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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Aug 5, 2021 20:15:09 GMT
71 years old, I didn’t see a cause listed. Such a shame what happened to him. Rest in peace.
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Post by tristramshandy on Aug 5, 2021 20:45:54 GMT
His rise came right as I was becoming a full-time sports fan. 616 strikeouts combined between 1978 and 1979 - - I was amazed by him. RIP.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 5, 2021 23:47:09 GMT
www.facebook.com/greatestondirt/videos/heres-jr-richard-doin-work-on-reggie-jackson-at-the-1980-all-star-game/3344278865659178/He should have been a 1st ballot HOFer. Many hitters from that era said he had he filthiest stuff in baseball from 1976 - 1980. But the Astros ruined him. He complained of a "dead arm" and the team thought he was "lazy". But he had a blood clot in his neck which led to a heart attack. Now it would have been caught early and treated. I seen him pitch in Three Rivers in 1979 and I swear (and I wasn't the only one) you could hear the ball cutting through the air, like a small artillery shell. I remember the clip posted from the AS game. Reggie was talking to himself on the bench long after he was made to look foolish.
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Post by msdemos on Aug 6, 2021 3:34:00 GMT
www.facebook.com/greatestondirt/videos/heres-jr-richard-doin-work-on-reggie-jackson-at-the-1980-all-star-game/3344278865659178/He should have been a 1st ballot HOFer. Many hitters from that era said he had he filthiest stuff in baseball from 1976 - 1980. But the Astros ruined him. He complained of a "dead arm" and the team thought he was "lazy". But he had a blood clot in his neck which led to a heart attack. Now it would have been caught early and treated. I seen him pitch in Three Rivers in 1979 and I swear (and I wasn't the only one) you could hear the ball cutting through the air, like a small artillery shell. I remember the clip posted from the AS game. Reggie was talking to himself on the bench long after he was made to look foolish.
Make you look like a fool boy....Bruce Springsteen - "Glory Days" J.R. Richard SAVE FERRIS
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