baseball obituaries 2016

Lots of interesting Pappas stuff in the "Hey Bill" section of James's site.

-- short version of whether or not he was on a HOF track: "No; other than Pappas himself, nobody ever suggested that he was a Hall of Famer. He was always a #2 starter."
-- famous clubhouse lawyer
-- suspected of murdering his wife
-- published a memoir that was candid about amphetamine use in the game (post-Ball Four, I assume)
-- the main player on the other end of the Baltimore-Cincy Frank Robinson trade

So much for ordering the book--can't find a decent-shaped copy for under $25.

A's prospect Sean Murphy, 27.
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160426&content_id=174662854&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

Sammy Ellis, 22-game winner for the Reds in '65, later a Yankees pitching coach

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15552145/former-big-league-pitcher-sammy-ellis-dies-age-75

Dick "Mad Dog" McAuliffe of the '68 Tigers

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2016/5/17/11678368/detroit-tigers-dick-mcauliffe-dies-1968-world-series

@Dan_Dickerson
....with his HR, Kinsler became first #Tigers leadoff man to HR in 4 straight gm since Dick McAuliffe in April of 1969...

i'm surprised it was that recently.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ci7e8SVUUAAw5wH.jpg

jim ray hart

appears in my oldest scorebooks...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkmEkxoVEAAGNhw.jpg

gordie howe, first baseman of the 1951 saskatoon 55s

Jim Hickman of the '62 Mets and '69 Cubs

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/jim-hickman-death-cubs-mets-age-79-outfielder-first-base-all-star/zu6ve8z1eycn12vpj4kwg47ym

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp7g5XFVMAAhAzn.jpg:small

“What’s your wife’s name and what’s she like?”

“Mrs. Coleman, and she likes me, Bub.”

ralph branca

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ralph-branca-beloved-brooklyn-dodgers-pitcher-dead-90-article-1.2884710

The Dodgers lose the pennant.

Had a chance at Cooperstown to get him and Thomson to co-sign something, but I was just against the idea of paying for an autograph. Now wish I'd gotten the two of them and Don DeLillo to sign a copy of Libra.

underworld?

saw him a couple times at Cyclones/Mets games. RIP

(xpost) That's what I meant, yeah.

Fidel Castro.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953

― clemenza, Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:36 AM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that Yankee tryout story is proven bullshit btw

Original '62 Met, first Padres All-Star Chris Cannizzaro, on New Years Eve

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/212607370/original-met-padre-chris-cannizzaro-dies/

daryl spencer, who hit the first homer in san francisco giants history

Art 'Superman' Pennington, an All-Star Negro Baseball League player in the 1940s, died Wednesday night at the age of 93.

http://www.thegazette.com/storyimage/GA/20170105/ARTICLE/170109815/AR/0/AR-170109815.jpg&MaxH=500&MaxW=650

longtime cubs scout stan zielinski, who signed schwarber and samardzija (and long before that, cliff floyd)

journeyman right-hander/occasional pitching coach jackie brown

longtime scout harry minor, who convinced the mets to draft dwight gooden, among other things

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/213869442/longtime-scout-harry-minor-left-impact-on-game

Yordano ventura in a car accident

And Andy Marte

jesus what's with young players dying

ugh. RIP Ventura and Marte. :(

Ventura was the opposing SP in Marte's last mlb game

You guys remember this?

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/10/31/kansas-city-royals-yordano-ventura-plays-softball-kids-day-after-game-7

So sad :(