Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 52710 Location: Making a safety stop at 15 feet.
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:26 am Post subject:
Damn . . . Dodger Icon. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 1795 Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:39 am Post subject:
All of us Cubs fans loved the guy. He was on Chicago radio quite often back in the day, talking to Harry in the booth when the Dodgers were at Wrigley and he loved him some Connie's pizza.
Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 32179 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:10 am Post subject:
Not sure if I have said this on this forum before, but I met him once in 1998, when he was interim GM of the Dodgers. It was as I was boarding a plane. He was very cordial, and then perked up a bit when I mentioned that I was also Italian. We had a brief conversation about the Dodgers and he was nice enough to sign a piece of paper for me, in which he wrote "to a great Italian." I've heard that he was always gracious with people in terms of signing autographs and posing for pictures.
A true Dodger icon and legend. May he rest in peace.
Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 6054 Location: My own little piece of reality
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:10 am Post subject:
RIP A Dodger legend and quite a character. _________________ “There is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.” --Amanda Gorman
Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 68034 Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:14 am Post subject:
Had a horrible record as a Dodger pitcher, outstanding record as a Dodger manager. RIP _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
How did they get all that recorded? No way a manager could get away with talking like that today, with the high quality camera's we have now and the pussyification of pro athletes now. _________________ Think about how stupid the avg. person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
When I was in junior high school, he came to our PE class. He did't use foul language, but even at that young age it was easy to see he was a salty MFer and it was fun to see an adult treat kids as peers. The quote I remember from that day was when he said, "Baseball is the only job where if you get it right 3 out of 10 times, you're doing fine." _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
That tape with all the cussing bleeped out was played on sportstalk radio for years back in the day. Baseball and LA lost a unique one today. Thanks for the memories Tommy.
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