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RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

G-Fafif Aug 19 2019 12:51 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 19 2019 01:22 PM

We've lost an Original Met, a Recidivist Met and a practically lifelong Met today, as Al Jackson passed away today at age 83 in Port St. Lucie. He suffered a stroke in 2015. He was "my guy," SABR-wise, the only bio I'd written, recently updating it to encompass what I filed ten years earlier -- not only the illness but more about the obstacles he faced coming into and staying in baseball. Everybody spoke so highly of him throughout his career, which didn't really end until the stroke. He was, like Phil Regan, our organizational pitching guru, except he did that pretty much forever. You will remember him from Bobby V's coaching staff on those playoff teams of 1999 and 2000. You'll remember him in a second go-round in 1969, perhaps, and you're surely familiar with his being the rock of the staff from 1962 through 1965, tough years for a rock, but Al never sank. Little Al Jackson, as Bob Murphy called him. He is missed already.

seawolf17 Aug 19 2019 01:10 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

An absolute all-time Met in every sense of the word.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2019 01:16 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

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41Forever Aug 19 2019 01:30 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

He was the Orioles pitching coach when I was writing about Mickey Weston. While Frank Robinson was a bit gruff, Al Jackson was gracious with a starstruck young reporter, providing good information in a very friendly way.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2019 01:37 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

At the time of his death, Al Jackson was the 20th oldest living Met. John DeMerit now moves into the Top Twenty, and Bob Aspromonte moves into the Top Forty. Oldest Living Mets

Edgy MD Aug 19 2019 01:59 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

When Ron Darling talks about who got him over the hump as a pro pitcher, it's rarely Bill Monboquette or Mel Stottlemyer he talks about. It's usually either Al Jackson or Davy Johnson.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2019 02:59 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

SABR has posted the updated bio here... https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9bc53b1d

MFS62 Aug 19 2019 07:07 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

My favorite all-time Met. I am very sad today. This sentence from Greg's article says it all: “No one,” the Mets' 2018 media guide declared, “exemplifies the Mets organization more than Al Jackson.” RIP Later

dgwphotography Aug 20 2019 07:47 AM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

=MFS62 post_id=19345 time=1566263260 user_id=60] My favorite all-time Met. I am very sad today. This sentence from Greg's article says it all: “No one,” the Mets' 2018 media guide declared, “exemplifies the Mets organization more than Al Jackson.” RIP Later

Greg sure knows how to get to the heart of the matter. RIP

Frayed Knot Aug 20 2019 07:37 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

We saw him pitching in the sixties, the little lefty from Waco town. We've been seeing Al Jackson, ever since the team's been around. We're talking Jackson ..

Frayed Knot Aug 20 2019 07:37 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

We saw him pitching in the sixties, the little lefty from Waco town. We've been seeing Al Jackson, ever since the team's been around. We're talking Jackson ..

G-Fafif Aug 20 2019 09:39 PM Re: RIP Al Jackson, 1935-2019

Al pinch-ran 51 times as a Met.