Baseball

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Memphian Phil Gagliano, who played major league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and appeared in two World Series, died Monday at his home outside Branson, Missouri. Gagliano was 74. He would have turned 75 two days after Christmas.

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http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/baseball/2016/12/21/ex-memphian-st-louis-cardinal-phil-gagliano-dies-74/95709394/

[Thatcher 2,373]

Yordano Ventura and Andy Marte, both MLB baseball players from the Dominican Republic, have died today in separate car crashes.

Kenneth Wright, MLB baseball player (1970-1974), pitcher for both the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, has died aged 70.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

While DPers looked at the NYMets Doc Gooden and Daryl Strawberry as up-and-comers, pitcher Anthony Young, who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, slipped out the back door.

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Rod Carew finally goes home after heart/kidney transplant surgeries.
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[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

 

Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn is suffering from parotid cancer for the third time, possibly because he likes chewing baccy. I think that's what the Beastie Boy recently overcame, but here's the lowdown on cancer of the salivary glands for those that are interested.

I'm sure he is going to be an obit free zone. But I noted his name and thought he will get the right help. However I read the notes and cut and paste the best bit...

 

Prognosis

The major determinants of survival are histology and clinical stage. Poor prognostic factors include high grade, neural involvement, locally advanced disease, advanced age, associated pain, regional lymph node metastases, distant metastasis, and accumulation of p53 or c-erbB2 oncoproteins.

 

Although statements regarding survival are difficult to make because of the large variety of histologic types, 20% of all patients will develop distant metastases. The presence of distant metastases heralds a poor prognosis, with a median survival of 4.3-7.3 months.

 

Overall 5-year survival for all stages and histologic types is approximately 62%. The overall 5-year survival for recurrent disease is approximately 37%. Because of the risk of recurrence, all patients who have had a histologically proven malignant salivary gland tumor should have lifelong follow-up.

 

Now to me that looks a tad grim. Could do with a better fame check.... Maybe one for 2011?

 

One for 2014. Four years, similar to Adam Yauch.

 

Less than three years after the death of Tony Gwynn, another San Diego Padres legend has been diagnosed with cancer believed to be related to tobacco use.

Former NL Cy Young Award winner Randy Jones revealed that doctors told him in November that he had throat cancer. Jones, 67, said that the disease was caught early and hadn’t spread to the lymph nodes.

“I’m beating this thing,” Jones said.

 

Bwa ha ha ha....

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[Thatcher 2,373]

Mark Brownson, MLB player for the Colorado Rockies (1998-1999) and the Philadelphia Phillies (2000), has died aged 41.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Mark Brownson, MLB player for the Colorado Rockies (1998-1999) and the Philadelphia Phillies (2000), has died aged 41.

41, Predeceased by his only sibling brother. What the hell?

Keeping with baseball theme 0-for-2 with parents not burying their sons.

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[Thatcher 2,373]

Ned Garver, MLB player for the St. Louis Browns (1948-1952), Detroit Tigers (1952-1956) and the Los Angeles Angels (1961), has died aged 91. He was the starting pitcher for the American League at the the All-Star Game in 1951. 

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On 2/28/2017 at 17:49, Thatcher said:

Ned Garver, MLB player for the St. Louis Browns (1948-1952), Detroit Tigers (1952-1956) and the Los Angeles Angels (1961), has died aged 91. He was the starting pitcher for the American League at the the All-Star Game in 1951. 

Proper obit for Ned Garver; worth reading imho.

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Bill Hands, MLB player for the San Francisco Giants (1965), Chicago Cubs (1966-1972), Minnesota Twins (1973-1974) and Texas Rangers (1974-1975), has died aged 76.

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Bob Bruce, MLB player for the Detroit Tigers (1959-1961), Houston Astros (1962-1966) and Atlanta Braves (1967), has died aged 83.

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Dallas Green, MLB player for the Philadelphia Phillies (1960-1964, 1967), Washington Senators (1965), New York Mets (1966) and later manager of the Philadelphia Phillies (1979-1981), New York Yankees (1989) and the New York Mets (1993-1996), has died aged 82.

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José Zardón, MLB player for the Washington Senators (1945), has died aged 94. He was the last surviving member of the team.

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Todd Frohwirth, MLB player for the Philadelphia Phillies (1987-1990), Baltimore Orioles (1991-1993), Boston Red Sox (1994) and California Angels (1996), has died aged 54 following a battle with stomach cancer.

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Rubén Amaro Sr., MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals (1958), Philadelphia Phillies (1960-1965), New York Yankees (1966-1968), and California Angels (1969), and member of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame, has died aged 81.

Edit: NYT obituary.

[YoungWillz 21,006]

Roy Sievers, American rounders player, dead at 90. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/04/04/roy-sievers-first-al-rookie-year-award-dies/100036364/

 

DDP Pick.

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sievers

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Bob Cerv, who holds the single-season record for home runs by a Major League Baseball player in Kansas City history, died Thursday in Blair, Neb. He was 91.

Cerv, who served during World War II, was friends with former President Harry Truman, played basketball and baseball at Nebraska and, as a member of the Yankees, roomed with Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle as they dueled for the home-run title in 1961.

While serving in the Pacific theater, Cerv was on a ship that was hit by a Kamikaze plane not far from the gun mount where he was working. Cerv was the only one in the gun mount who lived.

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[CaptainChorizo 1,976]

On 5/7/2013 at 13:06, CaptainChorizo said:

Otix Nixon

The 54 year old who spent 17 years playing in MLB was arrested for possesion of crack cocaine

 

 

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/police-braves-player-otis-nixon-missing-46698241

Atlanta police are looking for him,not seen since Saturday

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On 2.2.2017 at 04:16, Sir Creep said:

Rod Carew finally goes home after heart/kidney transplant surgeries.
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He actually received his heart from another athlete, Konrad Reuland, whose death we didn't cover last December:

http://6abc.com/sports/baseball-hall-of-famer-gets-heart-transplant-from-late-nfl-player/1881188/

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Article here on Bobby Doerr, the oldest living MLB player and Hall of Famer, who turned 99 a little over a week ago. Now spends 20 hours a day sleeping and has been receiving hospice care for over a year, so I'm guessing the Doerr closes before he sees his hundredth.

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Here's one that almost slipped by.
Sam Mele, a former big league outfielder who later managed the Minnesota Twins to a team-record 102 wins in a season, has died. He was 95.

The Boston Red Sox said Tuesday that Mele died at home Monday in Quincy, Massachusetts. Mele made his major league debut with the Red Sox in 1947 and, after he was done managing, worked 25 years for them as a scout and in other roles. 

Mele played 10 seasons in the majors, batting .267 with 80 home runs and 544 RBIs for the Red Sox, Washington, the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Cleveland. He hit .302 as a rookie and in 1951 tied for the American League in doubles with 36.  Mele coached and worked for Washington, then stayed with the team when it moved to Minnesota in 1961. He became manager of the Twins during that season.  In 1965, Mele guided the Twins to their first pennant, going 102-60. Minnesota lost Game 7 of the World Series to Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Some extremely upsetting news from the world of Major League Baseball:
Korina Evaniuk, 22, the bird what pulled down and opened the V-neck of her Florida Marlins shirt to reveal much of her cleavage in an attempt to distract the opposing team's pitcher, has stated she will not do such a thing ever again.  This is a tragedy.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Umpire Steve Palermo, whose accomplished career ended when he was shot trying to break up a robbery in 1991, has died. He was 67.

Major League Baseball announced Sunday that Palermo had died. Palermo, who lived in the Kansas City area, had been ill with cancer.
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[note: I searched 'umpire' and after however many years this website has been around, got zero 'hits' in the baseball thread but dozens in the cricket thread.  What a crew you people are.]

[YoungWillz 21,006]

Former LA Dodgers man and DDP favourite Tommy Lasorda hospitalised: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-lasorda-idUSKCN18G0YW

[theoldlady 2,294]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Former LA Dodgers man and DDP favourite Tommy Lasorda hospitalised: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-lasorda-idUSKCN18G0YW

He was a great manager and a funny guy. Hope he does not suffer too much.