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06-23-2019, 11:04 AM | #1161 |
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Frank Lucchesi former Mgr for the Phillies, Rangers and Cubs passed away
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06-23-2019, 11:07 AM | #1162 |
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Larry Foss former pitcher for the Pirates and the 1962 Amazing Mets died
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07-04-2019, 11:27 AM | #1163 |
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Luis Mercedes played for the Orioles and had a brief stint with the Giants passed away at 51
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07-04-2019, 11:35 AM | #1164 |
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Aubrey Gatewood former Angel and Brave passed away at the age of 80
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07-04-2019, 11:40 AM | #1165 |
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"Jake" Peter Henry Jaeckel a former Cub passed away he was 76 when he passed in March
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07-04-2019, 03:22 PM | #1166 |
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Jaeckel's entire major league tenure consisted of 4 games in September and October 1964 with the Chicago Cubs.
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07-05-2019, 10:17 PM | #1167 |
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Gary Kolb who played for the Cards, the Braves, the Mets and the Pirates passed away at 79
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07-08-2019, 08:01 PM | #1168 |
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News from the Wikipedia Oldest Living Major Leaguers List
Jim Marshall, major league 1B/Outfielder from 1958 to 1962 Orioles, Cubs, Giants, Mets & Pirates is added to Wikipedia's oldest living players list at the bottom spot of #125. Marshall played for the Mets in the first game of their franchise history on April 11, 1962. He is 88.
Long-Time Yankee, Hector Lopez turned 90 today on July 8. A shaky fielder at third baseman and outfielder, whose best position was hitter was a .270 batter with the Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1959 and the New York Yankees from 1959 to 1966, -playing in 1,450 MLB games in 12 seasons.. |
07-09-2019, 04:49 PM | #1169 |
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Paul Schramka a former Cub who never got an official AB passed away
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.jso...amp/1676389001
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07-09-2019, 09:56 PM | #1170 |
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I read somewhere many years ago that as the trade deadline approached in 1959 the Yankees were after Roger Maris.Maris got hurt and the Yanks agreed to take Lopez in his place, along with Ralph Terry. Of course,that winter the Yankees landed Maris anyway.
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07-10-2019, 01:08 PM | #1171 |
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I remember they called Kansas City the Yankees farm team even after they stopped being their actual AAA team in 1953. Ralph Terry, Roger Maris, Hector Lopez, Clete Boyer.....it's quite a long list of strong contributors to the Yankees pennant winners of 1960 to 1964, that came to The Big Apple in one-sided trades with Kansas City.
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07-10-2019, 08:42 PM | #1172 |
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Jim Bouton writer of Ball Four and former Yankee, Pilot and Astro passed away at 80
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07-11-2019, 11:12 AM | #1173 |
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Jim Clark 1971 Cleveland Indian passed away back in January at 71
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07-12-2019, 09:53 AM | #1174 |
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Larry Howard fomer catcher for the Astros and Braves died at the age of 73
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07-12-2019, 12:28 PM | #1175 |
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Glenn Mickens a 1953 Brooklyn Dodger passed away at the age of 88
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/la...&pid=193374963
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07-15-2019, 12:00 PM | #1176 |
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Joe Grzenda former pitcher for 6 teams including Royals, Senators and Mets died at 82.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rzenjo01.shtml
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07-16-2019, 09:54 PM | #1177 |
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Thanks, I believe the action pic of Bouton is the best pic of him I have ever seen.
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07-17-2019, 08:42 PM | #1178 |
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ERNIE BROGLIO former Cub and Cardinal died at age 83
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07-17-2019, 08:48 PM | #1179 |
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Pumpsie Green former Red Sox and Met passed away at the age of 85
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07-18-2019, 12:43 PM | #1180 |
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Pete Burnside: Me & Pete go back together a long ways
Pete Burnside is now the new #100 on Wikipedia's 100 oldest living major league baseball players list (with a supplemental list that covers players ranked from #101 to #125).
On September 25, 1955 I went to my first major league baseball games ever with my parents at The Polo Grounds in a season-ending doubleheader. Pete Burnside had made his major leagues debut in a relief appearance for the New York Giants on September 20 and now here he was making his first MLB start in Game One of the Twin-bill. One slight problem - he was matched against the Phillies certain future Hall Of Famer, Robin Roberts who had already won 23 games that year. Burnside was the unlikely winner, however holding the Phillies scoreless for eight innings and holding off the Phillies ninth inning rally getting a 5-2 Complete Game victory. That may be when I began my love affair with baseball. It's unpredictable. The novice pitcher beat the superstar ….and so it goes. Talk about unpredictable things: the Phillies completed a Triple Play in Game Two and light-hitting Phillies shortstop,Ted Kazanski hit one of his extremely rare home runs. Curt Simmons beat Jim Hearn in the nightcap and the Phils and Giants split the doubleheader. Burnside had his 89th birthday two weeks ago on July 2. |
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