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