In Memoriam: Sports

[BetterButter]

 

[voiceover]

Luis Tiant! best windup ever.  And the man had a 161-pitch complete game in the 1975 World Series.

RIP, El Tiante.

[BetterButter]

 

[voiceover]

Crap.  I just heard the news.

First thing I thought of was his wind-up.  Then I pinged Annie’s (Susan Sarandon) line from Bull Durham, which I post here in his honor:

Annie (to Nuke): “Now, I want you to breathe through your eyelids[…] like the lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands. See, there are some lizards that have a parietal eye behind their heads so they can see backwards. Haven’t you ever noticed how Fernando Valenzuela, he just doesn’t even look when he pitches? He’s a Mayan Indian. Or an Aztec, I get them confused.”

RIP.

[ProudMary]

From CBS Sports:

Rudy May, 1980 American League ERA champion who pitched for Yankees, Angels, others, dies at 80

[roamyn]

Browns legend Dub Jones who played from 48-55 died Saturday age 99.  He & his wife Schump (yes, Schump) had 7 children, 22 grandchildren, and 48 grt-grandchildren.  I think his wife is still living.

You lived a long productive life Sir.  Rest In Peace now. 

[Notabug]

2 hours ago, roamyn said:

Browns legend Dub Jones who played from 48-55 died Saturday age 99.  He & his wife Schump (yes, Schump) had 7 children, 22 grandchildren, and 48 grt-grandchildren.  I think his wife is still living.

You lived a long productive life Sir.  Rest In Peace now. 

Dub's son, Bert, was QB for the Baltimore Colts and LA Rams in the late '70's-early 80's.

Edited November 5 by Notabug

[Bastet]

John Robinson

He died Monday, age 89, from complications of pneumonia.

Having coached both USC and the Rams, he was huge in Los Angeles sports.  Here's a collection of letters from readers to the LA Times.

[KWalkerInc]

John Robinson lived next door to my parents and sister for a time before I was born (probably around 1969 to start?).  The house belonged to 49ers linebacker Dave Wilcox (who died last year), and apparently there was a time when there were several guys living there who went on to successful coaching careers.  Robinson is the only one I remember my mom specifically mentioning, and my father didn't have any stories (he just remembered there were "a bunch of guys" when I asked).

My sister once sneaked out under the fence (when both parents thought the other one had her) and ran over to Wilcox's house.  Instead of just bringing her back, he called my mom and seemed terrified!  Mom always liked to tell that story.  (Wilcox never ended up having any daughters, just one son who I think played briefly in the NFL and dabbled in pro wrestling, and another who is coach at California.)