gcreptile 10,089 Posted April 5, 2020 I think this is a Bob Gibson update, the octogenarian with pancreatic cancer, but it's behind the EU wall for me: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/resilient-cardinals-legend-gibson-throws-cancer-a-curve/article_94bb386f-a16a-51e9-87d5-7dc0d04b831f.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,304 Posted April 5, 2020 6 hours ago, gcreptile said: I think this is a Bob Gibson update, the octogenarian with pancreatic cancer, but it's behind the EU wall for me: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/resilient-cardinals-legend-gibson-throws-cancer-a-curve/article_94bb386f-a16a-51e9-87d5-7dc0d04b831f.html Here's the health bit of the article for those who can't access it. Had a few bad months mid last year, but okayish for now: Quote For painfully obvious reasons, the Cardinals didn’t open their home schedule Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. The good news is that Bob Gibson would have been there if there had been no coronavirus pandemic-fueled shutdown of sports. Diagnosed last summer with pancreatic cancer, Gibson, 84, had no guarantee he would see many, if any, more Cardinals openers. But now his chemotherapy treatments have been moved from once a week to every three weeks and he said he feels no pain. Gibson is due for a couple of days of tests this week but for now, as he told someone recently, “The reaper came the other day — and I wouldn’t answer the door.” When a veteran reporter called him the other day, Gibson asked, “Are you still kicking? Me, too.” With Gibson having been slated to ride in the caravan around the track on Thursday, his scheduled chemo for this week was moved back a week. “The problem with waiting that long is that when you start with your treatment it’s like starting all over,” the baseball Hall of Famer said. “You have a little ‘sicky feeling.’” Yet, he allows that, overall, he feels “pretty good. “I don’t know where I’m going with this disease but they’ll take some tests and they’ll see where it is,” he said. “But I’m not in any pain. I haven’t been in any for two months, maybe three. I’ve been doing this (rehab) for eight months now. “I had a lot of pain in July, August and September and then in the fall it stopped hurting. But I had back aches and stomach aches. Right now, I don’t have anything aching at all. The only way I know I’m sick is that the doctor keeps telling me. I tell him, ‘Bull(feathers).’” Gibson said he had had a feeding tube attached for several months. “It was my idea to get rid of it,” he said. “I had it in for a month-and-a-half without using it.” With the feeding tube in, Gibson lost 35 pounds, down to 170. But, his appetite restored, he now is closing in on 185 pounds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 5, 2020 I was literally about to post that ^^^ lol beaten to the punch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajlposh 431 Posted April 6, 2020 Al Kaline has died 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 552 Posted April 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, ajlposh said: Al Kaline has died Basically dead, then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,641 Posted April 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, ajlposh said: Al Kaline has died He's faced the final acid test. Come on, I don't even need my coat for that open goal.... 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 83 Posted April 6, 2020 For anybody interested in baseball cards, I made an updated list of hall of Famers with rookie cards in the 50s. It’s really becoming the end of the best era or the hobby and the sport. 1951 Willie Mays, Whitey Ford 1954 Hank Aaron, Tommy Lassorda 1955, Sandy Koufax 1956 Luis Aparichio 1957 Brooks Robinson, Bill Mazeroski 1958 Orlando Cepeda 1959 Bob Gibson 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 7, 2020 8 hours ago, ajlposh said: Al Kaline has died Fucking Detroit legend. 3000 hits. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Doc said: For anybody interested in baseball cards, I made an updated list of hall of Famers with rookie cards in the 50s. It’s really becoming the end of the best era or the hobby and the sport. 1951 Willie Mays, Whitey Ford 1954 Hank Aaron, Tommy Lassorda 1955, Sandy Koufax 1956 Luis Aparichio 1957 Brooks Robinson, Bill Mazeroski 1958 Orlando Cepeda 1959 Bob Gibson Christ sake: Aparicio Lasorda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 83 Posted April 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Christ sake: Aparicio Lasorda I blame autocorrect Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 12, 2020 Former big-league infielder (basically 2b) Glenn Beckert, who played in parts of 11 seasons (nine with the Chicago Cubs), died on Sunday. He was 79 years old. Beckert won the 1968 Gold Glove Award, and made four All-Star Games during the '60s, including the 1969 affair that included an all-Cubs infield: catcher Randy Hundley, first baseman Ernie Banks, Beckert, third baseman Ron Santo, and shortstop Don Kessigner. Beckert would even earn consideration for the Most Valuable Player Award on three occasions. His baseball card in 1974 (Cubs/Padres) were one of the hardest ones for young SirC to obtain, so here is. Note he was traded and he has Cubs jersey on Padres card Exacerbating that was the Padres were runoured to be moving to D.C. and so there were releases of all Padres players as Washington Nationals (non existent team at the time). SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,040 Posted April 14, 2020 Jim Frey, who toiled for 14 years in the minors before becoming a manager and having stints with both the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 88. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29035030/former-royals-cubs-manager-jim-frey-dies-age-88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DemBones 34 Posted April 15, 2020 Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s, is dead at 63. He was given six months to live about 30 years ago after they found a brain tumor, so you could say he beat the odds. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29038959/former-blue-jays-2b-damaso-garcia-dies-63 I don’t really remember seeing him play, though I’m sure I did, but his ‘84 Topps baseball card was one of the first I ever owned. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,040 Posted April 15, 2020 2 hours ago, DemBones said: Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s, is dead at 63. He was given six months to live about 30 years ago after they found a brain tumor, so you could say he beat the odds. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29038959/former-blue-jays-2b-damaso-garcia-dies-63 I don’t really remember seeing him play, though I’m sure I did, but his ‘84 Topps baseball card was one of the first I ever owned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 15, 2020 4 hours ago, DemBones said: Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s, is dead at 63. He was given six months to live about 30 years ago after they found a brain tumor, so you could say he beat the odds. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29038959/former-blue-jays-2b-damaso-garcia-dies-63 I don’t really remember seeing him play, though I’m sure I did, but his ‘84 Topps baseball card was one of the first I ever owned. That's TWO Blue Jays 2B so far this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 404 Posted April 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Sir Creep said: That's TWO Blue Jays 2B so far this year. Hmm, I had written that he was a very good player, and that was my recollection (he did make a couple of All-Star teams, as was noted), but his career stats paint a different picture. Regardless, RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 16, 2020 19 minutes ago, MrWonderful said: Hmm, I had written that he was a very good player, and that was my recollection (he did make a couple of All-Star teams, as was noted), but his career stats paint a different picture. Regardless, RIP. I remember the name for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 404 Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I remember the name for sure. I remembered him as being a good-hitting second baseman. And he did win a Silver Slugger once. His .283 average is solid. But his OBP was horrific at .309 and he only had 36 HR in his entire career. He hardly struck out though, never more than 55 times in a season, and he once stole 54 bases (203 total). If a second baseman was putting up sub-.700 OPS's now, though, they'd be at risk of losing their starting job. It was just a different era then, of course. Contact hitters were valued by managers, particularly middle-infielders who could "handle the bat." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,040 Posted April 19, 2020 Bobby Winkles, who managed and coached in the Major Leagues after having built Arizona State into a powerhouse baseball university, has died. He was 90. Winkles managed the Oakland A's and California Angels in the majors and had assorted coaching roles with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox and Montreal Expos. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29058840/ex-sun-devils-angels-manager-bobby-winkles-dies-90 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 6,996 Posted April 21, 2020 Former major league outfielder and first baseman Bob Oliver, an original member of the Kansas City Royals in 1969, died on Sunday in Rio Linda, Calif. He was 77. Oliver, the father of former major league pitcher Darren Oliver, spent eight seasons in the majors, including parts of four seasons as a member of the Royals. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajlposh 431 Posted April 23, 2020 Vin Scully has been hospitalized after a fall. It seems like he’ll be okay though 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 9,806 Posted April 23, 2020 35 minutes ago, ajlposh said: Vin Scully has been hospitalized after a fall. It seems like he’ll be okay though Personally I know Vin Scully because in the X-Files second season episode "Irresistible" Donnie Pfaster asks another inmate what is the name of the female FBI agent and he replies "Scully, like the baseball broadcaster" (or something like that). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,648 Posted April 23, 2020 I know Vin Scully because whenever the Simpsons used to do commentary voices they'd always try and riff on Vin Scully. Genuinely about 99% of American pop culture from before 2000 that I know is thanks to that show! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,040 Posted April 24, 2020 Bart Johnson, who pitched nearly 200 games with the Chicago White Sox from 1969 to 1977, compiling a 43-51 record before transitioning to a team scout, has died. He was 70. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-bart-johnson-20200424-3r45niux35fzhclyzs5f7kpnn4-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,040 Posted April 24, 2020 Dan Walters, who played 84 games for the San Diego Padres over the 1992 and 1993 seasons before a career change saw him become a police officer, has died. He was 53. Walters was shot and paralyzed in 2003. His death is considered to have been in the line of duty. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2020-04-23/dan-walters-padres-catcher-san-diego-police-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites