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RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020
G-Fafif Nov 11 2020 08:15 PM |
Les Rohr, the first player the Mets ever chose in the amateur draft, 74, on November 6.
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Edgy MD Nov 11 2020 08:47 PM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
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Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 11 2020 10:08 PM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
I tried like hell to reach him to do his SABR bio. Wound up connecting with a local sportswriter who sorta hinted he was a kind of moody loner who couldn't really be relied on for stuff like that. But anyway, an interesting figure in that he was drafted 9 rounds ahead of Nolan Ryan by the same scouting team.
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batmagadanleadoff Nov 11 2020 10:19 PM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
This card comes up on a Les Rohr google image search. It's Zvon's. He colorized a b&w Rohr photo. (Nice job!) The Shea background is from another source -- both images mishmashed into one baseball card. I know this to be true because I'm familiar with the b&w Rohr photo that was the source for the Z card.
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Edgy MD Nov 11 2020 10:21 PM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
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batmagadanleadoff Nov 11 2020 10:35 PM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
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This is an excerpt from a Sports Illustrated piece by Alexander Wolff on his childhood experience collecting the autographs of the 1969 Mets, and specifically, Tommie Agee's Hancock, which was the most elusive. I've read it several times and I'm certain that I once posted the article to this forum. The Les Rohr comment is the line I most remember from the piece.
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Frayed Knot Nov 12 2020 04:36 AM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
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Gotta question the strategy of a scouting team who apparently decided that girls names were a drafting priority: Leslie Norvin Rohr, Lynn Nolan Ryan Maybe that partially explains the troubles of the 1960's Mets Also Rohr was born in the UK, went to HS in Montana. Hardly your typical path to the bigs.
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Edgy MD Nov 12 2020 05:34 AM Re: RIP Les Rohr, 1946-2020 |
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