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
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 10:37 (seven years ago) link
Dick "Mad Dog" McAuliffe of the '68 Tigers
http://www.blessyouboys.com/2016/5/17/11678368/detroit-tigers-dick-mcauliffe-dies-1968-world-series
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 10:39 (seven years ago) link
@Dan_Dickerson....with his HR, Kinsler became first #Tigers leadoff man to HR in 4 straight gm since Dick McAuliffe in April of 1969...
― Andy K, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
i'm surprised it was that recently.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ci7e8SVUUAAw5wH.jpg
jim ray hart
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 May 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
appears in my oldest scorebooks...
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 May 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkmEkxoVEAAGNhw.jpg
gordie howe, first baseman of the 1951 saskatoon 55s
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 June 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
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
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 June 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp7g5XFVMAAhAzn.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 August 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
“What’s your wife’s name and what’s she like?”
“Mrs. Coleman, and she likes me, Bub.”
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 August 2016 23:35 (seven years ago) link
ralph branca
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
underworld?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
saw him a couple times at Cyclones/Mets games. RIP
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
(xpost) That's what I meant, yeah.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
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
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953
― clemenza, Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:36 AM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 November 2016 05:57 (seven years ago) link
that Yankee tryout story is proven bullshit btw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
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/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
daryl spencer, who hit the first homer in san francisco giants history
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 January 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
longtime cubs scout stan zielinski, who signed schwarber and samardzija (and long before that, cliff floyd)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 January 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
journeyman right-hander/occasional pitching coach jackie brown
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 January 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Yordano ventura in a car accident
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 22 January 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
And Andy Marte
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 22 January 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
jesus what's with young players dying
― k3vin k., Sunday, 22 January 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
ugh. RIP Ventura and Marte. :(
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 January 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
Ventura was the opposing SP in Marte's last mlb game
― nomar, Sunday, 22 January 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
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
― timellison, Sunday, 22 January 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
So sad :(
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 23 January 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link