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Post by TTX on Feb 6, 2022 20:38:18 GMT -5
I knew I recognized Morgan Stevens but had never watched Melrose Place.....then watching a video, realized he had been on the tv series of Fame.
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 8, 2022 16:24:30 GMT -5
 Gerald Williams a former outfielder in MLB passed away at the age of 55 after bsattling cancer. He passed away. The New York Yankees selected Williams in the 14th round, with the 366th overall selection, of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft out of Grambling State University. In 1988, in the New York–Penn League for Oneonta, he batted .365/.447/.504 with two home runs in 115 at bats. He was then promoted to High-A ball where he hit .210 in the next two seasons. Playing in a league that is notoriously tough for hitters (Florida State League) he hit .289/.344/.461. Mid-season, he was sent up to AA and the Eastern League. There, he batted .250/.328/.435. Combined, he hit .265 with 140 hits, 20 home runs, 101 runs batted in (RBIs), and 37 stolen bases to establish himself as a prospect. Entering the season just 22 years old, Williams hit .271, with 7 home runs, 59 RBI, and aa 52% stolen base rate. For 1992, he hit .285/.334/.452 with 16 home runs, 86 RBI, and 36 stolen bases. Williams, at the age of 25 years, made his MLB debut September 15, 1992. After a brief stint in the minor leagues in 1993, Williams returned to the big leagues in 1994. But he was injured and played infrequently. He batted only .239. He finally got a chance to truly play off the bench in 1995, when he had 182 at bats and batted .247 with 6 home runs. On August 23, 1996, the Yankees traded Williams and Bob Wickman to the Milwaukee Brewers for Graeme Lloyd, Pat Listach, and Ricky Bones. After the trade in 1996, Williams batted .207. For the season, Williams had 325 at bats, and batted .252 with 28 extra-base hits. Despite the trade, Gerald received his first World Series Championship ring when the New York Yankees later won the series that year. Williams was the regular center fielder for the Brewers in 1997 was Williams first season as a regular. With the Milwaukee Brewers that season, he batted .253 with 10 home runs, 41 RBI, 23 stolen bases and 44 extra-base hits, but he took few walks, and had an OPS of just .651, some 117 points lower than the league average. Williams saw more action in 1996, hitting .270 with five home runs in 233 at bats. He started in seventy games for the Yankees in left field that season, more than any other player.[2] On May 1, he set a Yankees team record with six hits against Baltimore in a 15-inning game. His career included other stops with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000–2001), New York Yankees (2001–2002), Florida Marlins (2003) and the New York Mets (2004–2005. |
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Post by TTX on Feb 9, 2022 16:46:48 GMT -5
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Post by TTX on Feb 9, 2022 19:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by neilybob on Feb 9, 2022 21:11:35 GMT -5
Your the man for his job.
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 11, 2022 9:14:48 GMT -5
 Ian McDonald Dies: King Crimson & Foreigner Co-Founder Was 75 |
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 13, 2022 11:44:45 GMT -5
 Calvin Jones a former pitcher in MLB passed away at the age of 58. Jones was originally drafted in the 1st round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Chaffey College (Rancho Cucamonga, CA). He played professional baseball from 1984-1996. On June 14th, 1991, he made his MLB debut for Seattle vs the Detroit Tigers. He had a short MLB career from 1991-1992 appearing in 65 games and going 5-7 with a 4.33. After being sent back to the minors he continued his professional career until retiring in 1996. On November 17, 1992, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Seattle Mariners as the 52nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft but never saw MLB action again. |
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 13, 2022 11:46:30 GMT -5
 Frank Beckman, a longtime announcer for the Michigan Wolverines, Detroit Tigers, and the Detroit Lions, passed away at the age of 72. Beckmann was the radio play-by-play announcer for University of Michigan football from 1981 (when he succeeded Bob Ufer in the role) to 2013 and has hosted a daily weekday talk show on WJR in Detroit since 2004. Beckmann, who began his sportscasting career in 1969, was also an announcer for the Detroit Lions (1979-1988) and Detroit Tigers (1995-2003) and served as WJR's sports director for several years. He also hosted Sportswrap, one of the first all-sports talk shows in the nation, on WJR in early 1980s. He has been honored with "Top Michigan Sportscaster" awards by the Associated Press, United Press International and "Michigan Sportscaster of the Year" by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Beckmann won the 2010 Detroit Sports Media Association Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting and received the award in a special halftime press box ceremony at the University of Michigan football stadium. He was named a Lifetime Member of the Detroit Sports Media Association. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 for his accomplishments in sports broadcasting. |
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 13, 2022 12:20:44 GMT -5
 Legendary designer, modelmaker, conceptual artist, engineer, director, and visionary Douglas Trumbull had passed. He was instrumental in bringing “Star Trek” to movie theaters in 1979 and also was a creative force behind “2001,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and “Blade Runner.” Trumbull was 79 years old. |
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Post by TTX on Feb 13, 2022 12:25:20 GMT -5
Jim Reaper getting busy again.
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