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Post by on_the_edge on May 22, 2022 14:54:37 GMT -5
Are we sure that Jim Kelly the tight end is not a doppelganger of Jim Kelly the QB? I mean, maybe he is the same Jim Kelly but from a different Universe. Ever since Tom opened the portal into other dimensions and Universes all kinds of crazy things have gone on and people be hopping from one to the other all the time.
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Post by neilybob on May 22, 2022 18:18:04 GMT -5
Way to go Jim.
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Post by jimsteel on May 23, 2022 11:40:37 GMT -5
Gordie Windhorn, a former outfielder in MLB, passed away at 88. Windhorn appeared in 95 games played over parts of three seasons (1959, 1961 and 1962) in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels. He also played six seasons in Japan for the Hankyu Braves from 1964–1969. Born in Watseka, Illinois, he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg). He attended Arizona State University. Windhorn's North American pro career extended from 1952 through 1963. He originally signed with the New York Giants but made his MLB debut with the Yankees in September 1959 when he went hitless in 11 at bats. Traded to the Dodgers at the beginning of the 1960 campaign, he spent that year with Triple-A Montreal, then the first few weeks of 1961 with Triple-A Omaha, before his recall to the Dodgers for his most successful MLB stint. Playing in 34 games for the 1961 Dodgers, he had eight hits in 33 at bats, and slugged his only two big-league home runs: they came in back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Phillies in September 11-12. He rounded out his MLB tenure in 1962 by getting into 54 games combined for the Athletics and Angels, then spent 1963 at Triple-A before decamping for Japan. As a major leaguer, Windhorn collected 19 hits, 11 of them for extra bases; he batted .176 with eight runs batted in. In Japan he played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league and got into 641 games, with 501 hits, including 86 homers, and posted a .255 batting mark
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Post by jimsteel on May 23, 2022 15:16:05 GMT -5
Joe Pignatano, a former MLB catcher and coach, passed away on May 23rd at the age of 92. The former catcher appeared in 307 games in the Major Leagues during all or part of six seasons (1957–62) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–60), Kansas City Athletics (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962) and New York Mets (1962). He is a Brooklyn native and lifelong resident of Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York City. He signed with his hometown Dodgers in 1948 and spent almost seven full seasons (interrupted by two years of military service) in their farm system before three brief auditions with the 1957 big-league team. He was the last living coach from the 1969 Mets. During his MLB career he played on the following teams: Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–1960) Kansas City Athletics (1961) San Francisco Giants (1962) New York Mets (1962) After his 15-year professional playing career ended in 1964, Pignatano was a coach for the Washington Senators (1965–67), New York Mets (1968–81) and Atlanta Braves (1982–84), working under Hodges from 1965–71 and earning a second World Series ring with the 1969 "Miracle Mets." During his years as the Mets' bullpen coach, Pignatano cultivated a vegetable garden in the bullpen and was often out on the field during batting practice engaging with young Mets fans. He is also related to two other former Met players, pitchers Pete Falcone and John Franco, a cousin.
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Post by jimsteel on May 24, 2022 15:34:29 GMT -5
Colin Cantwell, Who Designed Star Wars' Iconic Starships, Dies at 90 Colin Cantwell, the designer of such iconic Star Wars ships as the X-Wing and the TIE Fighter, and the original Death Stars base, has died. His partner, Sierra Dall, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the 90-year-old artist died on Saturday at his home in Colorado. In addition to his work on Star Wars, Cantwell's film work includes special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey, dialogue in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and consulting on the computer graphics effects in WarGames.
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Post by jimsteel on May 25, 2022 19:35:49 GMT -5
Bob Miller, a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams during his major league career, passed away on May 24th at the age of 86. During the 1953 season, he was the youngest player in the major leagues, one of only three players who were 17 years old. Miller was signed as a "bonus baby" amateur free agent by the Detroit Tigers on June 20, 1953, receiving a $60,000 signing bonus from the team who outbid the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox to sign Miller. The other Tigers bonus baby signed that day was future-Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who received a bonus of $35,000 and had been pursued by every major league team other than the St. Louis Browns. As required by the Bonus Rule as it existed when he was signed, the Tigers had to immediately place Miller on their 40-man roster and keep him there for two years. Miller made his major league debut on June 25, less than a week after being signed to the team. Taking the mound at age 17, he is the youngest Tiger hurler to start a game. Miller finished the 1953 season with a 1–2 record in 13 appearances (all but one in relief), and an ERA of 5.94 in 361⁄3 innings of work. In the 1954 season, he had a 1–1 record and the only save of his career, appearing in 22 games (all but one in relief) and ending with a 2.45 ERA in 692⁄3 innings. In the 1955 season he pitched to a 2–1 record in seven appearances (three of them starts, including his only complete game) and ending with an ERA of 2.49 in 251⁄3 innings. Miller was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Tigers on November 30, 1959, in the 1959 minor league draft. The Reds brought him up in the 1962 season, where he appeared in 6 games, all in relief. The Reds traded Miller, along with Cliff Cook, to the New York Mets on May 7, 1962, in exchange for Don Zimmer. One of two pitchers on the Mets inaugural squad sharing the name Bob Miller, Mets manager Casey Stengel would call Bob L. Miller by the name "Nelson," perhaps to distinguish him from this Bob Miller, or just general confusion on Stengel's part. With the Mets, Miller finished the season with a 2–2 record in 17 appearances. Miller's final major league appearance was on September 18, 1962, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Houston Colt .45s, with Miller retiring the last three batters in the ninth inning of a game the Mets lost 8–6 at the Polo Grounds. The '62 Mets ended up with a record of 40–120, most losses of any team in Major League Baseball's modern history.
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Post by on_the_edge on May 25, 2022 20:34:33 GMT -5
It's crazy that he got a bigger signing bonus than Al Kaline.
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Post by TTX on May 26, 2022 5:05:54 GMT -5
Pitchers often did though.
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Post by jimsteel on May 26, 2022 11:26:31 GMT -5
Goodfellas’ Star Ray Liotta Dies at 67
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Post by TTX on May 26, 2022 11:33:38 GMT -5
RIP Ray
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