Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:35 pm

Ian McLagan

Keyboardist and founding member of The Small Faces and The Faces. Later worked widely as a session and side man for many artists, notably including the Rolling Stones. (Weird that he and Bobby Keys die within a day of each other.)

boxcar · Post by **boxcar** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:56 am

Bryan Burwell

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:10 pm

The Jean Beliveau ceremony during last night's game.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:58 am

Canadians tend to shy away from media overkill, except when it comes to hockey.

Beliveau's funeral was carried live and in its entirety on both main sports networks as well as on the 24 hour news channels.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:13 pm

May they include some stale bubble gum in his grave
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/sy-be ... -1.2045225" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:33 pm

The voice of Babe

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:13 pm

Edward Herrmann.

TMZ says best known for something called "The Gilmore Girls", but I'll always know him as the head vampire from The Lost Boys.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:31 pm

brian wrote:Edward Herrmann.

TMZ says best known for something called "The Gilmore Girls", but I'll always know him as the head vampire from The Lost Boys.

Shit. That guy was great. Using Gilmore Girls as the first reference for his career is a travesty.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:32 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:
brian wrote:Edward Herrmann.

TMZ says best known for something called "The Gilmore Girls", but I'll always know him as the head vampire from The Lost Boys.
Shit. That guy was great. Using Gilmore Girls as the first reference for his career is a travesty.

As someone who likes the Gilmore Girls I completely agree with you guys; that was not a career role by any means.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:49 am

Should have led with the fact that he was the voiceover guy for Dodge's truck commercials for a few years.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:52 pm

"Almost succeeded in killing both Cory's in the mid 80s"

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:16 pm

rass wrote:"Almost succeeded in killing both Cory's in the mid 80s"

That's the obituary for heroin.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:42 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:
rass wrote:"Almost succeeded in killing both Cory's in the mid 80s"
That's the obituary for heroin.

Never invite it into your house.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 3:12 pm

Former O's GM, Hank Peters.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:18 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:Should have led with the fact that he was the voiceover guy for Dodge's truck commercials for a few years.

I forgot about that.

I only clearly remember him as Branch Rickey in this flick.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:04 pm

Anita Ekberg.

Not really much of a career - known primarily for her role in La Dolce Vita, but good lord, what a woman!

Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:25 pm

Dave Bergman, member of the 1984 Detroit Tigers World Series champions.

Had probably the best AB I've ever seen to this day, fouling off 10 pitches before hitting a walkoff HR against Roy Lee Jackson into the upper deck of Tiger Stadium during a sold-out Monday Night Baseball game (back when national TV baseball games were a big thing). Probably about as loud as that old barn ever got.

RIP.

ETA: In my memory I remember that game as being sold-out, but apparently there was "only" 30,000 people there. Here's a YouTube vid of the AB.

Bonus: Al Michaels and Howard Cosell doing the call!

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:36 am

84 Tigers - most dominant one-year team of my lifetime. Incredible. That season was over on May 1st. Hell it was over 2 weeks in, i think they won their first 9 games? then had another maybe 7 or 8 game win streak?

More amazing I think due to really how few legends were on that squad (Trammell and Whitaker make my HOF. as does Rusty Kuntz, obv.). All just came together dramatically from day 1.

Bergman was lights-out for me in Statis Pro Baseball.

RIP indeed.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:54 am

Starting off 35 and 5 kind of makes a mark in the game. Week after week, right from the start -- it's a stunning thing to experience. Because of that start, the surprise to me was that they didn't actually play all that well after the initial streak. They ran out the string playing .600 ball, before dominating the Royals and Padres in the post-season. This is hard to grasp now, but for me the 35-5 start made winning 60% of the remaining regular season games seem like not all that much.

But of course, this was an incredible group of players, and an even more incredible season. Watching it up close, I was simply stunned. To me it was a flashback to the amazing 1968 Tigers team. But that happened when I was too young to fully appreciate it. I was far more involved in the '84 team, so it was like magic to me.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:03 am

HA they sucked playing only .600 ball. :D

yeah, it's kind of hard to describe how...over...that season was. no wild cards obv so from May on it was just playing out the string in the AL East. my dad drove us to Boston that summer and i saw 3 games, i think the Red Sox took 2 from them which was miraculous. They had no competition in the postseason, even if Kurt Bevacqua decided to give the Padres one game. :)

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:07 am

875. Expecations, man. 40 games of magic sets them so very high. You being to wonder if a team like this can ever have a losing streak. But of course, they could and did. Still, this was an enchanted team.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:43 am

I vividly remember the Alan Wiggins pickoff that is in the link DC posted. Mostly because I remember my reaction as an orioles fan.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:47 am

"YOU SUCK WIGGINS I HOPE YOU GET ..."

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:01 am

I have very fond memories of the 84 Tigers, even growing up in a National League city. I remember when they were kicking ass for the first few weeks, my dad told me to keep an eye on them, because I'm witnessing something that wouldn't be happening again often. I looked in the paper every day to see their results. No HoFers, but along with the afore-mentioned Whitaker and Trammell, Gibson, Darrell Evans, Guillermo Hernandez (the inspiration of one the SwampCrash questions I submitted this year), and Jack Morris.

Come to think of it, that's really strange. A team winning the World Series without any HoFs is fairly rare. I'm going through my head and the only ones I can think of over the last 30-some years are these Giants squads, the 08 Phils (depending on whether you think Utley's 5 peak season would be enough; I don't think voters do), 02 Angels, 97 Marlins (depending on Sheff), and the 81 and 88 Dodgers.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:11 am

I like these ...

Giants: Posey is on track

Phillies: Rollins should get a look and serious debate but will either get 10% or inexplicably walk in

Angels: Should have never even gotten a vote as a team

Marlins: Sheffield (7th oWAR last 30 years) and Brown (8th overall pitcher same span) should both be easy calls

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:15 am

Totaly brain-lock on Posey. Totally agree on both Sheff and Brown being HoF-worthy, and would have rang the bell for both.

Post by **brian** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:22 am

Well, Trammell and Whitaker should be in the HoF, but it's going to take the Veterans Committee to make it happen. They have a ridiculous combined bWAR of something like 150 and neither even sniffed 75 percent from the BBWAA.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:05 am

Bergman was on the Giants for a few seasons, could turn on a fastball. I too remember that long at bat on a Monday night televised game.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:12 pm

MaxWebster wrote:84 Tigers - most dominant one-year team of my lifetime. Incredible. That season was over on May 1st. Hell it was over 2 weeks in, i think they won their first 9 games? then had another maybe 7 or 8 game win streak?

Their record in ten-game increments was 9-1, 18-2, 26-4, 35-5. What the fuck happened in games 21-30?

Post by **brian** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:19 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:
MaxWebster wrote:84 Tigers - most dominant one-year team of my lifetime. Incredible. That season was over on May 1st. Hell it was over 2 weeks in, i think they won their first 9 games? then had another maybe 7 or 8 game win streak?
Their record in ten-game increments was 9-1, 18-2, 26-4, 35-5. What the fuck happened in games 21-30?

Mariners took two out of three in Seattle during that stretch IIRC. The sky was falling. That 40-day run included a no-hitter from Jack Morris also.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:21 pm

I assume that was a 1 hit, 1-0 win.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:17 pm

that fuckin' guy pitched to the SCORE, nerd.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:44 pm

DC47 wrote:Starting off 35 and 5 kind of makes a mark in the game. Week after week, right from the start -- it's a stunning thing to experience. Because of that start, the surprise to me was that they didn't actually play all that well after the initial streak. They ran out the string playing .600 ball, before dominating the Royals and Padres in the post-season. This is hard to grasp now, but for me the 35-5 start made winning 60% of the remaining regular season games seem like not all that much.

But of course, this was an incredible group of players, and an even more incredible season. Watching it up close, I was simply stunned. To me it was a flashback to the amazing 1968 Tigers team. But that happened when I was too young to fully appreciate it. I was far more involved in the '84 team, so it was like magic to me.

It should not have been the Padres.

A rematch of 1907-1908-1935-1945 would have been epic.

Edit: I knew that name looked familiar. I checked on Baseball Reference, and Bergman was the left fielder for the Astros the first time I sat in the Wrigley Field bleachers. There was all kinds of abuse thrown his way that one could not get away with saying in public today.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:08 pm

I completely agree. Who knows what would have actually happened in the games? But Tigers vs. Cubs was my dream match-up. Too bad the gamblers got to Ryno and Durham.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:37 pm

Frank Borghi. GK of the 1950 US National Team (upset England)
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/soccer/b ... 2a7d2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:51 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Frank Borghi. GK of the 1950 US National Team (upset England)
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/soccer/b ... 2a7d2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Very amazing Buck-Borghi story
http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/02 ... -world-cup" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:53 pm

Charlie Sifford
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/charl ... ies-age-92" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:43 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:Charlie Sifford
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/charl ... ies-age-92" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm surprised his death hasn't received more attention, since he broke pro golf's color barrier. He faced the same obstacles as Jackie Robinson, but did it without teammates or Branch Rickey. But I may be biased, because Mr. Sifford was the golf pro at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, which is about 10 minutes south of my home.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:52 pm

Lesley Gore, at the age of 68. Quincy Jones produced her early hits, which was a big break for his career. times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/arts/ ... at-68.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:26 am

Send em Wendell Kim. For a 3rd base coach to be infamous for getting guys thrown out at home while remaining so popular with everyone means he was doing something in life right.

Had early onset alzheimers