[rburgh]

Died of cancer a few days ago. He was most notable as the player traded to reclaim Bobby Bonilla after the Pirates foolishly exposed him to the Rule 5 draft. Both had good careers, but it would have been nice to have them both on the Pirates. Who knows? Perhaps DeLeon would have been good enough to get the Pirates past the Braves in the '92 playoffs and convince Barry to stay with the Pirates.