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KTPhil 
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| Gaylord Perry, 84 and a HOF pitcher who was famous for throwing a spitter although it was actually a Vaseline ball. He won 314 games and pitched 5350 innings and had over 3500 strikeouts. He was as durable as they come. |
I liked this "cheater" in the same way I liked Smokey Yunick... they elevated rule-breaking (or flaunting) to a high art.
Perry used to really taunt the umpires. He made up intricate pre-pitch motions, which umps would study, so Perry made subtle changes sometimes, to fake them out. Much like a magician, his sleight of hand was extraordinary. Umps would be SURE they got him THIS time... and for example, ask him to remove his belt. Written on the inside of the belt was a note "not here!". He was THAT good!
(Dodger pitcher Don Sutton played a similar trick, writing inside his glove, "You're getting warm, but it's not here".)
The only time he was thrown out was bogus since they cold not identify his tool or source, and by MLB rules cannot throw him out without it... but did so anyway. |
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Xevin
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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RIP “K-Lord Perry”
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obus
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NJ John
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:45 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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56 years old!
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obus
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Jennepher
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Former F1 driver and multiple Grand Prix winner Patrick Tambay dies aged 73
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my59
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Aline Crumb, noted cartoonist. On point.
Yes, Robert Crumbs wife.
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kirk1015
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Bob McGrath from Sesame Street (1966-2016).
One the last remaining "human" cast members of the original Sesame Street.
https://movieweb.com/bob-mcgrath-dead/?utm_term=Au...1670198395
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Bob McGrath was born in 1932. |
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YDBD
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| Jon Schmid wrote: |
Bob McGrath was born in 1932. |
Also died in 2022.
But was on Sesame Street from 1966-2016.
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NJ John
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:40 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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I was just thinking of him, having seen the Sesame Street float at the TGD parade.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
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finster
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Nick Bollettieri, pioneering tennis coach, dies aged 91 - coached Agassi, Sharapova and Williams sisters
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Letterman7
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obus
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HMVWNAB
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Legendary boxing ref Mills Lane -- perhaps best known for his portrayal in MTV's iconic "Celebrity Deathmatch" show -- has sadly died, his son announced.
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Mickey bitsko
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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| Watched him in his prime, no nonsense referee, one of the best.. |
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obus
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:10 am Post subject: Re: Celebrity Death Watch! Official RIP when they DIE thread... |
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Britain's only practicing female Spitfire pilot, 70, was killed in a car crash while on holiday in Australia. Carolyn Grace pioneered the restoration of Second World Spitfires in the 1980s with her late husband, Nick, at their home in Cornwall.
After Nick died in 1988, the mother-of-two learned to fly the restored plane to keep her husband's memory alive.
Over the next three decades, the aviation pioneer clocked over 900 hours in the aircraft, flying it at air shows and memorial events across Europe.
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finster
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Last surviving Dambuster, George Leonard 'Johnny' Johnson, dies aged 101.
George Leonard "Johnny" Johnson was the last surviving original member of RAF 617 Squadron's famous "Dambusters" raid of 1943.
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