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04-06-2020, 07:19 PM | #16 |
Rabbi Goldmann
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Thot this thread would be about Alcides escobar
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04-06-2020, 07:19 PM | #17 |
I don’t care for Auburn
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
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Remember watching him on that old Home Run Derby show. RIP.
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04-06-2020, 07:20 PM | #18 |
Beer Sherpa
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Location: shackled in a cellar
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04-06-2020, 07:26 PM | #19 |
Seeking the Truth daily
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the Country in MO
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My uncle was one of the greatest influences on my life. We lost him far too early at 53. He lived in Detroit, was an exec for GM, a WW2 Navy Vet, and played basketball for a small college in Ohio.
He took me to see a Tigers game in Detroit and Al Kaline was on that team. RIP Mr Kaline, you brought joy to a man I loved deeply. Sports do bring us together. |
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04-06-2020, 07:48 PM | #20 |
Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ozarks
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He was a household name when I was a kid. Had his name on several things, glove, etc. RIP Mr. Al Kaline
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04-06-2020, 08:04 PM | #21 |
MVP
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04-06-2020, 09:26 PM | #22 |
Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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My mom's entire side of the family is from Michigan and mainly Detroit.
My uncle was the engineer of a minor league ballpark in Michigan for a AA team. Every year Mr. Kaline would come out and throw the first pitch, at the first game of the season. He never missed it. He meant so much to that state. |
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04-06-2020, 09:39 PM | #23 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
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I know all about Al Kaline. He was one of my dad's favorite players. Came up to Detroit as a teenager, and played his entire career with the Tigers. He's beloved in Detroit like Brett is in KC. Sorry to see he's passed, but 85 is a good run.
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04-06-2020, 10:21 PM | #24 |
Curmudgeon
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: North by Northwest
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I don't remember the year, but my dad, uncle, cousin, and myself were at an afternoon game at old Muni. Kaline hit a homer off one of the A's rag-arm pitchers that not only left the stadium, but must have bounced off Brooklyn because it broke a window on one of the houses across the street.
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04-07-2020, 12:39 AM | #25 |
Politically Incorrect
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I remember seeing the last few years of Kaline's career. A great player and from all accounts, a great all around human being.
He got his money's worth out of life. |
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04-07-2020, 02:40 AM | #26 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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I enjoyed watching Bob Gibson strike out Al Kaline. Does that count?
But seriously, He seemed to be a great guy and played the game the "right way". Respect was due. |
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04-07-2020, 04:59 PM | #27 |
Veteran
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