Official Baseball In Memoriam Thread

[Judge Jude]

one was a lifetime Met and the other a lifetime Brave, alas.

Apodaca once was the hilarious answer to "what Mets pitcher of those who never pitched for another team has the most lifetime WAR?"

Seaver, Koosman, Gooden, Darling, Leiter, Fernandez, Matlack, Cone/Franco, Benitez, Orosco, McDowell, McGraw, K-Rod - all not eligible.

so Bob's 5.5 was the winner, until deGrom came along and racked up 33.3 in a hurry. still, he has Jacob has to retire as a Met to claim his prize.

[madducks]

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Biff Pocoroba dead at 66.

[revo]

Claudell Washington, who played for 7 teams over a 17-year career, died at age 65. RIP.




Great article on Claudell here:

https://theathletic.com/564683/2018/10/03/thompson-cool-claudell-washington-the-former-as-and-yankees-star-wouldnt-change-my-script-for-nothing-in-the-world/

[TranaGreg]

I think Claudell Washington was on my first ever roto-team.

[revo]

1967 NL Cy Young Award winner Mike McCormick died at age 81. RIP.

[Don Quixote]

Former Cubs All-Star 2B Glenn Beckert died at age 79. His best year was 1971 when he hit .342 and finished 3rd in the NL batting race. RIP.

Beckert and Don Kessinger were a fun duo to watch on defense--so in tune with each other because they played together for so long. Plus for MIs of their era, they were both good hitters.

A classic story involving Beckert--

1965 at Wrigley. Beckert leads off the bottom of the first against Sandy Koufax and strikes out. On his way back to the dugout, he tells Kessinger, who was on deck, "He's got nothin'."

Koufax went on to throw a perfect game. "Nothin'", indeed.

[The Feral Slasher]

Beckert and Don Kessinger were a fun duo to watch on defense--so in tune with each other because they played together for so long. Plus for MIs of their era, they were both good hitters.

A classic story involving Beckert--

1965 at Wrigley. Beckert leads off the bottom of the first against Sandy Koufax and strikes out. On his way back to the dugout, he tells Kessinger, who was on deck, "He's got nothin'."

Koufax went on to throw a perfect game. "Nothin'", indeed.

I love those cub uniforms

[revo]

Adrian Devine, a pitcher for the Braves & Rangers from 1973-1980, died at age 68. RIP.




Tyson Brummett, a pitcher who made a single MLB appearance for the Phillies in 2012, died in a plane crash yesterday at age 35. RIP.

[revo]

Bob "Ice Station" Sebra, who pitched for the Expos, Rangers, Phillies, Reds & Brewers in a 6-year MLB career spanning from 1985-1990, died at age 58. RIP.






Tony Taylor, a solid MI who had a 19-year career, batting .261 with 75 career HRs, died at age 84. RIP.

[revo]

Former manager John McNamara, who helmed the Red Sox for the 1986 WS, as well as 6 other teams in a 19-year managerial career, died at age 88. RIP.

[revo]

Horace Clarke, a 2B for the Yankees and Padres from 1965-1974, died at age 81. RIP.

[fuhrdog]

Tom Seaver passes away at age 75...RIP

[madducks]

Tom Seaver passes away at age 75...RIP

The Baseball Hall of Fame said Wednesday night that Seaver died Monday from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. RIP Tom Terrific.

[madducks]

Here's an article about the 2016 reunion of a few 69 Mets players at Seaver's vineyard in California:

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/...msky-1969-mets


Clockwise from left to right: Bud Harrelson, Jerry Koosman, Author-Erik Sherman, Art Shamsky, Ron Swoboda and Tom Seaver enjoy lunch. (Courtesy Erik Sherman)

[Roy Hobbs]

Great pitcher and even better man.