SSHoya
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"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 8, 2021 12:11:42 GMT -5
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Jan 8, 2021 12:21:27 GMT -5
Godspeed Tommy.
Someone who truly loved the game and gave his life to it.
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njhoya78
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Post by njhoya78 on Jan 8, 2021 15:08:02 GMT -5
The Philly Phanatic's favorite foil (or is that Phavorite Phoil)...a wonderfully enthusiastic ambassador for the game. As a Mets fan, I couldn't stand him, but I sure did respect him. Requiescat in pace, Mr. Dodger Blue.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 8, 2021 19:59:22 GMT -5
Yes, he loved the game, and his enthusiasm was palpable (as was his anger - you want to know what I thought about that performance? Bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep), but he also made the single worst managerial decision I ever actually witnessed - pitching to Jack Clark during I think it was the 1984 playoffs, ninth inning, Dodgers nursing a one run lead in game 6 of the playoffs (I could easily have the season wrong after all these years) with a runner on second, first base open and Andy Van Slyke on deck when Clark was the league MVP and Van Slyke was hitting about a buck and a half in the series, just because Clark was a right handed hitter and Tom Niedenfeur was a right handed pitcher, while Van Slyke was a switch hitter. It took all of one pitch to demonstrate his folly. He also came to speak to my company's management team in the 90's. I was friends with the woman who set up all of those meetings, and she said he was nasty and impossible to deal with, one of the most difficult people she ever encountered.
RIP anyway, Tommy.
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