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oscar gamble
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/01/31/70s-star-oscar-gamble-passes-away-at-age-68
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
As mid-'70s iconic as Elton John or Patty Hearst or anybody.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
Very nice piece by the guy who wrote Big Hair and Plastic Grass.
Oscar's immortal quote, "They don't think it be like it is, but it do," was in reference to the insanity and dysfunction of the Yankees clubhouse under George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin.
http://www.bighairplasticgrass.com/big_hair_and_plastic_gras/2018/01/a-fro-tastic-farewell-oscar-gamble-rip.html
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 February 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link
“It be like it is” > “It is what it is”
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:59 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtExewJMh8A
^ video from that link. looking at his initial stance (mentioned in the link) it makes me thing of the truism (?) that most major leaguers end up in the same place before they swing
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
My favorite story about the ufortunately late Oscar Gamble was when he popped up and his manager reminded him every player was supposed to take the first pitch unless there were a runner in scoring positon. "When I'm in the batter's box," replied Oscar, "I'm in scoring position."— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) February 1, 2018
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 February 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link
Wally Moon, Cards/Dodgers slugger who was NL ROY in 1954
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wally-moon-20180210-htmlstory.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
tito francona, 84
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Jack Hamilton, pitcher 1962-69, who fatefully hit Tony Conigliaro.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22572124/jack-hamilton-former-mlb-pitcher-hit-tony-conigliaro-pitch-dies-79
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 February 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
Sammy Stewart, pitcher 1978-87, who spiraled into addiction and prison
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22645839/ex-baltimore-orioles-pitcher-sammy-stewart-dies-63
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
Ed "The Glider" Charles
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ed-charles-member-1969-miracle-mets-dead-84-article-1.3877376
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 March 2018 04:12 (six years ago) link
Jay Jaffe on Ed
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/r-i-p-ed-charles-who-followed-in-the-tracks-of-jackie-robinson/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 March 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
Charles was always eager to talk about his brushes with Jackie Robinson, starting with the sighting in Daytona Beach in 1946.Charles also recounted a story of how he later spotted Robinson, who was by then on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ roster, on a train.The Dodgers were in Florida playing an exhibition, and Charles and several friends “peered through openings in the fence,” he recalled in “Carrying Jackie’s Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball — and America,” by Steve Jacobson (2007).After the game, the Dodgers prepared to leave from the railroad station.“So now we’re walking down the platform, looking in the windows trying to see where Jackie was seated,” Charles said. “Finally we come to the right coach, and there is Jackie, playing cards. We waved and, you know, he waved back to us.”“Then the train starts pulling out,” he went on, “and we start slowly walking with it, just waving to Jackie. The train picked up speed. We kept running and waving till the train got out of sight.”“Things like that, you know, I can recall so vividly,” he said, “because they were very special moments in my life and in the life of the country. It was like the Messiah had come.”
Charles also recounted a story of how he later spotted Robinson, who was by then on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ roster, on a train.
The Dodgers were in Florida playing an exhibition, and Charles and several friends “peered through openings in the fence,” he recalled in “Carrying Jackie’s Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball — and America,” by Steve Jacobson (2007).
After the game, the Dodgers prepared to leave from the railroad station.
“So now we’re walking down the platform, looking in the windows trying to see where Jackie was seated,” Charles said. “Finally we come to the right coach, and there is Jackie, playing cards. We waved and, you know, he waved back to us.”
“Then the train starts pulling out,” he went on, “and we start slowly walking with it, just waving to Jackie. The train picked up speed. We kept running and waving till the train got out of sight.”
“Things like that, you know, I can recall so vividly,” he said, “because they were very special moments in my life and in the life of the country. It was like the Messiah had come.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/obituaries/ed-charles-a-mainstay-of-the-miracle-mets-dies-at-84.html
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 March 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
Wayne Huizenga
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/03/23/wayne-huizenga-former-owner-marlins-dolphins-nhl-panthers-dies/452969002/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 March 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
le grand orange, 73
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 March 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
Oh damn, that's gonna put a damper on things in Queens.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 March 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/in-memory-of-rusty-staub-one-of-the-most-underrated-players-in-baseball-history
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 March 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
I remember Staub mostly in his later days mostly pinch hitting for the Mets. I seem to remember him being a tough out as with that choked up batting stance he seemed to be able to foul off tough pitches at will.
― earlnash, Friday, 30 March 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
Carl Scheib, who debuted pitching for the Philadelphia A's at 16 in 1943
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/93562fe6
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 April 2018 05:40 (five years ago) link
Dave Garcia, baseball lifer
When David was 11, his father died, and his mother went to work in a shirt factory to support her five children. He helped out by selling newspapers in downtown East St. Louis.
Garcia signed a contract with the St. Louis Browns in 1938. Sent to its minor-league team in Springfield, Ill., he was hit in the head by a pitch and did not return to play for more than a year. He subsequently tore up a knee while playing in Lake Charles, La., and broke a leg in Eau Claire, Wis. ...
Finally healthy, he had a strong season in 1947 with the Sioux City Soos, then took on the dual roles of player and manager, first with the Knoxville Smokies in Tennessee 1948 and then the Oshkosh Giants from 1949 to ’53.
...A hard-hitting second baseman in the 1940s and ’50s, Garcia managed many of the teams he played for. But Major League Baseball was not calling him. So, with his family growing, he retired as a player-manager and moved into scouting — then returned to managing in the minor leagues, adding Fresno, Calif., and Salt Lake City to his late-1960s travels.
But as he entered his 50th year, the majors finally beckoned. The San Diego Padres hired him as a coach in 1970, a stint that he followed with two managing jobs: first with the California Angels and then with the Cleveland Indians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/obituaries/dave-garcia-mlb-manager-minor-leagues-dies-at-97.html
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 May 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
bruce kison, 68
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2018/06/02/Former-Pirates-pitcher-Bruce-Kison-dies-at-68-world-series-1971-1979-baltimore-orioles/stories/201806020081
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 June 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
'71 WS is the first i remember watching, RIP
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 June 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
Kison's big game wasn't quite my first WS game, but close--remember that more than I remember '70. Kind of amazed he was still there in '79.
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 June 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
Red Schoendienst, at 95
― WilliamC, Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hall-of-famer-red-schoendienst-dies-at-he-was-mr/article_d32f81fe-c286-5023-8667-10b0fc89b206.html
― WilliamC, Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
rip Red
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
Dutch Rennert
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23837561/former-national-league-umpire-laurence-dutch-rennert-jr-dies-88
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
best strike call
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link
didn't hit the big leagues til he was about 43
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/video/rennert-on-his-umpiring-career/c-503830783
― omar little, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
Billy Connors
https://www.mlb.com/news/billy-connors-former-pitching-coach-dies/c-282156366
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 June 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link
The Hall of Fame remembers former @Pirates first baseman and longtime trainer Tony Bartirome, who passed away on Friday. pic.twitter.com/DT7Y6NlKZQ— Baseball Hall ⚾ (@baseballhall) June 26, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Yosh Kawano
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-yosh-kawano-dead-20180626-story.html
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
Tony Cloninger
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24221679/former-pitcher-yankees-coach-tony-cloninger-dies-77
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 July 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
Johnny Lewis, who played with the Cardinals and Mets from 1964-67
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 July 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
John Kennedy, utility infielder for the Senators, Red Sox, and '69 Seattle Pilots
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kennejo03
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Looks like there are a lot of references to Kennedy in Ball Four though I don't have a copy here.
― timellison, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
i was gonna ask... i remember the tail end of his career, but not if Bouton wrote about him.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Aaron Cox (Mike Trout's brother-in-law), retired minor league pitcher passed away at age 24.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
I often want to locate a quote in Ball Four and bemoan the lack of an index.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Billy O'Dell, two-time AL All-Star pitcher
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24663912/ex-big-leaguer-billy-odell-won-105-games-majors-dies-85
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
loooong-time scout don welke, 75. 50 years in baseball, most recently with the padres
Don Welke, the veteran baseball man, was the scout who convinced Blue Jays to draft a Flint, Mich. high school left-hander in 1985. The final words of a very thorough report: "Has no right hand." (Jim Abbott went to Michigan instead.)— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) September 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Peter Bjarkman, historian of Cuban baseball, pioneer and pal, died suddenly yesterday, of a heart attack in Havana. I will miss him. https://t.co/kLDM58lfN4— John Thorn (@thorn_john) October 2, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Saw him at SABR in NYC last year. This year's Cuba Ball tour just concluded, he must've been visiting with it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
new york times scribe dave anderson, who was the last writer to leave the ebbets field press box
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
longtime giants broadcaster hank greenwald, 83
https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Longtime-Giants-broadcaster-Hank-Greenwald-dies-13330066.php
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
former pitcher/longtime pitching coach bill fischer, 88
in 1962 he threw a record 84 1/3 consecutive innings (for the kansas city athletics) without issuing a walk
The Royals are saddened to announce the passing of Senior Pitching Advisor Bill Fischer. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Fish touched so many lives during his career, not only with the Royals, but through his eight decades in pro baseball. pic.twitter.com/bkZCrF80Fb— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 31, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie McCovey passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 80 after losing his battle with ongoing health issues. #Forever44 | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/ooOYg4ESol— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) October 31, 2018
Willie McCovey, 80
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 1 November 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
Between the '30s and the PED era, his '69 season was a benchmark offensively.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 November 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link
Checked that, and his '69 is indeed the highest OPS+ year (209) in that gap by someone not named Williams or Mantle.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 November 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
Bob Stanley and Calvin Schraldi should have thanked Buckner for years that most fans probably outside Boston forgot their part in the Red Sox collapse.
i never actually saw the BB misplay at first. as i have probably recounted here somewhere, i was already lying flat on my back, staring up at the ceiling, as a result of the hits and of schiraldi. for me, it was already all over. it was so obviously all slipping away. my dad had to come back to the bedroom and gently break it to me what had happened. it barely registered. i already knew, somehow.
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
What I remember most, besides Mookie Wilson barely fouling off a few pitches before the grounder, is that with one out, I think, NBC announced that Boston's Marty Barrett was the World Series MVP.
Also when the Mets won, my dad and I didn't celebrate, but just stared at each other; we couldn't believe it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
Marc Okkonen, uniforms expert
https://uni-watch.com/2019/05/29/marc-okkonen-1933-2019/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 June 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
Frank Lucchesi
https://www.lonestarball.com/2019/6/9/18658598/frank-lucchesi-former-texas-rangers-manager-died-92
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 June 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
that book about the '70s Texas teams Seasons in Hell is a doozy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 June 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
Tyler Skaggs has passed away. We do not have details yet about how he passed, but tonight's game between the Angels and Rangers has been canceled.— Levi Weaver (@ThreeTwoEephus) July 1, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
what the fuck
― omar little, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
awful
― omar little, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
omg that's horrible
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
just shy of 28, pitched on Saturday
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
good bio piece, RIP:
https://www.ozy.com/the-huddle/this-mlb-pitcher-gets-it-from-his-mama/88403
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
Jay Jaffe remembers Jim Bouton, personally. (I was at those SABR panels mentioned, in 2006 and 2017.)
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/pitcher-author-everyman-hero-jim-bouton-1939-2019/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
Joe Grzenda, who threw the final pitch in Senators history (and kept the ball), dies at 82 https://t.co/2nvj9OfzV5— Post Sports (@PostSports) July 16, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
Pumpsie Green--never would have guessed he was still alive.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/07/17/pumpsie-green-black-player-red-sox-dies/s7L4dEAIq14aThFN7mnu0N/story.html
The obituaries emphasize that he was the first African-American on the Red Sox, but I think--I might be wrong--they were the last team in the majors to integrate.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 July 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
They were the final team to integrate (in 1959 -- the Globe article mentions this)
His appearance on the roster had followed picketing at Fenway Park. In spring training that year, Mr. Green hit .400 and was hailed by some reporters as the “camp rookie of the year.”
But to questions about whether Mr. Green would make the team, owner Tom Yawkey said: “The Red Sox will bring up a Negro when he meets our standards.”
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 18 July 2019 07:45 (four years ago) link
We are heartbroken to report the passing of Rob McQuown. Rob has been a pillar of Baseball Prospectus for a decade, and we are devastated by this news. We will pass along more information and appropriate tribute in due time. For now, please join us in grieving his loss.— Baseball Prospectus (@baseballpro) July 17, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 July 2019 10:46 (four years ago) link
7-foot-1 dutch reliever loek van mil, 34
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 July 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
In the 2017 WBC, he faced Israel’s Nate Freiman (6'8") in what was believed to be the tallest batter-pitcher matchup in baseball history.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 July 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
RIP to original Met, Al Jackson, who passed away earlier today. pic.twitter.com/nOdjJOxzLx— New York Mets (@Mets) August 19, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
also returned in '68-69
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 August 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
more to come
https://ktla.com/2019/08/30/angels-pitcher-tyler-skaggs-died-of-alcohol-fentanyl-and-oxycodone-intoxication-choked-on-his-vomit/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 August 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
terrible
i wonder if he was seeing an unscrupulous doctor who overprescribed or if someone on the medical staff of the Angels is pushing oxy. it's an awful drug.
(i recently revived the oxycontin thread on ILE and it was...interesting...to see how willing at least one ILXor was to give advice on how to take it to get high...)
― omar little, Friday, 30 August 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
team connection is suspected
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 August 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Detroit Tigers statement regarding the passing of Chace Numata: pic.twitter.com/H6TCAQO1S8— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 2, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 September 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
Skateboarding accident
― Andy K, Monday, 2 September 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
Chris Duncan, a 2006 #STLCards World Series champion, has passed away at the age of 38. Our thoughts are with his friends and family. pic.twitter.com/CBWbvGsayc— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) September 7, 2019
― Andy K, Saturday, 7 September 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
Whoa, wtf?
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 September 2019 05:55 (four years ago) link
Charlie Silvera, Berra backup and coach
https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Charlie-Silvera-San-Francisco-native-and-14426637.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
former syracuse chiefs president don waful, 103
he was captured by the germans in tunisia in 1942 and spent the next three years in POW camps -- much of it with davey johnson's dad fred at the oflag 64 camp in poland
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Masaichi Kaneda, winningest Japanese pitcher
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/10/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/japans-time-wins-leader-masaichi-kaneda-dies-86/#.XaHSkkZKiWY
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 October 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
shortstop jackie hernández, 79, who amassed -3.9 bWAR over nine seasons and had the assist on the final out of the 1971 world series
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
umpire eric cooper, 52. did the yanks-twins series two weeks ago.
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 October 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
jeez; gather ye rosebuds.
'71 WS was the first i remember watching (most of). RIP Jackie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 October 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
I watched the '71 Series intently and have zero recollection of Jackie Hernandez...I thought Gene Alley was the SS then.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
Alley played 882 innings at short that year, Jackie 574.
Alley had only 3 PA in the World Series, don't know if he was hurt.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 October 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
Can't find any clarification on that, but this would seem to be Hernandez's other biggest moment:
"A month before the World Series, Hernandez was part of another historic moment on Sept. 1 when Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh started a lineup consisting only of African-American and Latino players. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-7, that day at Three Rivers Stadium."
― clemenza, Monday, 21 October 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
Hernandez was considered a top defensive SS, at least by Murtaugh and Clemente. He and Alley were the same age though.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/887d2ec2
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 October 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
former dodgers/expos/etc player and mariners announcer ron fairly, 81
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
def saw him play at Shea in the '70s
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Flagship Jay, and I think the first Jays-Expos player.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
Think I misused "flagship"...original Jay (1977).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
'the only player to represent multiple non-US teams in the all-star game'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
Vera Clemente, widow of No. 21
https://www.mlb.com/news/vera-clemente-passes-away
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 November 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
Irv Noren
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6d0657d1
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 November 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
twins prospect ryan costello, 23, of 'natural causes'
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/18/us/minnesota-twins-prospect-ryan-costello-dead-trnd/index.html
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 November 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Unnaturally young.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
scholar/author Dorothy Seymour Mills
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dorothy-seymour-mills-who-received-belated-credit-for-husbands-baseball-books-dies-at-91/2019/11/20/c6df24d4-0baf-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
former pitcher and phillies scout will brunson, 49
https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/will-brunson-dies-suddenly-rip
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link