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Baseball Passings 2012

G-Fafif Jan 18 2012 03:59 PM

Nyack native Marty Springstead, 74. longtime AL umpire who worked the plate in Games One and Seven of the 1973 World Series. Reported "found dead at his home in Florida," January 17. (2011 thread here.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 23 2012 06:29 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Andy Musser, who called Phils games with pre-departed boothmates Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas, 74. No nonsense kinda announcer, never too exciting but a pro. They let him go when his eyesight went bad.

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2012 07:18 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: They let him go when his eyesight went bad. And yet John Sterling soldiers on. it is high, it is far, IT IS GON ....... no wait, it's off the wall ... and now the umps are calling the batter out so he must have caught it Suzyn. We can't see everything here from the Lowes Home Improvement Booth, but at first it looked like ...

MFS62 Jan 23 2012 09:31 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: They let him go when his eyesight went bad. And yet John Sterling soldiers on. it is high, it is far, IT IS GON ....... no wait, it's off the wall ... and now the umps are calling the batter out so he must have caught it Suzyn. We can't see everything here from the Lowes Home Improvement Booth, but at first it looked like ... We shouldn't make fun of the afflicted. John's vision is obscured because his head is so far up his ass that his eyes are blocked. Later

Edgy MD Feb 07 2012 08:16 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Passing at 87 is former Mets board member and Jackie O. escort John T. Sargent. I think he was also Nelson's former brother-in-law.

Edgy MD Feb 08 2012 07:31 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

To heck with the Wall Street Journal, the AP obituary is the real homerun here. Handsome, well-spoken and irresistible to women, Sargent was known as a serious and eclectic thinker and an accomplished reveler who dined out most nights and was equally comfortable with authors, movie stars or socialites. John Sargent Jr. remembered his father’s annual “singles only” Christmas Eve parties, co-hosted with actress Joan Fontaine. “A Salvation Army band would play at midnight and everybody would sing Christmas carols,” Sargent said. “And you had to be single. There was no flexibility in that rule.” That ain't workin'. That's the way you do it. Doubleday during Sargent’s time operated under the principle MBP (Management By Party). Gay Talese, whose book “Thy Neighbor’s Wife” was published by Doubleday, remembered attending editorial meetings and watching everyone “get smashed.” “Many of the editors and senior executives were big drinkers,” Talese told The Associated Press. “You’d go up this spiral staircase, into this private apartment, and the meetings were like a fraternity party that went out of hand. And John, elegant as he was, held his liquor with the best of them.” Money? Nothin'. Chicks? Free.

Frayed Knot Mar 05 2012 10:50 AM Baseball Deaths 2012 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 05 2012 12:50 PM

Don Mincher - 73 A 13 yr MLB career spanned five AL franchises and included being a member of the final year of both the first and second versions of the Washington Senators. He also played in the one and only year of the Seattle Pilots where his southern good ol' boy persona became one of the more quotable characters in Jim Bouton's 'Ball Four'. So it must have seemed for a while that if you hired Don Mincher your team immediately left town. His career included stops with the Senators/Twins, A's (twice), Angels, Pilots, Senators/Rangers and tallied exactly 200 HRs and two All-Star team selections. He later went on the GM his native Huntsville, Alabama AA team and was president of the AA Southern League until just last year.

SteveJRogers Mar 05 2012 11:59 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

The Ted McGliney of AL baseball.

TheOldMole Mar 05 2012 12:17 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Don Mincher was a Twin when I lived out in Minnesota and followed them.

G-Fafif Mar 05 2012 12:33 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

One of my first cards, inherited from my sister; her '67s were from the entire year, but her '68s had low numbers only, indicating to me that she lost interest in her peer-pressured collecting long before sixth grade was over for her and Topps had released its second series. Mincher was No. 75 in the 1968 set, which convinced me he was a star since I caught on pretty quickly that cards ending in 5's and 0's were reserved for the best players. Any other Minchers I came into the rest of my days, I counted myself lucky based on that assessment.

MFS62 Mar 05 2012 09:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

RIP, Don. He's in the record books as being one of five teammates to homer in the same inning when he played for the Twins. (The other homers were hit by Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rich Rollins and Zoilo Versalles.) That card takes us back to the days when the card companies would wait for the teams to come to New York to shoot the pics. Note the famous facade atop the pre-renovation Yankee Stadium I in the background. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2012 10:17 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Harry Wendlestedt. Umped the 73 and 86 World Series and in my memory every Met game I ever saw as a young kid.

metirish Mar 09 2012 10:23 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Harry Wendlestedt. Umped the 73 and 86 World Series and in my memory every Met game I ever saw as a young kid. and I would more associate his son as an ump....his dad did a lot - five no hitters ....cool http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wendelstedt

Edgy MD Mar 09 2012 10:45 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Had his own umping school, and (in my mind) advertised it in every sports pub I ever read as a kid. I'd place him just behind Dutch Rennert among names that pop into my head when I think, "Umpire." Top five: [list=1:d8r54h33][*:d8r54h33]Dutch Rennert[/*:m:d8r54h33] [*:d8r54h33]Harry Wendelstedt[/*:m:d8r54h33] [*:d8r54h33]Eric Gregg[/*:m:d8r54h33] [*:d8r54h33]Dana DeMuth[/*:m:d8r54h33] [*:d8r54h33]Gary Darling[/*:m:d8r54h33][/list:o:d8r54h33]

Frayed Knot Mar 21 2012 07:58 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Mel Parnell - 89 Pitched for the Red Sox from 1947 - 1956 His 123 wins include a no-hitter and a league-leading 25 win season in 1949

MFS62 Mar 21 2012 09:06 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: Mel Parnell - 89 Pitched for the Red Sox from 1947 - 1956 His 123 wins include a no-hitter and a league-leading 25 win season in 1949 Mel was always the example that was given to show that lefty pitchers could be winners pitching half their games at Fenway Park. Later

Edgy MD Apr 27 2012 01:48 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Moose Skowron, five-time world champ.

Frayed Knot Apr 27 2012 02:10 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Moose Skowron, five-time world champ. That USA Today piece mentions Moose's great nickname but doesn't mention its origin. The standard guess of getting it by being a big burly guy a la the dude in Archie Comics is not correct in this case. Guesses?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 27 2012 02:14 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

We'll have to ask Valadius to break down the nickname methodology.

Edgy MD Apr 27 2012 02:21 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Hardly unique. Baseball has had many Meese.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 27 2012 02:22 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Let me guess... he got the nickname because he had antlers?

Frayed Knot Apr 27 2012 02:23 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Hardly unique. Baseball has had many Meese. Unique?, no. But the origin of his particular one may be.

Fman99 Apr 27 2012 03:32 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

While it's not a recent passing, I found out yesterday that a coworker and friend of mine is the great grandson of a former major leaguer. A guy who played with Honus Wagner, Three Finger Brown, Zach Wheat and others, no less. Pretty frickin cool.

TheOldMole Apr 27 2012 03:53 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

He had a decent career.

Frayed Knot Apr 27 2012 04:10 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Moose Skowron, five-time world champ. That USA Today piece mentions Moose's great nickname but doesn't mention its origin. The standard guess of getting it by being a big burly guy a la the dude in Archie Comics is not correct in this case. Guesses? Old Mole gets the right answer (in another thread) -- Moose Skowron was not nicknamed for his resemblance to a moose, but for his resemblance to Mussolini.

Fman99 Apr 27 2012 08:31 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

He looks like a damned reincarnated zombie. He's got more spots than a maxipad.

MFS62 Apr 28 2012 12:26 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

I liked Moose. He was a typical first baseman of his era - a big slow guy who would get about .275-25-80 every year. Later

G-Fafif Jun 04 2012 03:39 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Pedro Borbon, 65, cancer. Fought with Buzz Capra in the undercard to Rose-Harrelson in 1973 and then took a bite out of a Mets cap he'd mistakenly placed on his head. He will be missed anyway.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 04 2012 06:47 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Pinch-hit for by Manny Mota (Mota... Mota... Mota) every time I watch Airplane.

themetfairy Jun 04 2012 07:13 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pinch-hit for by Manny Mota (Mota... Mota... Mota) every time I watch Airplane. My immediate reaction as well.

Edgy MD Jun 04 2012 09:07 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Came out of retirement to scab a little during the 1994 strike. Marge Schott tried to make him a model of what a real ballplayer is with the loyalty and the love of the game. Of course, he became a model of what a fake ballplayer is with the washed-uppiness and all, and it lent a meaningful discredit to the rest of the scabbbers. I guess I should have appreciated the latter turn of events, but the affair was just so loaded with a plantation dynamic that it was more than a little sickening.

Edgy MD Jun 05 2012 09:15 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Borbon in the archives: Borbon acquitted of assault. Borbon convicted of different assault. ("I sorry I bite you.") Borbon plays symbolic role of how awesome it is to be a scab. (Note: The "Chief" Bender in that article is not THE Chief Bender.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 11 2012 11:51 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Warner Fusselle, who used to host This Week in Baseball and associated syndicated baseball programs but more recently was doing the Cyclones radio broadcasts, died last night.

G-Fafif Jun 11 2012 01:11 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Lovely remembrance of Fusselle by William Weinbaum here. Less personal obits list the Virginia Squires as one of the minor league baseball teams he broadcast for. They were an ABA basketball team, of course. Fusselle, who had not only a rich, throwback voice but a dedication to precision, wouldn't have made that kind of mistake.

G-Fafif Jun 12 2012 03:23 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Dave Boswell, 67, won 20 for the AL West champion Twins in 1969 and still found time to fight Billy Martin.

Edgy MD Jun 20 2012 07:21 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Roger Jongewaard, former Mets scout who championed Darryl Strawberry, among others, succumbs to a heart attack at 75. Jongewaard went on to the Tigers after the Mets and then to the Mariners. Helped build some damn good teams. In 1987, the Mariners had the first overall draft pick. Owner George Argyros wanted to take Cal State Fullerton pitcher Mike Harkey. Jongewaard wanted a high-school outfielder from Cincinnati named Ken Griffey Jr. Jongewaard's judgment prevailed.

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2012 07:53 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

He was the scout portrayed (though I don't believe named) talking to young Billy Beane and parents in 'Moneyball'

Edgy MD Jun 20 2012 08:03 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

The actor looked the part, if I recall correctly.

Farmer Ted Jul 01 2012 07:48 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Hawk Taylor. First pinch hit granny in Mets history. Now hitting them for Casey again.

G-Fafif Jul 05 2012 03:21 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Mike Hershberger, 71, outfielder I remember from his 1967 Kansas City A's card.

Edgy MD Jul 05 2012 07:29 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Great card. Looks like that guy still isn't shaving yet.

MFS62 Jul 05 2012 09:44 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

My old pal Shoeless Don the White Sox fan must be very sad tonight. RIP, Mike. Later

Mets – Willets Point Aug 13 2012 02:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, 92.

MFS62 Aug 13 2012 09:14 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, 92. His full name was John Michael Paveskovich, which sounds Russian. That's funny, I thought he was a pole. RIP, Johnny. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 13 2012 09:42 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Looking over Pesky's record: - he led the AL in both hits and sac hits as a 22 y/o rookie in 1942 while hitting .331/..375/.416 and was 3rd in MVP voting - then missed all of the next 3 seasons in the military - came back in 1946 to lead the AL in PA, AB, & hits and was 4th in MVP voting - he led the league in hits in his 3rd season as well - by 1951 at age 31 he had seven seasons played and was a career .315/.403/.396 hitter - Boston traded him during the 1952 season and he was pretty mediocre after that, drifting through 3-1/2 seasons with Detroit & Washington before being released by Baltimore just before opening day 1955 - he played all of 1955 at AAA Denver in the Yanqui system and briefly in '56 in the Detroit system (possibly as a player/mgr or player/coach) with Durham in Class B ball before retiring as a player I had never really looked at Pesky's record before. I knew of him as a long-time Boston icon and his rep as being a scrappy-type / no-power player as middle infielder tended to be described in that day. But he was a much better hitter than I imagined despite being robbed of three prime years and until falling off pretty quickly by his early 30s.

Edgy MD Aug 13 2012 10:06 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Yeah, Bill James did an essay speculating that the pattern of Hall of Fame inductions suggests that there is a depression among WWII-era players and that there are a cool dozen players who would have been in the Hall of Fame, hadn't an important chunk of his career --- or perhaps the bulk or totality of it --- been otherwise taken from him. Acknowledging that some of these may have been teenagers killed in action whose game we never really got to see, he came up with the dozen best candidates. Pesky was fourth, right behind Dom DiMaggio. Speaking of Dom DiMaggio, he, Pesky, and Ted Williams leave Bobby Doerr as the last of them.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 14 2012 10:26 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Yankees not being douchebags.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 14 2012 10:35 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Yankees not being douchebags. And if you haven't heard this one yet, that's one goddamn beautiful scoreboard. A scoreboard like it oughtta be. Big and simple.

G-Fafif Oct 15 2012 05:57 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Champ Summers, 66, victim of kidney cancer. Enjoyed his time as a Tiger most, according to his wife; I remember him more as a Cub (drew a walk vs. Seaver in the 10th inning of the Joe Wallis Game) and a Red (pinch-hit for Pat Zachry, struck out in Seaver's last Shea pre-trade start).

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 15 2012 08:50 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Champ Summers is a star in this violent video [url]http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=5955859

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2012 08:23 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Champ Summers is a star in this violent video [url]http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=5955859 Now this is spooky. Not only is Champ Summers from this video dead (see above) but news this morning is that the other star, Crazy Pascual Perez, was murdered in a robbery in the Dominican Republic. If I'm Craig Lefferts I'm watching my step.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2012 08:42 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

I'd never in all my baseball loving days guess that anybody would get the jump on Pascual Perez. That guy was one scary mean pitcher. Volcanic temper too. Everything was cool and then BAM!, Pascual wanted to kill somebody and four guys would be holding him back. There were three Perez brothers in the big leagues --- the less ill-tempered (but still intimidating) Melido and Carlos joining Pascual. Yorkis was a cousin. There was a fourth brother, in the Mets system, named Vladimir. My boss at the time took a trip up to Little Falls to see the baby Mets play. I asked him how it went and he said it didn't go so good, as Vladimir started and got tossed in the second inning for headhunting. Pascual was also known for missing his first home start for the Braves after getting lost trying to find the ballpark, circling the city for hours. Don't know how angry Joe Torre got, but he started Pascual the next night against the Mets and he went 9 2/3 innings in the Braves' extra innng win.

seawolf17 Nov 01 2012 10:26 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

When I was a kid, I remember being fascinated that we had a Perez brother in our system. I wanted very much for him to do well. I used to play Micro League Baseball on the C64, and I had created a whole Mets universe; I played games, kept score, compiled stats, the whole nine. I still have oddly strong connections to guys like Chris Donnels and Lou Thornton and Terrel Hansen and Perez who did so much more for my fake Mets than they ever did for the real ones. I think Lou Thornton stole 100 bases for me one year. Even now, a bajillion years later, I have similarly odd attachments to my Out of the Park Baseball Mets. Yusmeiro Petit won a few Cy Young Awards in one of my iterations.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2012 10:50 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Edgy MD Nov 01 2012 11:06 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

While remembering Pascual's wonderful pitching and enigmatic and often self-defeating personality, we must pay tribute to his outstanding contributions he made to eighties pop-funk-soul outfit Cameo. RIP, Pascual.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2012 02:27 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Howard Johnson ?@20Hojo RIP Pasqual Perez...only pitcher I ever knew that could try to pick you off 1st by throwing BEHIND his back from the rubber...tru character

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2012 04:08 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Longtime baseball exec, former Orioles & Yankees GM, and also AL Prez, Lee McPhail - 95

G-Fafif Nov 17 2012 05:37 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Gail Harris, who on September 21, 1957, at Forbes Field hit the last two New York Giants home runs, passed away Wednesday, November 14, in Gainesville, Va., at the age of 81. He spent most of 1955, some of 1956 and all of 1957 with the Giants before being traded to Detroit for Ozzie "Call Your Sister" Virgil ahead of the 1958 season.

G-Fafif Dec 18 2012 05:57 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Frank Pastore, 55, teammate of Cincinnati Red pitcher Tom Seaver. Dug the Lord.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 18 2012 07:36 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Somewhere I have a VHS copy of a THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL episode from 1983 in which they ask Reds reliever Brad Lesley what's the strangest thing he'd ever seen in baseball and he answers "Frank Pastore's face."

seawolf17 Dec 18 2012 07:44 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Frank Pastore was one of those guys who was in every pack of cards I opened from 1983-1987.

metirish Dec 22 2012 08:50 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Sad news Report: Former Major Leaguer Ryan Freel Commits Suicide At Age 36 Former utility player Ryan Freel, who broke into the majors with Toronto in 2001 and played the majority of his eight-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, committed suicide today. First Coast News in Jacksonville has the first report: First Coast News sports director Dan Hicken has learned that Ryan Freel, a Jacksonville native and former Major League Baseball has died at the age of 36. The cause of death is suicide. Freel played baseball at Sandalwood and Englewood High School. He played for five different MLB teams from 2001-2009. He is most known for his six-year tenure with the Cincinnati Reds. His career batting average was .268 he stole 143 bases in his career. Since his retirement from professional baseball in 2009, Freel was a part of an organization on the First Coast called BLD Baseball which stands for Big League Development. Through this organization, Freel coached local youth baseball players. Freel was named head baseball coach at St. Joseph Academy in June. He shows up in the Deadspin archives on a few occasions which you can see here. We'll update this post as more information becomes available.

seawolf17 Dec 22 2012 08:56 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

I just saw this elsewhere. Stunned. Freel and I share a birthday; we're the exact same age.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2012 09:40 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

<> Poor Freel.

smg58 Dec 22 2012 09:49 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

There were times when I thought Freel would make a good fit here in Queens. He was fast and versatile enough to make up for his lack of power, at least for a few years. One can only speculate what brought him to the point where he's take his own life, but it's sad for him and everybody close to him.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 22 2012 10:09 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

awful.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2012 10:49 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Of course it's a gunshot wound. Of COURSE. Too easily overlooked in the gun debates --- success rates for suicides are much higher if you have a gun in the house.

Mets – Willets Point Dec 23 2012 02:59 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

It's terrible, but the first thing I thought was "at least he didn't kill anyone else first."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 24 2012 10:35 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Had a lot of concussions. A LOT.

Edgy MD Dec 24 2012 10:47 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Ten. Wow. And that's just the diagnosed ones, I gather.

The Second Spitter Dec 25 2012 12:05 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Fucking hell. Seems he had some issues before the concussions: Freel gained some notoriety in August of 2006 when The Dayton Daily News reported that Freel talked to an imaginary voice in his head named Farney. Said Freel: "He's a little guy who lives in my head who talks to me and I talk to him. That little midget in my head said, 'That was a great catch, Ryan,' I said, 'Hey, Farney, I don't know if that was you who really caught that ball, but that was pretty good if it was.' Everybody thinks I talk to myself, so I tell 'em I'm talking to Farney." Freel later said that Farney's name arose from a conversation with Reds trainer Mark Mann: "He actually made a comment like, 'How are the voices in your head?' We'd play around and finally this year he said, 'What's the guy's name?' I said, 'Let's call him Farney.' So now everybody's like, 'Run, Farney, run' or 'Let Farney hit today. You're not hitting very well.'"

G-Fafif Dec 25 2012 02:15 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Brad Corbett, Texas Rangers owner at the dawn of free agency, 75. Employed Frank Lucchesi, Eddie Stanky, Connie Ryan and Billy Hunter as managers...in an eight-game span in 1977.

Edgy MD Dec 25 2012 06:11 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Was he the one who rushed the prep school wunderkind to the big leagues, desperate to move some turnstiles, prefacing a career-destroying injury?

Ashie62 Dec 25 2012 12:45 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

The Second Spitter wrote: Fucking hell. Seems he had some issues before the concussions: Freel gained some notoriety in August of 2006 when The Dayton Daily News reported that Freel talked to an imaginary voice in his head named Farney. Said Freel: "He's a little guy who lives in my head who talks to me and I talk to him. That little midget in my head said, 'That was a great catch, Ryan,' I said, 'Hey, Farney, I don't know if that was you who really caught that ball, but that was pretty good if it was.' Everybody thinks I talk to myself, so I tell 'em I'm talking to Farney." Freel later said that Farney's name arose from a conversation with Reds trainer Mark Mann: "He actually made a comment like, 'How are the voices in your head?' We'd play around and finally this year he said, 'What's the guy's name?' I said, 'Let's call him Farney.' So now everybody's like, 'Run, Farney, run' or 'Let Farney hit today. You're not hitting very well.'" Daymares from Schizophrenia...

G-Fafif Dec 25 2012 04:05 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 25 2012 08:47 PM

Edgy MD wrote: Was he the one who rushed the prep school wunderkind to the big leagues, desperate to move some turnstiles, prefacing a career-destroying injury? No, that was Bob Short, who moved the team from D.C. The pitcher was David Clyde. Short to Corbett to Eddie Chiles to Dubya to Hicks to Ryan. Interesting lineage.

Ashie62 Dec 25 2012 06:45 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

G-Fafif wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Was he the one who rushed the prep school wunderkind to the big leagues, desperate to move some turnstiles, prefacing a career-destroying injury? No, that was Bob Short, who moved the team from D.C. The pitcher was David Clyd. Short to Corbett to Eddie Chiles to Dubya to Hicks to Ryan. Interesting lineage. Didn't the A's rush Mike Morgan who hung around awhile?

Edgy MD Dec 25 2012 08:39 PM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

I certainly didn't write or suggest that all teenage pitchers who appear in the big leagues have their careers destroyed.

Frayed Knot Dec 26 2012 06:49 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

Freel apparently drank a bit as well, although it's not clear if that was a past problem or still an active one.

G-Fafif Dec 26 2012 07:26 AM Re: Baseball Passings 2012

From about a month ago, Jimmy Stewart, 73, Red "supersub" whose utility extended to his post-playing advance scouting, credited as a key in Cincinnati's dismantling of the Big Green Machine from Oakland in the 1990 World Series. His name, though, comes up most frequently on lists of best/worst trades ever, as he was included in the package Cincy sent to Houston to acquire Joe Morgan. "I loved playing for the Reds," he said. "Loved everything about 'em. Loved the way they ran things, right on down to the no facial hair. First class. Yessir, I hated leaving the Reds. We had a championship ballclub. I wish they (the Reds' brass) would have traded Darrel Chaney. I'd have been in a couple more World Series." The linked article from the Cincinnati Enquirer is really good. Gives a lot of insight about a name that should be more than a trivia answer.