BB: Requiem in pace (R.I.P.)

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bulk19

#60
January 09, 2011, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 09, 2011, 11:15:17 PM
Quote from: bulk19 on January 09, 2011, 10:43:12 PM
Ralph - Go to the head of the class, or take a seat in the front row! ;)
That is, indeed, a 1959 Topps Ryne Duren card...
I used to be able to recognize the Topps cards by years and their respective yearly formats.

My allowance was  25 cents per week  ($1.82 in 2009 dollars), which allowed me to buy either a Dreamsicle or a package of ball cards each day as I walked the 0.6 mi home.   ;)

Oh the memories of hopping on the Schwinn and heading to the drug store for a pack, OK, several  ;), of baseball cards. And I actually liked the bubble gum... I remember paying a dime per pack; 25 centers were extra special when they debuted, because they had cellophane wrappers, and you could see the top and bottom cards.  ;) My favorite sets, since I'm a bit younger than you, are the 1970 and 1971 Topps sets, but the 1959 set is awesome, too...

I, too, used to be able to recognize and ID Topps cards from their debut year until about the 1990s, when they, and the other card companies, started making way too many cards/sets/subsets. And inserts that sparkled, and glowed in the dark, and burst like fireworks when you opened the pack, and shoot, even made you a cup of coffee in the morning... Ha.

We have playoff Fever in the Badger state; the Packers just beat Philly today. But nothing like a little hot stove league on a cold winter night, eh? Our Brew Crew is putting together a pitching staff that might give fans in Wisconsin the first real team we can root for since 1982's Harvey's Wallbangers...

Ralph Turner

#61
January 26, 2011, 12:35:49 PM
Gus Zernial  Age 87

Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers from 1949-59.

Ralph Turner

#63
February 12, 2011, 03:07:37 PM Last Edit: February 12, 2011, 03:12:14 PM by Ralph Turner
Quote from: bulk19 on February 12, 2011, 02:43:17 PM
Leader of the "Family" from 1979 - Chuck Tanner...

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-chuck-tanner-20110212,0,3923054.story
Yeah, I just saw it, too.

Here is the report from SI.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/02/11/chuck.tanner.obituary.ap/index.html

The Steelers' losing was not fun for Pittsburgh's sporting faithfuls, but this one must have a real "sting" to it.

I still remember the dancing on the dugout roof!

CrashDavisD3

#64
February 13, 2011, 09:14:50 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2011, 12:35:49 PM
Gus Zernial  Age 87

Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers from 1949-59.
This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

CrashDavisD3

#65
February 13, 2011, 09:15:50 AM
This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

CrashDavisD3

#66
February 27, 2011, 05:28:09 PM
Duke Snider Age 84

This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

bulk19

#67
February 27, 2011, 05:39:10 PM
Duke, one of the all-time good guys, and a terrific guest - one of the best - on the autograph circuit...

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110227&content_id=16753150&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

Piobark

#68
February 28, 2011, 11:37:09 AM
Definitely a very gracious man - I met him probably a decade ago at a restaurant near my home. I was having dinner with a family friend who knew Mr. Snyder and introduced us when he came over to say hi to my friend.

He will be missed...

bulk19

#69
March 02, 2011, 01:09:07 PM
Here's an interesting one that came across the wires yesterday, a good trivia question, and with a bit of a twist on his playing career... He was a two-sporter!

Wally Yonamine, the first American-born player to play Japanese ball after WW2... And an NFL player, to boot.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/3/2/2024564/wally-yonamine-pioneer-in-two-sports-who-died-at-age-85

Mr. Ypsi

#71
March 16, 2011, 08:51:21 PM
Quote from: bulk19 on March 16, 2011, 07:59:38 PM
One of the all-time greats from St. Louis, the "Octopus," Marty Marion...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaBJpKpiwgEUgRFUjCUQa--QQO3g?docId=a56917c386dc4cebb7ed64f758faddf4

Oh, man - my baseball glove growing up was a Marty Marion! :o  (Alas, my mom threw it out many, many years ago. :()  I pretty well wore that sucker out. ::)

Sorry to hear of his passing, but a good long life.  I confess I assumed he had died decades ago.

bulk19

#72
March 16, 2011, 09:04:41 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 16, 2011, 08:51:21 PM
Quote from: bulk19 on March 16, 2011, 07:59:38 PM
One of the all-time greats from St. Louis, the "Octopus," Marty Marion...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaBJpKpiwgEUgRFUjCUQa--QQO3g?docId=a56917c386dc4cebb7ed64f758faddf4

Oh, man - my baseball glove growing up was a Marty Marion! :o  (Alas, my mom threw it out many, many years ago. :()  I pretty well wore that sucker out. ::)

Sorry to hear of his passing, but a good long life.  I confess I assumed he had died decades ago.

I'm a bit younger than thoust, but my first Rawlings glove was also well-worn, and a model from another infielder who could pick it at short - Baltimore's Mark Belanger...

One of my good buddies is a Cardinals fan - "Stan the Man" and Marty are his two favorites... He uses "mrshortstop1944" as his managerial name for his fantasy baseball teams... I once traded him a Joe Morgan autographed 8x10, because I had doubles, and a Marty Marion 1952 Bowman baseball card, for a Lou Brock autographed baseball, since he had two of them. Ha...

T-minus 15 days to Opening Day!

CrashDavisD3

#73
March 17, 2011, 01:03:11 AM
Marty Marion 1952 Bowman baseball card
This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

Mr. Ypsi

#74
May 16, 2011, 01:06:35 AM
This is slightly premature (thankfully), but in case you missed it Harmon Killebrew has ended his battle against esophagal cancer and entered hospice care.

'Killer' is still in the top ten home run hitters of all time if you leave out the juiced guys (officially he has fallen to eleventh).
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