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Old 06-07-2013, 08:30 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by PhillieFever View Post
Some ultra rare death would be alright with me, but I definitely could see how some folks would be put off.
It's rare, but it happens. It even happens to really good players, like Lou Gehrig, Ross Youngs, Addie Joss, Ed Delahanty, Roberto Clemente - all Hall-of-Famers whose careers were cut short by death - not to mention high-caliber players who died mid-season, like Ray Chapman, Lyman Bostock, Thurman Munson, and Darryl Kile. It's simply unrealistic to ignore death as one among many ways that ball players leave the game.
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