RIP Whitey Herzog (link)

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RIP Fritz Peterson - Charlie Hough 2024-04-17 17:56:41
- Peterson and Kekich were lucky to live past that swap in '73 - Father Nieuwland 2024-04-18 11:45:19
Neat story told by Vin Scully (link) - Go_Crazy_Folks 2024-04-16 21:15:04
The White Rat - Irishted 2024-04-16 20:09:05
- very distinctive style - jt 2024-04-17 14:01:46
RIP Carl Erskine also - sprack 2024-04-16 15:52:10
- I assume he was the last of The Boys of Summer - Father Nieuwland 2024-04-16 16:04:49
  - He was the last, yes - sprack 2024-04-16 17:21:33
  - I didn't know that about Erskine. - G.K.Chesterton 2024-04-16 16:12:10
    - it's an outstanding book - jt 2024-04-16 16:49:35
      - I thought it was just okay. - tdiddy07 2024-04-16 21:01:26
        if you like Ball Four - jt 2024-04-17 13:59:19
        Thanks. I'll add it to the list. * - tdiddy07 2024-04-18 09:10:17
        Ball Four was better - sprack 2024-04-17 16:41:13
        Oh, I think that Ball Four is the gold standard - jt 2024-04-17 16:59:42
        I still recall Schultz, Talbot & Pepitone stories from... - Scoop80 2024-04-17 17:18:58
        And of course you recall Joe Schultz's two favorite words - sprack 2024-04-17 17:54:07
        Ah, but his sitting on birthday cakes - sprack 2024-04-17 17:14:26
        An 8th grade classmate laughed so hard that he literally... - Scoop80 2024-04-17 17:22:36
        As a kid, I enjoyed Gaylord Perry's book. - G.K.Chesterton 2024-04-16 23:08:28
        “I see the boys of summer in their ruin” - Father Nieuwland 2024-04-16 22:31:51
      - When I was a kid playing ball myself I liked the parts about - Father Nieuwland 2024-04-16 17:07:46
        I guess I was the opposite - jt 2024-04-16 18:04:30
        I remember the Furillo chapter particularly well - sprack 2024-04-16 18:13:15
        No kind of about it - jt 2024-04-17 14:00:09
        We had a similar view of that book as kids * - Scoop80 2024-04-16 17:44:30
RIP Ken Holtzman. - G.K.Chesterton 2024-04-16 13:26:00
- And threw 2 no-hitters for the Cubs - sprack 2024-04-16 13:27:32
  - I was at the first one with grandpa. It must have been - rick 2024-04-16 17:16:26
    - 20,000 tickets for sale on day of game--a Brickhouse line... - Scoop80 2024-04-16 17:43:14
      - Oh! Oh! I know this one! - sprack 2024-04-16 18:07:05
        Correct--he was their interim pitching coach in '19... - Scoop80 2024-04-16 20:23:37
  - I recall them both... - Scoop80 2024-04-16 15:59:32
We better steal like ten bases tonight in his honor. * - Go_Crazy_Folks 2024-04-16 13:06:58