In reply to: RIP Whitey Herzog (link) posted by sprack
The one vs the Braves, where as the article says is that last no-hitter to date with no strikeouts, was ended by a great catch by Billy Williams on a long fly ball by (I think) Hank Aaron, that looked like it was leaving the yard.
Senior Citizen Day.
on every broadcast then.
I bet no one knows who the last member of the '69 Cubs was to wear a MLB uniform was. It was fairly recent.
No, it was not Randy Bobb, it was The Vulture, Phil Regan, who was still coaching on the Mets staff up until a few years ago.
They had fired their pitching coach in about May that year. IIRC, he was 82 yo. I recall seeing him make a few mound visits during a Met game here.
IIRC, I saw the end of the first 1 w/ Cub fan cousins at Grand Beach. One can argue that their epic fold started w/ Jenkins losing to Braves next day. That loss started a 2-7 slide that was briefly righted by a 5 game win streak followed by a 1-11 stretch in which Mets passed them for good.