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Baseball Passings 2011

G-Fafif Feb 11 2011 12:00 PM

Woodie Fryman, 70, savior for Tigers down the stretch in 1972. 13-12 vs. Mets in 55 appearances (25 starts) with primarily the Pirates, Phillies and Expos.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 11 2011 02:14 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Chuck Tanner, 82. Mainstay of the Pirates when I grew up.

Valadius Feb 11 2011 02:44 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Tony Malinosky, 101. Oldest living major leaguer. Played 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937.

Edgy MD Feb 11 2011 02:56 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

What a bloody day. It's like they all hung in there to outlast the Mubarak regeime. Chuck Tanner never made sense on the Braves. Not that Sparky Anderson really made sense running the Tigers.

G-Fafif Feb 11 2011 04:00 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Fryman and Malinosky died while Mubarak was still hanging on. We just didn't get around to acknowledging them. I blame our Pro-Living Bias.

G-Fafif Feb 17 2011 04:12 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Gino Cimoli, 81. He scored the final run at Ebbets Field and was the first major leaguer to bat on the West Coast when the Dodgers faced the Giants at Seals Stadium in 1958.

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2011 08:24 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Mitchell Page - 59. Broke in with Oakland at age 25 and finished 2nd in the 1977 AL ROY race (got 9 first place votes) behind Eddie Murray and ahead of Bump Wills. An OFer who stroked .307/.405/.521 w/21 HRs & 42 steals (some serious stuff in the late 70s) he then proceeded to never have as good a season afterward, slipping somewhat each year until losing his starting job by age 28 and then only playing sparingly after that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 14 2011 08:34 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I remember Page. Wore glasses on the field.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 14 2011 09:04 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Holy crap. I remember a kid in my neighborhood was a big fan of Mitchell Page. That "59" after his name came as a surprise to me. When you go a long time without thinking of someone, you tend to think that they haven't been aging.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 14 2011 09:41 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Was awarded one of the three outfield rookie cup trophies that didn't go to Steve Henderson.

Valadius Mar 16 2011 12:58 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Marty Marion, 93. 1944 NL MVP with the Cardinals.

TheOldMole Mar 16 2011 02:56 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

One of the greats.

Valadius Mar 16 2011 06:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Before Ozzie Smith, he was held up as the best Cardinals shortstop of all time.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2011 08:52 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

More than that, he was widely considered the league's standard bearer. For a long time, the instant argument against Phil Rizzuto's Hall of Fame candidacy was that if Marty Marion wasn't in, Rizzuto certainly shouldn't be.

TheOldMole Mar 17 2011 01:09 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I think he should be. And so should Gil Hodges.

G-Fafif Apr 02 2011 09:32 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Player development man Lou Gorman, 82, helped rebuild the Mets under Frank Cashen from 1980-1983. Was the opposing GM in the 1986 World Series.

Edgy MD Apr 02 2011 10:54 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Wow, he probably deserves his own thread. I think he was big behind the Mazzilli-Darling/Terrell trade. If that wans't a big builder in our championship, he helped us from the other side with the Ojeda-Schiraldi/Gardner trade. A baseball fixture for a long, long time. Wrote the worst book blurb ever.

G-Fafif Apr 05 2011 07:27 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Lou Gorman recalled, as only Marty Noble could. Speaking to Lou on the phone, or, better yet, in person was a delight. His in-person greeting seldom varied -- "Good to see you, Mr. Noble, sir. Good to see you. How are you, Mr. Noble?" Most often, my calls were fact-finding in nature. They were cordial, occasionally fruitful, more often frustrating. General manager Frank Cashen liked his Mets tight-lipped. It was our job -- Danny's, mine and the other guys' -- to loosen those lips. Sometimes, I'd call Lou for no particular reason and just press the talk button. He could fill a notebook faster than anyone this side of Gene Orza, Ron Blomberg or Gary Carter. And Lou's anecdotes were good -- filled with insight and recaps of his favorite baseball episodes. Once in a while, a Mets fact might have slipped through -- don't tell Cashen -- but mostly Lou spoke of players he'd scouted, recommended, signed. The others went unmentioned.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2011 08:10 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Paul Splitorff. Longtime Royals pitcher and broadcaster, 64. I didn't know this but he's their all-time victory leader. [url]http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/25/2902340/royals-great-paul-splittorff-dies.html

seawolf17 May 25 2011 08:15 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I don't think he would have been in my top 50 guesses. edit: Wow, he leads them in every category. Wins, losses, games started (third in games, behind Quiz and Jeff Montgomery), IP, hits allowed, runs allowed. Second in CG & SHO behind Dennis Leonard.

Lefty Specialist May 25 2011 09:11 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Oral cancer. Don't chew tobacco, kids.

Edgy MD May 25 2011 09:23 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

The Royals were really an impressive franchise before 1994 --- an expansion team with a record above .500, a beloved committed ownership group, an urban baseball academy, a stadium that continued to improve while still looking like a relic from the era it was built, a willingness to be aggressive in the free agent market, a couple of giant-killer pennant winners, and a franchise player who was damn near the best player ever at his position. Yeah there was cocaine, astroturf, and powderblues, but they paved their own way.

G-Fafif Jun 09 2011 08:07 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Jose Pagan, 76, Giant and Pirate World Series star.

G-Fafif Jun 09 2011 08:09 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Jim Northrup, 71, Tigers mainstay.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2011 08:11 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

G-Fafif wrote: Jose Pagan, 76, Giant and Pirate World Series star. And what the hell is Lewy body dementia? Man, I don't wanna get old.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 09 2011 08:34 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

G-Fafif wrote: Jim Northrup, 71, Tigers mainstay. I recall this as being one of the first baseball cards I owned. I think there was soemthing about the name NORTHRUP that I found grippingly exotic.

MFS62 Jun 09 2011 08:37 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Northrup and Pagan, game 7 heroes. RIP, guys. These things happen in 3's. If I were Bill Mazeroski, I'd watch my ass for the next couple of days. Later

G-Fafif Jun 09 2011 08:39 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

One of my first: Didn't quite nail the "Pagan" pronunciation when I inherited it and other '67 Topps from my sister a year after it was issued. I'm guessing I wasn't altogether nimble on "Jose" either.

seawolf17 Jul 07 2011 02:31 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

HOF manager Dick Williams, 82.

TransMonk Jul 07 2011 02:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Per Wiki: He and Lou Piniella are the only managers in history to lead four teams to seasons of 90 or more wins.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 07 2011 02:47 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I thought that maybe Davey Johnson had a chance to get on that list now that he's managing the Nationals, but no. He only had 90-win seasons with two teams, the Mets and the Orioles (with 98 wins in 1997). His high with the Dodgers was 86 (in 2000) and with the Reds it was 95 (in 1995).

Edgy MD Jul 07 2011 02:58 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

The rule has almost always been that two championships as a manager get you to the Hall of Fame: with Williams having to wait a bit because he made few friends. I long thought that Don Denkinger robbed Whitey Herzog of that honor and Rich Garcia robbed Davey Johnson. Herzog got the call this last year anyhow. Probably justly so, even with one championship.

HahnSolo Jul 07 2011 03:18 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought that maybe Davey Johnson had a chance to get on that list now that he's managing the Nationals, but no. He only had 90-win seasons with two teams, the Mets and the Orioles (with 98 wins in 1997). His high with the Dodgers was 86 (in 2000) and with the Reds it was 95 (in 1995). Have a look at that Reds lineup* and rotation (staff ace: Pete Schourek!) and ask yourself how the hell he got that team to go 85-59. *big years from Gant and Reggie Sanders notwithstanding.

Met Hunter Jul 07 2011 09:25 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

So a few years ago, the Baseball Hall of Fame creates a Fathers Day Classic. Its a game on Fathers Day with ex big leaguers and HOFers. The 2010 game pitted Bob Feller's squad vs. Harmon Killebrew's. As we know both of those men died before the next Classic. So who was in this year's game last month? Dick Williams. That game is either jinxed or Doubleday Field is becoming the final appearance for HOFers in their Field of Dreams.

MFS62 Jul 07 2011 09:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Don Buddin, ex-Red Sox shortstop, died earlier this week at age 77. Later

seawolf17 Jul 08 2011 01:33 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought that maybe Davey Johnson had a chance to get on that list now that he's managing the Nationals, but no. Because they're the Nationals.

seawolf17 Jul 28 2011 01:25 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Hideki Irabu, 42. Likely suicide...? Yowza. http://riveraveblues.com/2011/07/hideki ... ome-53186/

Edgy MD Jul 28 2011 01:54 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Gah!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 28 2011 01:55 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

That sucks.

metirish Jul 28 2011 02:00 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Horrible "@Buster_ESPN: Really sad news about Hideki Irabu. He always seemed terribly sad in the two years I covered him; he had a lot of troubled times. RIP."

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2011 03:48 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

At least when he was here he could always look forward to those kind words that great humanitarian George Steinbrenner would have for him.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2011 06:44 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Yeah, I have trouble not thinking about this today. Be merciful to your high-paid underperformers, folks.

Fman99 Jul 29 2011 04:36 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Known for his hanging slider.

themetfairy Jul 30 2011 07:19 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Lisa Olson wrote an insightful column about Irabu in the wake of his death.

Frayed Knot Nov 03 2011 04:12 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Matty Alou - 72 The middle of the three Alou brothers who roamed the OF for the SF Giants in the 1960s. Smaller and more of a slap-hitter (31 career HRs) compared to older brother Felipe, Mateo hit .300+ six times in the offensively challenged 1960s including a batting title with the 1966 Pirates and made two AS games. Older brother to brief NYM Jesus; uncle to the slightly longer-lasting NYM Moises.

Edgy MD Nov 03 2011 06:10 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Also uncle of 1997-1998 Met and Bobby Bonilla trade-bait Mel Rojas and cousin of 1975-1976 Astro Jose Sosa. Son of the greatest baseball dynasty there be.

Frayed Knot Nov 03 2011 06:18 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

NYM Carlton Willey makes history (sort of) in the top of the 8th of this game It was youngest brother Jesus's ML debut and since the Mets were (quite naturally in 1963) kicking ass (OK, it was 3-0 at the time) the Giant's mgr decided to go to some PHers and make the Alous the first trio of brothers to bat in the same half-inning. Willey retired them all.

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 06:58 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Oddly enough, the greatest baseball dynasty is misnamed. They're known as the Rojas family in the Dominican Republic, but the Giants scout who originally signed Felipe took down his matronym for a surname, and once the paperwork is filed, it's filed.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2011 07:10 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Oddly enough, the greatest baseball dynasty is misnamed. They're known as the Rojas family in the Dominican Republic, but the Giants scout who originally signed Felipe took down his matronym for a surname, and once the paperwork is filed, it's filed. Switching between maternal & paternal family names seems to be somewhat common in Latin cultures. I also heard that the proper/local pronunciation is closer to 'Allow' then the 'Ah-Loo' which got adopted here - and those things tend to be even harder to change than paperwork.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 07:10 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 07:18 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I like how the card says "Matty," but the autograph says "Mateo."

seawolf17 Nov 04 2011 07:27 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Edgy DC wrote: I like how the card says "Matty," but the autograph says "Mateo." There's a lot of that on cards; the autographs are pulled off the contracts, and most guys sign their contracts with their legal names, so you get odd juxtapositions sometimes.

HahnSolo Nov 04 2011 07:29 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Yeah, if I was related to Mel Rojas, I'd be OK with being called Alou.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2011 07:44 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Some of that name-shifting stuff stems from the fact that the Felipe Alou family tree is, how you say, a bit complicated. Several wives plus maybe a kid or two from outside those so the descriptions of cousin/nephew/etc get a bit hazy. Mel Rojas is related to the Alou clan of MLB fame although I'm not sure exactly how.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 10:56 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Another former Cardinal passes on: Bob Forsch, one of a handful of pitchers to have two no-hit games and the third winningest pitcher in Cardinals history, collapsed at his home near Tampa Fla., and died suddenly Thursday night. Early reports from his wife, Jan, were that Forsch, 61, had suffered an aneurysm in his upper chest. Forsch, who spent 15 seasons with the Cardinals from 1974-88, won 163 games for the club, ranking him third behind Bob Gibson (251) and Jesse "Pop" Haines (210). Employed as a minor league pitching coach in the Cincinnati organization for the last few years, Forsch was on three Cardinals World Series teams here under manager Whitey Herzog in 1982, 1985 and 1987. Forsch threw the ceremonial first pitch here last Friday before Game 7 of the Cardinals' 11th World Series championship. Forsch pitched no-hitters in 1978 and 1983 for the Cardinals, making him the only pitcher in club history to do that. His best season was in 1977 when he won 20 games. He had 10 double-figure win seaons before finishing his career with Houston in 1989. Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball ... z1ckyhTHZq

G-Fafif Nov 04 2011 11:03 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Bob Forsch gave up Ed Kranepool's final hit, a pinch-double.

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 11:03 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Bad week for big-league brothers. Both threw no-hitters, I think. One of them, I think Bob, was also a pretty good hitter.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 11:17 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Two former Cardinals whose brothers were also big leaguers just died. If he believes that things happen in threes, Joe Torre is probably in panic mode right now.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2011 11:24 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I guess if you're gonna collapse and die suddenly there are worse ways to spend your final week on Earth than to throw out the first pitch of Game 7 of the World Series which your team wins. I never knew Bob Forsch was as distinguished as all that. I associate him with the Big League Brothers cards of my youth and would have guessed he & Ken were the lesser of the Niekros and Rueschels.

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 11:37 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Two former Cardinals whose brothers were also big leaguers just died. If he believes that things happen in threes, Joe Torre is probably in panic mode right now. Or J.D. Drew. Or Chris Duncan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2011 12:29 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

smg58 Nov 04 2011 01:14 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

That's sad. I also remember the Forsch brothers from collecting cards when I was little, and remember thinking it was a big deal when both brothers pitched no-hitters. He looks so young in that card, and certainly didn't look last week like somebody who had a few days left.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2011 05:24 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I certainly wouldn't have guessed #3 winningest Cardinal ever (163 of his 168 ML wins for StL) I assume Gibson is #1 - although even he is well short of 300 (251) and I would have been totally flummoxed for answers after that. I'd make #2 a quiz except I still don't know the answer.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2011 05:55 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I know Dizzy Dean had 150, because I always thought it was cool that Dizz had 150 and Daff had 50. I don't think Carlton lasted long enough with them. Tudor neither.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2011 07:01 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

The answer is in the article I pasted above: Jesse "Pop" Haines (210)

Edgy MD Nov 05 2011 07:20 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

A guy won 210 games in the National League and I've never ever heard of him. Ever.

SteveJRogers Nov 05 2011 07:28 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Edgy DC wrote: A guy won 210 games in the National League and I've never ever heard of him. Ever. A Hall of Famer at that! To be fair, he was on the 1920s Cardinal teams, and got in the Hall thanks to the Frankie Frisch Veterans Committee. In other words, he ranks among the leading contenders among the "why is THIS GUY in the Hall" Hall of Famers.

MFS62 Nov 06 2011 08:53 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Frayed Knot wrote: NYM Carlton Willey makes history (sort of) in the top of the 8th of this game It was youngest brother Jesus's ML debut and since the Mets were (quite naturally in 1963) kicking ass (OK, it was 3-0 at the time) the Giant's mgr decided to go to some PHers and make the Alous the first trio of brothers to bat in the same half-inning. Willey retired them all. I was at the game, sitting down the right field line in the Polo Grounds upper deck. The fans kept yelling "Hey, Alou! Which Alou are YOU?" Later

G-Fafif Nov 12 2011 03:17 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Charlie Lea, Expo, 54.

Edgy MD Nov 12 2011 03:23 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Sheesh. Too young. I remember the day he got called up, because the Expos disabled Bill LEE and added Charlie LEA.

metirish Nov 19 2011 07:33 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Saw this on the news the other night, interesting guy. Irving Franklin, co-inventor of baseball batting glove, dies at 93 By MICHAEL LAFORGIA Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Posted: 5:53 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 Irving H. Franklin, an innovator in the sporting goods industry who teamed with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to invent the baseball batting glove, died in his sleep Thursday in Falmouth, Mass. He was 93. Mr. Franklin, co-founder of Franklin Sports, passed his twilight years in suburban Palm Beach Gardens, in a modest house that represented his sense of humility, said his son, Larry Franklin. "He grew up in Brockton with very meager means, and he never really forgot his roots," said Larry Franklin, president of the international sporting good company. "He remained humble, and in some ways I think he sort of felt a little uncomfortable with the rewards of success." After working at a shoe factory and in the scrap leather business, Mr. Franklin and his brother, Sydney, launched their sporting goods company in 1946. Soon after, Mr. Franklin travelled to Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he would set up a factory to manufacture baseball gloves. "That really was something that was a huge entrepreneurial adventure," Larry Franklin said. Next, Mr. Franklin travelled to Asia, and soon he was importing sporting goods from Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and China. Ever the innovator, Mr. Franklin in the late 1960s became the first sporting goods manufacturer to build a product line around an athlete, tapping New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath for the job. But it was as the inventor, with Schmidt, of the baseball batting glove in the 1980s that Mr. Franklin really made his mark on professional sports, and propelled his company to new prominence. "The batting glove is still our flagship product," said Larry Franklin, who added that Schmidt called him Friday with his condolences. Mr. Franklin first started vacationing in Florida for about 30 years. After turning over the helm of the company to his son, Mr. Franklin bought a house in suburban Palm Beach Gardens in 1990, in a neighborhood he shared with his friends. "I think he enjoyed living down there," Larry Franklin said. "He played some cards. Tried to play a little golf, which he wasn't good at." Mr. Franklin is survived by his wife, Barbara, and sister Sylvia Aven; his children, Larry Franklin and Arlene Franklin; stepchildren, Lynne Brayman Buchong, Kenneth L. Braymand and Jules Brayman; and grandchildren Adam Franklin and Jared Franklin. Services will be held today at Temple Beth Emunah at 479 Torrey St. in Brockton, Mass., at noon. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Franklin Fellow Rabbinical School Scholarship Fund, Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, 10027-4649.

Frayed Knot Nov 19 2011 11:30 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

The first guy I remember with batting gloves was Rusty - but since this was prior to Franklin's invention they were essentially golf gloves which weren't really tough enough for the job so a pair never lasted very long. But ol' Rusty had a whole collection of them which he'd mix and match according to uniform, weather, mood, and, perhaps most consistently, hitting streaks (or the lack thereof). He would deny sticking with a particular pair if he was hot but athletes are almost as famous for denying being superstitious as they are for being so in the first place so it always seemed like he did

seawolf17 Nov 19 2011 05:27 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I remember getting my first batting glove. I was sure it would turn me into a big-time hitter. (It did not.)

metirish Nov 21 2011 06:00 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Tragic Seattle Mariners Outfielder Greg Halman Slain By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) —Dutch police say Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman has been stabbed to death and his brother has been arrested as a suspect. Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels says police were called to a home in the Dutch port city early Monday morning and found Halman bleeding from a stab wound. The officers attempted unsuccessfully to resuscitate the 24-year-old. Wessels says the officers arrested Halman's 22-year-old brother. She declined to give his name, in line with

Edgy MD Nov 21 2011 06:32 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Sheesh, how many 22-year-old brothers could he have. I don't know that I had ever heard of him. Athletic-looking dude.

metirish Nov 21 2011 07:11 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

I wondered the same thing and am sure I never heard of him, not surprising though with where he played and league. Bio September 23, 2010 for the Seattle Mariners

G-Fafif Dec 31 2011 12:14 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

Giants outfielder Don Mueller, 84, a.k.a Mandrake the Magician. The Giants had come from far back to tie the Dodgers for first place in the National League. But in the finale of a three-game playoff, they were losing, 4-1, at the Polo Grounds going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Alvin Dark led off by singling against Don Newcombe. When the left-handed-batting Mueller came to the plate, Gil Hodges, the Dodgers’ first baseman, stood close to the bag. Mueller took notice. “I saw that hole sittin’ there like a deer in huntin’ season,” he was quoted by Thomas Kiernan in the book “Miracle at Coogan’s Bluff.” “And I went for it. I was a hole hitter, always tried to hit the ball where the biggest hole was. If Hodges was playin’ off the bag, instead of tight behind Dark, I would’ve tried to go up the middle with the ball.” Mueller drove a fastball to Hodges’s right, just beyond his reach. In keeping with his nickname, taken from the comic-strip magician created by Lee Falk in the 1930s, his single into the hole sent Dark to third base. After Monte Irvin fouled out and Whitey Lockman doubled to left, Mueller made an awkward slide into third base, injuring ligaments and tendons in his left ankle. He was carried off on a stretcher. Clint Hartung, a reserve outfielder, ran for him. Ralph Branca replaced Newcombe, and moments later Thomson connected on a three-run homer into the lower left-field stands, giving the Giants a 5-4 victory and the National League pennant. It came to be known as the “shot heard round the world.” Mueller was lying on a clubhouse table when he heard the crowd erupt. “I couldn’t be certain that it wasn’t something good for the Dodgers because there were plenty of Brooklyn fans in that park,” he told Ray Robinson in “The Home Run Heard ’Round the World.” “There was no radio in the clubhouse. But I knew pretty quickly what had happened once the players got back to the clubhouse and started to pour Champagne over my injured ankle.” Mueller was out for the World Series, compelling Leo Durocher to replace him in right with Hank Thompson, meaning the starting outfield for Game One at MFYS I -- which also included Monte Irvin in left and Willie Mays in center -- was all African-American...a Fall Classic first.

Edgy MD Dec 31 2011 05:34 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2011

With four and a half hours to go, the Metlies who passed in 2011: Joe Frazier, manager: February 15, 2011 in Broken Arrow, OK Greg Goossen, catcher, February 26, 2011, in Sherman Oaks, CA Duke Snider, outfielder, February 27, 2011, Escondido, CA Lou Gorman, executive, April 1, 2011, in Boston, MA Billy Baldwin, outfielder, June 29, 2011, in Hudson, OH