irvin
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
I toured Cuba with Mr Irvin and a couple dozen fans in 2004; he was 85, not in great health, but game and generous with his time. (He was visiting for the first time since playing on the island in the mid '40s.) A privilege to have met him and spent a little time with him.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
btw despite "ill health," you could tell the average man with his ailments would never have made the trip. Strong like bull.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
@TJQuinnESPNSpoke openly w me about his addiction. Said, "kid, I swear I'm clean in the offseason. But the season is too MFing hard not to get F'd up."
― Andy K, Friday, 19 February 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
@TJQuinnESPNOnce Sox minor owner Jack Gould came through clubhouse. Said, "Hi Tony." He said, "what's up, old MF'er." TP turned to me. "Who was that?"
― Andy K, Friday, 19 February 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
dammit
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
loved tony phillips. those early '90s tigers teams were so much fun to watch, a mini-murderers row. lots of low AVG/high OBP dudes with power.
― nomar, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
good tony phillips stories at https://twitter.com/hbryant42 too
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 February 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
tony!
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 19 February 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
@hbryant42TP goes 0-for-4 w/3 K's, A's down 10-8. 5th AB, 3-run, 9th inn HR off Timlin. A's win 11-10. PostMe: saw you last nightTP: Fuck you did.
@hbryant42Me:Bet you'd go 0-for-4TP:Sobered up by the 5th one.Me:Happy Birthday.TP: We'll see how happy you are when you're 40 fucking years old.
― Andy K, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link
Great player. Offensively, I'd almost say he was to Raines what Raines was to Henderson; defensively, obviously much more versatile than either.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
sort of a proto-zobrist
― nomar, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
Proto-Zobrist almost sounds like some kind of political faction in Israel.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/1352551/white-sox-co-owner-eddie-einhorn-dies-80
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 February 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Tom Knight, official baseball historian of Brooklyn
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/sports/baseball/tom-knight-brooklyns-baseball-sage-dies-at-89.html
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 March 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
joe garagiola
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link
damn, RIP
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
saw him in a radio studio circa 1969 on a tour of the 30 Rock building, waved at us thru the glass
looked the same for the next 40 years
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXf5GPt8O-E
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
didnt remember Scully & Joe as GotW partners. I do remember Joe & Tony Kubek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3OfRjfllgw
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
do the quotes mean that is NOT Jose Lind?
that is jose lind, but fair to use quotes around "pittsburgh pirates" in the mid-80s
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeQfSmMXIAEVJ0L.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeQfv8uW4AAEt6p.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
reading through peanuts collections is how i first encountered joe garagiola.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
had a good 1946 World Series at bat, and same with terrible Pirates of '52
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
One that resonates. Grew up with Joe, Gowdy, and Kubek. (That's how I remember it, although if I actually checked back, maybe the three of them weren't together all that long.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
JG did a pregame show, it was usu Gowdy & Kubek in the booth in the '70s on NBC
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
My memories of the Game of the Week were Joe and Kubek to start with, then after a few years it was Joe and Vin, with Tony and the rookie Bob Costas doing the B game, or the 2nd game on the rare doubleheader Saturdays.
RIP JoeGaryJoe – that's what my wife's mother called him. He fought the good fight against players' tobacco use but didn't live to see it eliminated onfield entirely.
― Yoshimi P-We's Playhouse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:28 (eight years ago) link
maybe he saw this last night: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/sports/the-mets-and-the-yankees-brace-for-a-future-without-smokeless-tobacco.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:30 (eight years ago) link
A belated RIP to Charlie Williams, who died Jan. 27, 2015, four days after Ernie Banks. Just stumbled over him when I was looking up something to do with Willie Mays; Williams (+ $50,000) was the only guy ever traded for Mays, in the '72 deal that brought Mays to the Mets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/sports/charlie-williams-a-met-traded-for-mays-dies-at-67.html
― clemenza, Monday, 28 December 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link