RIP Monte Irvin

Bluenoser · 01-12-2016, 06:04 PM

I know I could/should probably post this in the Sports Forum, but I believe the historical guys will be more appreciative of it here.

Monte Irvin, Giants Hall of Famer, dies | MLB.com

mitchkenn · 01-13-2016, 08:58 AM

First Negro League Player to be On The NY Giants. Mentor to Mays. Class and greatness. Another of the icons has passed. Monte will be missed.

01-12-2016, 06:04 PM	#1
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,064	RIP Monte Irvin I know I could/should probably post this in the Sports Forum, but I believe the historical guys will be more appreciative of it here. Monte Irvin, Giants Hall of Famer, dies \| MLB.com Last edited by Bluenoser; 01-13-2016 at 11:32 AM.

01-13-2016, 08:58 AM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	First Negro League Player to be On The NY Giants. Mentor to Mays. Class and greatness. Another of the icons has passed. Monte will be missed. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.