RIP Notable Figures

[azgreg]

[84Cat]

Fuck drunk drivers!

[Merkin]

"five to six beers"

And as every cop knows, you double that for the real count.

[84Cat]

[EastCoastCat]

I saw them the year prior in Super Bowl VII at the LA Coliseum.

That backfield of Czonka, Kiick and Morris were brutal along with Griese at QB.

[Merkin]

Man I hated that team. They were just way too good. Last team to go undefeated the entire season.

[UAEebs86]

[84Cat]

Fuck that sucks! Such a good guy

[Alieberman]

I was always a fan of his.

Fuck cancer

[EastCoastCat]

Pete Rose has passed. Charlie Hustle was a great, great player but also not very bright.

[Alieberman]

Pete Rose has passed. Charlie Hustle was a great, great player but also not very bright.

RIP to Charlie Hustle. But..

I actually met / worked with Pete once.

Let's just say he is the polar opposite of a human to Dikembe Mutombo.

[Merkin]

I was never a fan of the Reds, but they sure had some likable players: Johnny Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, and so on. Liked Sparky Anderson since he won the World Series with the Tigers. Although he picked the Reds for his uniform in the HOF, but can see that.

But always hated Rose. He was always a dick. Thought MLB was a little hard on him for gambling though. If memory serves, he never gambled against the Reds.

[gouacats]

I was never a fan of his, but I think he should be in the hall of fame, along with Shoeless Joe Jackson.

[Carcassdragger]

I was never a fan of the Reds, but they sure had some likable players: Johnny Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, and so on. Liked Sparky Anderson since he won the World Series with the Tigers. Although he picked the Reds for his uniform in the HOF, but can see that.

But always hated Rose. He was always a dick. Thought MLB was a little hard on him for gambling though. If memory serves, he never gambled against the Reds.

I didn't think it was ever disclosed but seemed accepted that at least once he bet against them. I could be wrong though.

[UAEebs86]

I was never a fan of the Reds, but they sure had some likable players: Johnny Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, and so on. Liked Sparky Anderson since he won the World Series with the Tigers. Although he picked the Reds for his uniform in the HOF, but can see that.

But always hated Rose. He was always a dick. Thought MLB was a little hard on him for gambling though. If memory serves, he never gambled against the Reds.

I didn't think it was ever disclosed but seemed accepted that at least once he bet against them. I could be wrong though.

There was also talk that even if he didn't bet against his own team, if he bet on them sometimes it would be a giveaway when he didn't bet on them that someone was hurt or he knew it was a bad matchup for some other reason and would tip off other gamblers.

That being said, as much as I hated him, I think he should be in the HoF for his performance as a player.

[pc in NM]

I was never a fan of the Reds, but they sure had some likable players: Johnny Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, and so on. Liked Sparky Anderson since he won the World Series with the Tigers. Although he picked the Reds for his uniform in the HOF, but can see that.

But always hated Rose. He was always a dick. Thought MLB was a little hard on him for gambling though. If memory serves, he never gambled against the Reds.

I didn't think it was ever disclosed but seemed accepted that at least once he bet against them. I could be wrong though.

There was also talk that even if he didn't bet against his own team, if he bet on them sometimes it would be a giveaway when he didn't bet on them that someone was hurt or he knew it was a bad matchup for some other reason and would tip off other gamblers.

That being said, as much as I hated him, I think he should be in the HoF for his performance as a player.

He was a thuggish asshole. Fuck him.

[EastCoastCat]

I was never a fan of the Reds, but they sure had some likable players: Johnny Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, and so on. Liked Sparky Anderson since he won the World Series with the Tigers. Although he picked the Reds for his uniform in the HOF, but can see that.

But always hated Rose. He was always a dick. Thought MLB was a little hard on him for gambling though. If memory serves, he never gambled against the Reds.

I didn't think it was ever disclosed but seemed accepted that at least once he bet against them. I could be wrong though.

There was also talk that even if he didn't bet against his own team, if he bet on them sometimes it would be a giveaway when he didn't bet on them that someone was hurt or he knew it was a bad matchup for some other reason and would tip off other gamblers.

That being said, as much as I hated him, I think he should be in the HoF for his performance as a player.

I think he bet on his own team, but only to win.

Still, if he hadn’t so blatantly lied about it I believe baseball would have reinstated him. But he continued denying all the way up to his death.

[azgreg]

[Merkin]

Pretty much every boy of my generation practiced pitching like Tiant.

Didn't even know she was alive.

[Chicat]

RIP Fernando Valenzuela

I lived in LA when Fernando Mania made the city go insane. He was incredible.

[EastCoastCat]

Look at those complete games pitched. Baseball was so different back then.

Also, Fernando was a pretty good hitter and Lasorda would use him as pinch hitter every now and then.

RIP Fernando. You are now in the place you looked up to every time you threw a pitch.

[azcat49]

Dang, that is to young to leave this world

[84Cat]

GOP mega donor

[84Cat]

Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries ... rcna181522

[UAEebs86]

AKA MAGA Chuck Woolery

[Merkin]

Rot in hell Chuck.

So much hatred and anger in that man and his followers. One of the very first posters I had to block on Twitter so that goes back years.

[azcat49]

Guess he won’t be back in two and two

[Chicat]

Guess he won’t be back in two and two

Damn that made me chuckle.

[azgreg]

Guess he won’t be back in two and two

Damn that made me chuckle.

[UAEebs86]

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, dies at 99


https://apnews.com/article/lou-carnesec ... ed4e88e13c


NEW YORK (AP) — In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca.

The excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s rousing Final Four run in 1985, died at 99 on Saturday, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday.

[84Cat]

@anthonygimino.bsky.social‬

Very sad news. Dana Dimel was an Arizona assistant under Mike Stoops, and the position coach for Rob Gronkowski. Always friendly and open.

https://bsky.app/profile/anthonygimino. ... ga7hozwk2v

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/596621 ... sas-state/

[Merkin]

62, way too young.

[azgreg]

[84Cat]

[UAEebs86]

One of the first athletes I remember rooting for after moving to Phoenix in 1970. First Sweet D now this.

[Chicat]

Holy shit Rickey Henderson passed away? What???

[UAEebs86]

Holy shit Rickey Henderson passed away? What???

Rickey would just like to say Rickey is no longer with us.

[azcat49]

This news saddens me. Ricky was a great player. 3K hits and 2k ring and 1400 SB’s is just amazing. I also don’t remember him getting in trouble much.

Dude married his HS sweetheart and would not spend his meal money. Instead he gave it to his kids when they did something good.

Hope heaven doesn’t have a second base or Ricky will steal it. RIP Ricky