Sports Legends Passing Away

[alkeiper]

Luis Tiant, 83. Best known for his run with the Red Sox in the '70s though he had a good run with the Cleveland Indians in the '60s as well. A sentimental star of the '75 Red Sox, he went 3-0 in the postseason that year. One notable stat, Tiant was 52-25 over his career in September/October.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Luis Tiant, 83. Best known for his run with the Red Sox in the '70s though he had a good run with the Cleveland Indians in the '60s as well. A sentimental star of the '75 Red Sox, he went 3-0 in the postseason that year. One notable stat, Tiant was 52-25 over his career in September/October.

A legend of the Red Sox off the field too later in his career. One of my favorite "crazy" Tiant stats is he went from 21-9 with a 1.60 ERA and 5th in MVP in 1968 to 9-20 with a 3.71 ERA in 1969.

 

[Smues]

I read up on him after I pulled a 1/1 auto of his a couple of years ago. Terrible name in the auto correct age though.

RIP

 

[strummer]

Fernando Valenzuela. 63.

Too young. "Fernando-Mania" started in 1981. The last time the Yankees and Dodgers played in the World Series. Valenzuela was just 20 years old.

RIP

 

[alkeiper]

I feel sometimes you can't really read a pitcher from season statistics. Valenzuela in any sense of the word was a genuine sensation in his rookie season. Almost certainly the greatest baseball star ever to come out of Mexico.

 

[strummer]

Rico Carty. 85.

 

[alkeiper]

Rico Carty. 85.

Hit .357 in 1969-70, lost the previous and subsequent seasons to injury/illness.

 

[MFer]

Former St John's basketball coach Lou Carnecsecca died at 99, just over a month before he would've turned 100. More than 500 wins, a couple Big East titles, a Final Four appearance, and was part of that larger than life collection of coaches in the 1980s Big East.

 

[snuffbox]

Israel Vazquez, who had a memorable 4 fight series with Rafael Marquez, died of cancer.

 

[alkeiper]

Rocky Colavito. Extremely popular slugger of the ‘50s and ‘60s. As good a player you could be without being a serious HOF candidate.

 

[alkeiper]

Lenny Randle. A journeyman player who had an interesting career.

Lenny Randle – Society for American Baseball Research

sabr.org

 

[alkeiper]

 

[strummer]

Former MLB player and manager Jeff Torborg has died at 83.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Former MLB player and manager Jeff Torborg has died at 83.

Father of the Demon? Or am I thinking of Ra's al Ghul?

 

[strummer]

Yes he was the father of Dale "the Kiss Demon" Torborg.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Tommy Brasher passed away at 84: Brasher was Ron Meyer’s defensive line coach at SMU from 1977-81. In the NFL, Brasher had full-time coaching jobs with the Patriots (1982-84), Philadelphia Eagles (1985; 1999-2005; 2012), Atlanta Falcons (1986-89), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1990), Seattle Seahawks (1992-98), and Kansas City Chiefs (2013-15). At the age of 75, he was the NFL's oldest assistant coach in 2015.