Seaver, Gibson, now Whitey Ford.
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One of my childhood heroes… sad
Him & Mick were gods to a generation of kids
RIP Sirs. I used to watch baseball when it was a game and not a political statement.
Because of “Red” + Vin I was a Dodger fan 66 years ago. But Mick + Whitey were THE stars of the 50’s. Excluding the Jarhead from Cal, hint: Saved the millionaire astronaught’s life twice.
First MLB game I saw had Whitey pitching and winning. Baseball was everything (I still drive around the old neighborhood and remember where our old ballfields were.
Not just a great starting rotation. Looking through all of the players that have died this year, heaven can probably field a great team
The boyhood heroes are passing. Whitey Ford was a great pitcher with a great team supporting him. RIP sir.
Thinking of him and Whitey Herzog, that innocent nickname would be difficult to keep these days. It’s too bad.
An albino black man might get away with it.
So these two guys loved to play baseball, high-school, college and every game they could get into, or watch over the years. They ended up in the same nursing home. One day, Bob asked Jim if he thought they played baseball in heaven??. Jim said he didn’t know and they ended up agreeing that who ever died first would get back and tell the other if they did or not. A few years later Jim passed away. And for a few more years Bob never heard from Jim about baseball in heaven or anything else. Then one morning Bob woke up to find Jim sitting on the bottom of his bed. “Well, Bob asked, it took you long enough, do they play baseball in heaven or not??” “Well, Jim replied, there’s good news and there’s bad news.” In response Bob questioned Jim, “What’s the good news?” “Well, said Jim, we play everyday, sometimes twice, all the great players are there.” “Great said Bob, and what’s the bad news??” “Your pitching tomorrow.”
He is free! Heaven has the best of everything, doesn’t it?
TIMBUK
That was my “name” for decades!
DECADES AGO
Thought Id lose my nose in Nam! Then 20 years ago did lose part to skin cancer. Now part of what was my ear is now my nose.
When bullpens were something else and pitchers went the distance. Push the fences out and keep the lines short! What a baseball life.
@ex jar
I lost my sanity in ‘Nam. I eventually got it back, I think. Help from God is what it took.
Good to hear you survived ‘Nam and cancer.
Can’t wait to get heaven and watch sports, not worth watching here on earth.