RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:25 pm
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RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
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Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:44 pm
I was never quite able to find the game in the UMDB, but I remember my first game at 10 years old or so as a Pat Zachry shutout.
First guy I remember having a specific entrance record.
First guy I remember having a specific entrance record.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:52 pm
I kind of adopted him as my favorite Met, replacing Seaver, when I was a kid. Those were unrealistic expectations. Wasn't he an All-Star for us one season?
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:53 pm
1978. Super start.Marshmallowmilkshake wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:52 pm I kind of adopted him as my favorite Met, replacing Seaver, when I was a kid. Those were unrealistic expectations. Wasn't he an All-Star for us one season?
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:57 pm
Yup, 1978 — his first full season with the team.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:00 pm
I remember a game when he was perfect for a while (not sure how long) but it all unraveled and when he left the game he kicked the dugout step and broke his foot.
I may be conflating two different games. It was obviously a long time ago.
I may be conflating two different games. It was obviously a long time ago.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:02 pm
I just found an article from the Cincinnati Enquirer. This wasn't a natural death. Apparently it was a car accident that also killed his wife.
EDIT: Oops, the article is from eight years ago. Zachry survived that accident but his wife didn't.
EDIT: Oops, the article is from eight years ago. Zachry survived that accident but his wife didn't.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:05 pm
From November 2016:
At about 6 p.m., emergency responders were called to south I-35 at mile marker 354 where a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck ran off the roadway and rolled onto the passenger side of the vehicle, killing Naomi Sharron Zachry, 65.
Sharron Zachry was a longtime educator in the Midway school district. She was both a teacher and a principal at Hewitt Elementary and an assistant principal at the middle school before taking the principal post at the high school. She put off retirement plans at the high school and went to Castleman Creek Elementary, which opened in 2009.
Her husband, Pat Zachry, 64, of Waco, was driving and was taken by air ambulance to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition and was expected to be released, Wilson said.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:27 pm
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:32 pm
I remember his delivery.
RIP
Later
RIP
Later
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:36 pm
Pat addressed the accident in 2020 with Howie Rose.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:12 pm
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:18 pm
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:25 pm
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:30 pm
Rest in peace 🙏
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:34 pm
I always wanted the best for him.
Sorta turned into a real cowboy
Sorta turned into a real cowboy
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:43 pm
He was a Texan, no?
He looks like an old Carradine in that YouTube preview.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:45 pm
I feel like I remember him winning a pre-game milking contest as a Met at Farmer's Day in Cincinnati.
It seemed kinda messed up to me to parade cows out on a field of grass they can't eat, but what did I know?
It seemed kinda messed up to me to parade cows out on a field of grass they can't eat, but what did I know?
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:14 am
I slave over box scores and can't get a yay or a nay?kcmets wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:25 pmWas it on the Fourth of July?
https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B07041NYN1978.htm
RIP, Big Zach
hmmpphhh...
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:23 am
Sorry, I don't think so. I remember it being 1-0 or 2-0 with back-to-back seventh-inning doubles (by John Stearns and ... Eilot Maddox?) being the difference maker.
I was with a group from The Police Boys Club. I don't imagine that they would get a block of tickets on July 4. On the other hand, in the Grant's Tomb Era, even on July 4, the majority of the seats would be empty.
Thanks for looking.
I was with a group from The Police Boys Club. I don't imagine that they would get a block of tickets on July 4. On the other hand, in the Grant's Tomb Era, even on July 4, the majority of the seats would be empty.
Thanks for looking.
Re: RIP Pat Zachry, 1952-2024
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:24 am
A few reflections in the wake of the Pat Zachry Invitational.