Posted on 05/15/2020 8:16:03 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Former Yankees player and general manager Bob Watson died at the age of 74 in his Houston home on Thursday night after a long battle with kidney disease, according to the Astros.
Watson was the Yankees general manager from 1995 to 1998, a tenure that included leading the Bombers to a World Series title in 1996, their first championship since 1978. He also played for the Bombers for three seasons from 1980 to 1982.
Watson was primarily a first baseman and left fielder throughout his 19-year major league career, which began in 1969, including the first 14 with the Astros.
The two-time All-Star, who retired in 1984, also posted solid offensive numbers during his career. Watson, who played for the Braves in his final three seasons, was a career .295 hitter with 184 homers and 989 RBIs. He also banged out 1,826 hits.
Watson also was a clutch postseason performer, hitting .371 in 17 career postseason games. With the Astros, he hit .297 with 139 homers and 782 RBIs.
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R.I.P.
I think he would have had over 400 career homers if he’d played elsewhere (instead of the Astrodome).
RIP Bob The Bull.
Virus got him too
RIP
Not a yankees fan but RIP
Not a yankees fan but RIP
IIRC, he scored the 1,000,000th run in baseball history.
Hmmm, he wasn’t mentioned in this rant. Air date, 10/12/1995
STEINBRENNER: You know as painfull as it is I had to let a few people go over the years. Yogi Berra, Lou Pinella, Bucky Dent, Billy Martin, Dallas Green, Dick Houser, Bill Virdon, Billy Martin, Scott Marrow, Billy Martin, Bob Lemmon, Billy Martin, Gene Michael, Buck Showalter, … uh, tut!, . . .George, you didn’t hear that from me. [George exits] . . . George!
“Watson was the Yankees general manager from 1995 to 1998”
Guess that’s why.
Wrong. Watson struggled with kidney disease. This was the announced cause of death.
Watson scoring the “millionth run”
http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/75millrun.mp3
Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek briefly discuss Watson during the 1975 All-Star game:
http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/75watson.mp3
That was sarcasm
CCP-19 is killing everyone
RIP Bob
A few seconds earlier than Dave Concepcion who hit a HR prior to Watson scoring in another game, IIRC.
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