RIP Notable Figures

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:27 am

Fuck drunk drivers!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:42 am

"five to six beers"

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

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:12 am

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:19 pm

84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:12 am

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 · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:37 pm

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

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:27 am

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:53 am

Fuck that sucks! Such a good guy

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 9:37 am

I was always a fan of his.

Fuck cancer

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:51 pm

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

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:58 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:51 pm 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 · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:47 pm

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 · Post by **gouacats** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:48 pm

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

Carcassdragger · Post by **Carcassdragger** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:58 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:47 pm 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 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:23 pm

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:58 pm
Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:47 pm 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 · Post by **pc in NM** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:13 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:23 pm
Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:58 pm
Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:47 pm 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 · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:50 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:23 pm
Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:58 pm
Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:47 pm 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 · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:14 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:26 am

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

Didn't even know she was alive.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:25 pm

RIP Fernando Valenzuela

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

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 12:02 am

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 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:51 am

Dang, that is to young to leave this world

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:44 pm

GOP mega donor

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 9:17 am

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

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

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 9:54 am

AKA MAGA Chuck Woolery

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:44 am

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 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:55 am

Guess he won’t be back in two and two

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:41 am

azcat49 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:55 am Guess he won’t be back in two and two

Damn that made me chuckle.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 10:00 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:41 am
azcat49 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:55 am Guess he won’t be back in two and two
Damn that made me chuckle.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:59 am

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 · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:59 pm

@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 · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:21 pm

62, way too young.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Dec 12, 2024 9:55 am

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 12:52 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:18 pm

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

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:25 pm

Holy shit Rickey Henderson passed away? What???

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:27 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:25 pm Holy shit Rickey Henderson passed away? What???

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

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:54 pm

This news saddens me. Ricky was a great player. 3K hits and 2k runs 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

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Dec 27, 2024 11:43 pm

https://apnews.com/article/greg-gumbel- ... ba06efe9bb

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by the network on Friday. He was 78.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:50 am

https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky ... tsyap3x22l

Phil Lewis
‪@phillewis.bsky.social‬
Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died at 81

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 73177.html

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:30 am

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/je ... ngNewsSerp

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.

A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen’s controversial statements — including Holocaust denial and his 1987 proposal to forcibly isolate people with AIDS in special facilities — led to multiple convictions and strained his political alliances.

Rest in hell asshole.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:15 am

Perhaps his daughter will join him soon.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:53 am

People were literally dancing in the streets in Paris celebrating his death.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:04 am

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:09 am

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:09 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:25 am

He was just the best. Did anyone love life more than Bob Uecker?

RIP to an all time great.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:31 am

That’s a bummer. He and yogi were the best

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:07 am

No one better at self-deprecating humor.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:32 pm

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