Decker

Angels fire GM Billy Eppler

DJariya

Red Sox fire their manager

DJariya

https://www.dailynews.com/jay-johnst...ter-dies-at-74

Former Dodger Jay Johnstone dead at 74 from Covid 19 and dementia.

DJariya

Cardinals legend Bob Gibson dead at 84 from cancer

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Jaymole

I just saw this. This is very sad as I have a special fondness for Jay Johnstone. My best friend growing up was named John so we use to hold a rock together and say "Jay - John - Stone". I followed his career and was happy he wound up on the Yankees for a short time.

davidh777

Damn, Johnstone was a Cub reserve for a while, and he produced and always seemed to be having fun playing the game.

General Zod

More MLB folks dropping...

Ron Perranoski
Lou Johsnon

sportsfan64

Phillies GM Matt Klentak has stepped down and will be reassigned in the organization.

PhantomStranger

Rumors indicate Theo may be leaving the Cubs for a team like the Mets or Phillies.

DJariya

Former Dodger Charlie Haeger committed suicide after allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend

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Decker

I don’t remember this guy at all. He played for the Dodgers in the Majors?

DJariya

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...aegech01.shtml

His stint wasn't very memorable. 1-5 in 9 career games. He last played 10 years ago.

PhantomStranger

I remember Haeger only because he was a knuckleball pitcher. One of the very last knuckleball pitchers in MLB.

BearFan

Johnstone's books, especially the first one was one of the funniest and best baseball books I ever read in my life. The other 2(I think) were pretty good as well.

dvd-4-life

Whitey Ford (ex Yankee pitching great) has passed away.

I didn't see him pitch that much because I started following MLB in 1965 and that year the Yankees went in the toilet and Ford developed arm problems.

PhantomStranger

This has been a bad year for Hall of Fame pitching legends. Seaver, Gibson and now Ford. Sandy Koufax better watch out.

WCChiCubsFan

Joe Morgan passed away.

Deftones

Renteria fired by White Sox. That seems odd considering the run they made.

BearFan

That is weird ... I was glad he got another chance, he got hosed with the Cubs (though they obviously made the right move) ... back to just flat out not liking the White Sox in any way shape or form ... so back to normal

Deftones

Looks like this is the reason why


@BNightengale: The Chicago #WhiteSox loved Rick Renteria as a person, but it was his bullpen management down the stretch, and in Game 3 vs. the #Athletics, that prompted his firing as manager.

dvd-4-life

Which one?

One was a manager for the Red Sox and the other a Hall-of-Fame secondbaseman.

Update:It's the HoF secondbaseman who played for the Astros and Reds among other teams plus he was an ESPN baseball color announcer.

Cardsfan111

I can't recall another stretch of time when so many Hall of Famers have passed away. Maybe it's happened before but is more memorable now since it involves guys I watched play.

Cardsfan111

Unless Nightengale is quoting someone, I never take his opinions to mean much. Maybe there's some merit to the above, but it still seems strange.

Ken Rosenthal tweeted: "Some White Sox veterans felt Renteria needed to hold players more accountable, but this is the Cubs’ situation all over again. CWS moving on in large part because more proven candidates (Hinch, Cora) are becoming available. Can anyone seriously imagine them hiring someone else?"

The Sox GM has said they want someone with experience in a championship organization.

It appears the White Sox are following the Cubs lead in tossing Renteria aside for a proven guy to take them to the next level.

DJariya

Sad to hear about Morgan's passing. I always respected him as a broadcaster and a player. Although his time as a player was a little before my time. I may have caught a few games of him as a player very late in his career in the early 80s.

But he and Jon Miller were great on Sunday Night Baseball for so many years.

PhantomStranger

Miller and Morgan were pretty good in the booth together.