Three or four famous Mets on there...Did we mention Bill Plummer on this thread? Remember him well as Bench's backup.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 March 2024 18:17 (one month ago) link
Peter Angelos
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/23/peter-angelos-orioles-owner-dies/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:50 (one month ago) link
Pat Zachry, 1976's NL ROY (tied with Butch Metzger):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/2024/04/06/pat-zachry-obituary/a4456638-f465-11ee-a4c9-88e569a98b58_story.html
Also beat Dock Ellis in G3 of that year's WS sweep of the Yankees.
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 April 2024 15:11 (two weeks ago) link
I missed the biggest part of his story: he was one of the four players sent to the Mets for Seaver in '77 (along with Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman).
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 April 2024 15:15 (two weeks ago) link
catcher, most notably with the mets, jerry grote, 81
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:10 (two weeks ago) link
the notorious fritz peterson, 82
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 April 2024 18:39 (two weeks ago) link
Wow. Also a close friend of Bouton's (or at least was described that way in Ball Four). If you don't know about the notorious part, look him up!
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 April 2024 19:11 (two weeks ago) link
"I always did my best work when I was scared stiff. In fact, if I'm not scared for a game I'll create some critical situations in my mind. Like, I'll pretend it's a World Series game and that it really counts big. I told Fritz Peterson about how I felt about being scared and one day before I was going to start a game he came over and whispered in my ear: 'If you want to see your baby again you'll win today.'"
-- Ball Four
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 April 2024 00:51 (one week ago) link
despite peterson’s notoriety, i was not expecting to receive a new york times push notification about his death
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 April 2024 05:46 (one week ago) link
if we're going by ny baseball fan importance jerry grote (rip) way more notable than sex freakazoid peterson, his nice run with the non-competitive yankee clubs not withstanding
― buzza, Sunday, 14 April 2024 08:44 (one week ago) link
When Kenny Holtzman was a rookie in 1966, his start against Sandy Koufax was a big event for many of us — two Jewish left-handers going head-to-head a day after observing Yom Kippur. Holtzman pitched eight no-hit innings and the Cubs beat the Dodgers 2-1 at Wrigley Field. RIP. https://t.co/ahs4DJbn5V pic.twitter.com/IwDT6LI1uK— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) April 15, 2024
― j.q higgins, Monday, 15 April 2024 23:34 (one week ago) link
Just heard about this from a friend. Kind of overshadowed on the A's dynasty by Hunter, Blue, and Fingers.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 01:35 (one week ago) link
When I was growing up, they would always show those retrospective programs covering the World series and they always showed ones from the Athletics dynasty. Holtzman was one of the singular guys I remembered, and growing up he loomed larger in legend for me than almost anyone from those teams outside of Reggie. When you look at his statistics, it's kind of unbelievable he never received a single Cy Young vote.
― omar little, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 01:47 (one week ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/gJNYQhwk/kevin.jpg
Don't remember him at all.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 03:51 (one week ago) link
Holtzman won game 7 of the 73 series versus the Mets, hit a double and scored a run. I'll never not miss pitchers batting, yes I'm old. Also, very good Grid choice because of brief and mostly forgotten Orioles and Yankees years.
― buzza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 04:32 (one week ago) link
I didn't know that Holtzman played for the '77 and '78 Yankees, he won five WS rings! And yeah, it's surprising that he never got a CY vote with those pitching lines, but then again it's not surprising considering his competition on those WS winning teams.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 05:15 (one week ago) link
Happy trails Whitey Herzog
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 15:58 (one week ago) link
My first thought was that he was one of the very last autocratic old-school managers, but he retired in 1990, so I guess there were a number of them still around.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 16:15 (one week ago) link
ESPN: "A crew-cut, pot-bellied tobacco chewer who had no patience for the 'buddy-buddy' school of management..."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 16:19 (one week ago) link
The Dodgers mourn the passing of one of the team’s all-time greats, Carl Erskine, at the age of 97. Carl was an All-Star, a World Series Champion, a true ally to Jackie Robinson and more in the pursuit of equality, and a pioneering advocate for those with special needs, inspired… pic.twitter.com/1MPNDnz9HR— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 16, 2024
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 21:53 (one week ago) link
Seems apropos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUIeX6UCT8
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 22:00 (one week ago) link
Don't think I knew this (from Posnanski's obit):
In a nine-day span in June of 1949, the New York Yankees signed two 17-year-old prospects from the Midwest; one a shortstop out of a town called Commerce and the other an outfielder from a place called Belleville. The Yankees gave each of them a $1,500 signing bonus and something to dream about.
The shortstop was a kid named Mickey Mantle.
The outfielder was Rellie Herzog. Well, Rellie was a nickname. His full name was Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog. A few months later, while playing in an Oklahoma town called McAlester, a local sportscaster noticed his light hair and gave him a new nickname.
And that’s how he became Whitey Herzog.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:07 (one week ago) link
Whitey was one of the first non-Cubs managers I remember making an impression (along w/Earl Weaver and Billy Martin.) i'm pretty sure i thought he was about 70 in the '80s, he just looked like one of those old-time lifers. which he was, he just wasn't as old-time as i thought. i feel like the tobacco chaw no BS guys are few and far between these days, the guys who look like they've been through some shit already. Clint Hurdle was a recent-ish one i guess.
― omar little, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:12 (one week ago) link
They're extinct--just doesn't work with guys making this much money. Which is good; having played for such coaches when I was younger, it's a way of behaving that should be extinct.
Having said that, when I see something like this, some irrational nostalgia for the Herzog/Weaver/Martin style of managing lingers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywuT2PMNQ54
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:22 (one week ago) link
journeyman dave mccarty, 54
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:14 (six days ago) link