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Post by jimsteel on Jul 18, 2023 23:27:57 GMT -5
Ed Bressoud, a former shortstop in MLB, passed away at the age of 91. Bressoud played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1956 through 1967 for the New York / San Francisco Giants (1956–1961), Boston Red Sox (1962–1965), New York Mets (1966) and St. Louis Cardinals (1967). He was an MLB All-Star in 1964 and won the 1967 World Series. Bressoud signed with the New York Giants in 1950. He played in Minor League Baseball through the 1955 season, with the exception of his service in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War from January 1953 to January 1955. In 1956, Bill Rigney became the manager of the Giants. Bressoud played shortstop for Rigney in the minor leagues, and Alvin Dark, the regular Giants' shortstop, was injured in August 1955. During spring training, Rigney made plans to move Dark to third base and make Bressoud the starting shortstop. However, Bressoud started slowly and was sent back to Minneapolis at the beginning of the year. Dark was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on June 14, and Bressoud was immediately recalled to take his place. Bressoud spent two years with the MLB club in New York City, then four years after its 1958 transfer to San Francisco. He was the Giants' regular shortstop in both 1959 and 1960, hitting .251 and .225. Bressoud was the first selection of the Houston Colt .45s in the 1961 expansion draft, then was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for their regular shortstop, Don Buddin. Bressoud played four seasons for Boston, hitting 40 doubles, nine triples, 14 home runs, 79 runs and a career-high 68 runs batted in (RBIs) in 1962, and 59 extra-bases in 1963, including a career-high 20 home runs and four two-HR games. In 1964, Bressoud was named to the American League roster for the 1964 MLB All-Star Game as an injury replacement for Luis Aparicio. Bressoud posted career-high numbers in batting average (.293), hits (166), runs (86) and doubles (41). After the 1965 season, the Red Sox traded Bressoud to the New York Mets for Joe Christopher. The Mets traded Bressoud, Danny Napoleon, and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jerry Buchek, Art Mahaffey and Tony Martínez on April 1, 1967. In the 1967 World Series, Bressoud appeared in Games 2 and 5 as a late-inning replacement for light-hitting Cardinals shortstop Dal Maxvill, but did not record a plate appearance.
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Post by TTX on Jul 19, 2023 6:23:42 GMT -5
RIP.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 19, 2023 8:51:39 GMT -5
Bob Harrison, a former MLB pitcher, passed away at the age of 92. Harrison was a right-handed pitcher who had two one-game end-of-season trials in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 and 1956. In 1955, after a 14–12 win–loss record in the Class A Western League, Harrison was called to Baltimore when the rosters expanded in September. He relieved starting pitcher Eddie Lopat in the fifth inning of the second game of a twi-light doubleheader on September 23 at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. Harrison hurled two innings and surrendered four bases on balls, two hits and two earned runs in a 7–3 Oriole defeat. The following season, Harrison won 10 games and lost 12 in a year split between the Double-A Texas League and the Open-Classification Pacific Coast League. Recalled by the Orioles again, he started on September 26, 1956, at Memorial Stadium against the eventual world champion New York Yankees. He lasted only 1⅔ innings, giving up three earned runs, three hits and five walks. However, Harrison was not charged with the 11–6 Baltimore defeat, as Hal Brown, who relieved him in the second inning, gave up the winning run. Altogether Harrison appeared in two MLB games, pitched in 3⅔ innings, and gave up five earned runs, six hits, and five bases on balls. He did not record a strikeout. His eight-year pro career concluded after the 1958 season.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 19, 2023 22:57:56 GMT -5
Bob Raudman, a former outfielder in MLB, passed at 77 Rasudman played eight-seasons (1961–68) of professional baseball which included 16 games played in Major League Baseball, divided between the 1966 and 1967 Chicago Cubs. Raudman signed with the Cubs after attending Monroe High School in what is now North Hills, California. Despite his size, he was a power hitter in minor league baseball, amassing 17 or more home runs in four of his eight pro seasons. His first Cubs trial came after he hit 20 homers with 84 runs batted in for the 1966 Tacoma Cubs in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. He started eight games in left field in September and collected seven hits, including two doubles. In 1967, he hit 17 home runs for Tacoma, sandwiched between brief appearances with the Cubs in April and September, then was traded on November 21, 1967, to the Cleveland Indians (to complete an earlier deal for pitcher Dick Radatz). The Indians then immediately packaged Raudman, pitcher George Culver and first baseman Fred Whitfield to obtain outfielder Tommy Harper from the Cincinnati Reds.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 19, 2023 23:00:05 GMT -5
Jesse Owens Hickman, a former MLB pitcher, for the Kansas City Athletics (1965–1966) passed away at the age of 83. Hickman originally signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, pitching the 1960 and 1961 seasons in their farm system. After being selected by the Houston Colt .45s in the 1962 Expansion Draft, he played in the Houston (1962–1964 Colts and 1965 Astros) minor league system. Hickman was traded to the Athletics with a player to be named later (infielder Ernie Fazio) for slugging first baseman Jim Gentile on June 4, 1965. The following night, Hickman made his Major League debut at home in relief against the Boston Red Sox. Although he pitched a scoreless tenth inning, Hickman surrendered a home run to Red Sox closer Dick Radatz in the eleventh frame and took the 5–3 loss, Hickman‘s only big league decision. The homer was Radatz's only MLB long ball, and cleared the deep left-field fence at Municipal Stadium. Hickman appeared in 12 more MLB games during 1965 and 1966, striking out 16 men in 16+1⁄3 innings pitched, but yielding ten earned runs, nine hits, and nine bases on balls. He retired from baseball after spending the 1967 season in the California Angels’ minor league system. The following is an excerpt from Hickman's online obituary: "Jess was born on February 18, 1939 to Elbert and Claudia Price Hickman, in Lecompte, Louisiana. After graduating from Lecompte High School, in 1957, he went on to study education at Louisiana College. Jess and his father, Elbert, assisted Coach Billy Allgood in building the first baseball field for LC. In 1960 during his junior year, Jess was signed as a Professional Free Agent to play for the Philadelphia Phillies. Jess spent hours those first few months after signing with the Phillies, hurling pitches at a concrete block wall at LC when there was no one available to catch for him. He threw the ball so hard that he literally cracked one of the blocks in the wall. When he apologized to Coach Billy Allgood, Coach replied “Don’t worry Jess, bust them all out.” Throughout his eight-year professional baseball career, he played for the Phillies, the Houston Colt 45s, the Kansas City Athletics and the California Angels.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2023 19:05:31 GMT -5
Dedric Willoughby, a former NBA guard, passed away at the age of 49. No cause of death has been released. A 6'3" guard, Willoughby began his college basketball career at the University of New Orleans, then transferred to Iowa State University. His coach at both schools was Tim Floyd. During each of his two seasons at Iowa State, Willoughby was the runner-up for the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Award. As a senior, he averaged 18.9 points per game and made 45% of his three-point field goal attempts. After playing professionally in Italy, Willoughby made the roster for the Chicago Bulls for the 1999-2000 NBA season, and was reunited once again with coach Tim Floyd. He appeared in 25 games that season, registering one start and averaged 7.6 points. During the next season, Willoughby signed with the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League. However, he injured his knee in practice, and was released shortly afterward. Willoughby later became a coach with the All-Iowa Attack youth basketball program in Ames, Iowa.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2023 19:07:15 GMT -5
Larry Yellen, a former pitcher in MLB passed away at the age of 80. The following is an excerpt from Yellen's online obituary: "Larry grew up in Brooklyn, playing ball on the streets and grew to love the game of baseball. He graduated from Lafayette High School, the same school in Brooklyn, where Sandy Koufax played baseball. Larry was MVP in high school in New York, but he would always tell you that his Jewish parents had plans for his education and they did not want him to dream of becoming a Major League Baseball Player. With education their focus, Larry attended Hunter College in New York, but playing college baseball was his favorite subject! After going to Hunter College for two years, Larry finally was able to get his parents approval and he soon embarked on his career in professional baseball. At twenty years old, he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1963, after signing as an undrafted amateur free agent with the Houston Colt.45s in 1962. He was a right-handed pitcher even though he was a left hander. He pitched in a total of fourteen Major League games during his "short" career with the Houston Astros."
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Post by on_the_edge on Jul 20, 2023 19:39:30 GMT -5
Ok, who forgot to let the Grim Reaper that G-Con was going on and he needed to put a pause on the reaping of souls.
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2023 22:50:14 GMT -5
Ok, who forgot to let the Grim Reaper that G-Con was going on and he needed to put a pause on the reaping of souls. LOL
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Post by jimsteel on Jul 20, 2023 23:53:03 GMT -5
Mike Hammond: Great Britain ice hockey player dies in car crash Great Britain ice hockey forward Mike Hammond has been killed in a car crash in Canada. Hammond made his international debut in 2018, helping the team win gold at the World Championship Division 1 Group A in Hungary, and played for Nottingham Panthers last season. The 33-year-old died in the crash in Shawnigan on Wednesday night, Nottingham Panthers announced.
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