Didn’t he retire as an Astro.
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He did. He was on that '86 team.
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My first baseball heroes were Dodgers. Of course I was 7.
My first team was the Brooklyn Dodgers, and they were my team until they moved to LA.
You matured and saw the light, Neil.
The only Dodgers I ever cared for were most of the ones that also played for the Astros. Wynn, Sutton, Lopes, Ferguson, Greinke… etc. and Valenzuela. Always hated the franchise. I go back and forth on which I hate more the Dodgers or the Yankees.
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It was Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. It’s hard not to like Sandy Koufax, maybe Drysdale not so much.
Accurate.
Reddick.
Who hated his time there.
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Koufax was and is my favorite player of all time.
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I’m reminded that César Cedeño, unfortunately, took his last major league at bat as a Dodger.
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True, but that does occasionally come in handy in Immaculate Grid.
And a class act. I had a Dodger’s parents living down the street from me when I was a kid in Corpus. Bart Shirley, UT ex, would come visit his folks during the offseason and would come out and play ball with us on the block. We’d throw around a baseball or football and amazingly he would remember our names. On one of the trips to Houston to catch a game Bart was the starting 3B for the Dodgers that day. Big thrill for me. Sadly, Bart passed away a few months ago.
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Former Astro great and manager, Phil Garner, 76.
Rest easy, Scrap Iron.
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Pancreatic cancer’s unbeaten streak continues.
Fuck cancer.
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RIP “Scrap Iron”…
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Can’t think of Garner without thinking of Chuckie Carr.
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I can’t think about Garner and not think about 12 hits in the ‘79 World Series. The “We Are Family” Pirates were a great thing for baseball.
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So were their hats.
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Sid Krofft, 96
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