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