Status of 1969 New York Mets?
EVARNER1
has passed away, and who was still alive? I know that Nolan Ryan, who just had
heart surgery, and Tom Seaver are alive, and that Manager Gil Hodges died many
years ago, but I am unsure of the status of the rest.
ED
Louis Epstein
: WIth the passing of Tommy Agee, I was wondering who else from the Miracle Mets
Apparently Agee was the first important player from the team to die.
KidHoney
DEAD - manager Gil Hodges is deceased
DEAD - coach Rube Walker is deceased
- coach Yogi Berra lives in New Jersey and is a corporate spokesman
- coach Joe Pignatano lives in Brooklyn, NY and is retired
- coach Ed Yost lives in Massachusetts and is retired
- Ken Boswell lives in Texas and works as a salesman
- Ed Charles lives in New York and is a juvenile delinquent officer
- Duffy Dyer lives in Arizona and is an Oakland Athletics coach
- Wayne Garrett lives in Florida and works in Real Estate
- Jerry Grote lives in Texas and works for Premium Business
- Buddy Harrelson lives in Long Island, NY and is a Minor League Baseball owner
- Cleon Jones lives in Alabama and is a director of youth programs
- Jerry Koosman lives in Florida and is an entrepreneur
- Ed Kranepool lives in Long Island, NY and is a businessman
- Jim McAndrew lives in Missouri and is in sales
- Tug McGraw lives in Pennsylvania and is an entrepreneur
- Nolan Ryan lives in Texas and is self-employed
- Tom Seaver lives in Connecticut and is a Mets broadcaster
- Art Shamsky lives in New York and is a private investigator
- Ron Swoboda lives in New Orleans and is a television broadcaster
From:
http://www.todayssports.com/collectibles/special/whereaboutsof69mets.html
Hyfler/Rosner
"EVARNER1" <evar...@aol.com> wrote in message
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According to the New York Times the following day:
"Agee becomes the first regular to die from that celebrated band. Gil Hodges
and Rube Walker, the manager and the pitching coach, are gone, and so is Cal
Koonce, a useful pitcher. But
Agee was at the core, then and now. "
Smart and Sweet
a very nice guy.
Brad Ferguson
<rel...@rcn.com> wrote:
I just wanted to say here, somewhere, how much I loved the 1969 Mets.
Thanks to a bizarre set of circumstances, I had the week of the Series
off from school, in those days when the Series was still played in
sunshine, and so there was nothing at all to interfere with my watching
the whole, entire thing. What luck. I've never enjoyed a Series so
much.
Matter of fact, I still love the 1969 Mets. (It figures that I wound
up marrying an Orioles fan.)
Steven Celli
also,but the Amazin' Mets will always hold a special place in my heart.
FWIW:The '69 Mets play a very pivotal role in the movie "Frequency",for
those who haven't seen it.
--
Best Wishes,
Steven Celli
sce...@swbell.net
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
"Is it to be or not to be?"
And I replied, "Oh why ask me?"
"Brad Ferguson" <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote in message
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Jack Bagley
Chicago Cubs fan, I've never managed to forgive the '69 Mets for taking what
was supposed to be our title.
Yes, I know Durocher managed to blow it for the Cubs by not resting his
regulars when he had the ten-game lead. Yes, I know that even the best
ballplayers can't play high-intensity baseball every day, and I know that
managerial decisions like those Durocher made during September of '69 did
more to cost the Cubs their pennant than anything the Mets could ever have
done.
All that being said, I have not and will not forgive the 1969 New York Mets
for screwing up Chicago's best season that decade. So there. :-)
--
Jack
www.xlibris.com/ApprenticeCruise.html
UsurperTom
Tom
UsurperTom
>DEAD - manager Gil Hodges is deceased
>DEAD - coach Rube Walker is deceased
General manager Johnny Murphy died of a heart attack less than three months
after the World Series.
Tom
UsurperTom
>I don't know the cause of death.
I think it was cancer, but I don't know what type of cancer.
Tom