MLB

1969 “Miracle Mets” Shortstop Bud Harrelson dead at age 79

By Doc McElroy FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Derrel McKinley “Bud” Harrelson (June 6, 1944 – January 11, 2024) was an American professional baseball shortstop, coach, and manager. He played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers from 1965 to 1980. After his retirement as a player, he served as a coach for the World Champion 1986 Mets, and as manager of […]

“The Capital Punisher”, former Columbus South, Ohio State and MLB star Frank Howard dies at 87; was a intimidating to pitchers at 6’7” tall

By Doc McElroy FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Frank Oliver Howard (August 8, 1936 – October 30, 2023), nicknamed “Hondo“, “the Washington Monument” and “the Capital Punisher“, was an American baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchises. One of […]