Baseball

[YoungWillz 18,964]

11 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

To the annoyance of most dead poolers, Jim Corsi announced his terminal cancer diagnosis about 3 days too late

Jim Corsi dead: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2022/01/04/jim-corsi-death-cancer-boston-red-sox-wbz-tv-interview-steve-burton/

[YoungWillz 18,964]

On 01/12/2021 at 01:54, Ulitzer95 said:

Copy and pasted from Baseball Reference. 11 remain:

• Bob Aspromonte, born June 19, 1938
• Eddie Basinski, born November 4, 1922
• Tommy Brown, born December 6, 1927
• Roger Craig, born February 17, 1930
• Don Demeter, born June 25, 1935
• Carl Erskine, born December 13, 1926
• Jim Gentile, born June 3, 1934
• Chris Haughey, born October 3, 1925
• Fred Kipp, born October 1, 1931
• Sandy Koufax, born December 30, 1935
• Bobby Morgan, born June 29, 1926
• Joe Pignatano, born August 4, 1929

Strike out Eddie Basinski: https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2022/01/eddie-basinski-former-portland-beavers-second-baseman-dies-at-99.html

 

Never made it to 100.

[Ulitzer95 10,952]

36 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Strike out Eddie Basinski: https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2022/01/eddie-basinski-former-portland-beavers-second-baseman-dies-at-99.html

 

Never made it to 100.

He was also the last living player to be mentioned in the Van Lingle Mungo (wiki) song, which was written by Dave Frishberg who died in November.

[YoungWillz 18,964]

Gene Clines, member of the Pittsburgh Pirates' World Series winning team in 1971, dead aged 75: 

Not a Scavvy Hunt pick.

[Ulitzer95 10,952]

Unconfirmed report that Nicaraguan-born David Green (wiki) has died from a heart attack aged 61.

Spent 5 years with the St. Louis Cardinals, then one season with the San Fran Giants.

[Captain Hemlock 635]

Jeff Innis, sidearm relief pitcher for the New York Mets dead at 59.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/01/30/jeff-innis-former-mets-pitcher-dead-from-cancer-at-59/amp/

[Sir Creep 7,011]

David Green, an outfielder on the St. Louis Cardinals’ 1982 World Series champions, has died. He was 61.

Green had been hospitalized in suburban St. Louis after choking at his home about a week ago and died Saturday of respiratory failure, his family told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals confirmed the death Tuesday on Twitter.

Green hit .283 as a part-time player on the 1982 team that beat the Brewers in seven games in the World Series.
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[Ulitzer95 10,952]

1 minute ago, Sir Creep said:

David Green, an outfielder on the St. Louis Cardinals’ 1982 World Series champions, has died. He was 61.

Green had been hospitalized in suburban St. Louis after choking at his home about a week ago and died Saturday of respiratory failure, his family told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals confirmed the death Tuesday on Twitter.

Green hit .283 as a part-time player on the 1982 team that beat the Brewers in seven games in the World Series.
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[Sir Creep 7,011]

Gerald Williams, who had two stints with the Yankees, has died after a fight with cancer, Derek Jeter announced. He was 55.

Williams was drafted by the Yankees in 1987 and made his debut in pinstripes in 1992. The outfielder played five seasons in The Bronx before being traded to the Brewers during the 1996 season. Williams returned in 2001 and played parts of two more seasons for the Yankees.

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[mollyafox 446]

Ex- MLB player Jeremy Giambi dead at 47. He was portrayed in the 2011 film Moneyball. 

[mollyafox 446]

On 09/02/2022 at 18:47, mollyafox said:

Ex- MLB player Jeremy Giambi dead at 47. He was portrayed in the 2011 film Moneyball. 

Cause of death was suicide by gunshot. 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

Calvin Jones, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1984 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, has reportedly passed away following a battle with cancer.

The Compton, California native was a pitcher. He played at UC-Riverside before going on to play professionally.

Jones played for the Mariners from 1991-92. He finished his career with a 5-7 record and 4.33 ERA. Jones had 91 career strikeouts.

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[Bibliogryphon 8,618]

18 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Calvin Jones, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1984 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, has reportedly passed away following a battle with cancer.

The Compton, California native was a pitcher. He played at UC-Riverside before going on to play professionally.

Jones played for the Mariners from 1991-92. He finished his career with a 5-7 record and 4.33 ERA. Jones had 91 career strikeouts.

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Scavenger Hunt miss

[MortalCaso 1,422]

1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Scavenger Hunt miss

Don't believe so. Had a short playing career that didn't sniff the playoffs, much less WS. Unless I'm unaware of something, not a miss. 

[Captain Hemlock 635]

2 minutes ago, MortalCaso said:

Don't believe so. Had a short playing career that didn't sniff the playoffs, much less WS. Unless I'm missing something, not a miss. 

He played for the Seattle Mariners who are the only MLB team to have never been to a World Series.

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Julio Cruz, second baseman and inaugural-season Seattle Mariner, who became the franchise's Spanish-language broadcaster, has died aged 67. After 7 seasons with the Mariners, he spent 3 seasons with the White Sox. Was part of the team that won AL West title in '83

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[Sir Creep 7,011]

5 hours ago, time said:

 

Julio Cruz, second baseman and inaugural-season Seattle Mariner, who became the franchise's Spanish-language broadcaster, has died aged 67. After 7 seasons with the Mariners, he spent 3 seasons with the White Sox. Was part of the team that won AL West title in '83.

 

On 14/02/2022 at 06:48, Captain Hemlock said:

He played for the Seattle Mariners who are the only MLB team to have never been to a World Series.

 

[Boudicca 702]

Baseball really shouldn't have a thread on a U.K based board imo. 

 

Wee lassies play this all the time without the padded costumes.

 

Lets invent a game nobody else in the entire world thinks is worth doing and then declare ourselves world champions. 

 

Great job USA. Perfect.

 

Anyways. Some baseball guy died yeah. 

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4 hours ago, Boudicca said:

Baseball really shouldn't have a thread on a U.K based board imo. 

 

Wee lassies play this all the time without the padded costumes.

 

Lets invent a game nobody else in the entire world thinks is worth doing and then declare ourselves world champions. 

 

Great job USA. Perfect.

 

Anyways. Some baseball guy died yeah. 

Baseball was invented in England (probably).

[Sir Creep 7,011]

On 24/02/2022 at 01:04, Boudicca said:

Baseball really shouldn't have a thread on a U.K based board imo. 

 

Wee lassies play this all the time without the padded costumes.

 

Lets invent a game nobody else in the entire world thinks is worth doing and then declare ourselves world champions. 

 

Great job USA. Perfect.

 

Anyways. Some baseball guy died yeah. 

It was an Olympic sport until it wasn’t, and the bloody Americans only won gold once in six (?) Olympiads.  I know Japan did once and Cuba like 3 or 4 times. 

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,018]

On 24/02/2022 at 11:00, time said:

Baseball was invented in England (probably).

 

Indeed, Jane Austen mentions it Northanger Abbey.

[msc 17,723]

Hah, it does and all!

 

Mrs. Morland was a very good woman, and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones, that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had by nature nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books—or at least books of information—for, provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

 

Had passed out of memory after 20 years or so.

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11 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

Indeed, Jane Austen mentions it Northanger Abbey.

I never knew that (never having read any Jane Austen - we were a Bronte school!).

[JQW 228]

A variant of baseball used to be popular in Wales (and to a lesser extent in Liverpool), with BBC Cymru broadcasting fixtures, particularly the annual Wales v England game.

[Toast 14,801]

When did we start calling it rounders then?