Posted on 02/27/2011 1:55:26 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
AP) -- Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed "Boys of Summer" who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died early Sunday of what his family called natural causes. He was 84.
Snider died at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif., according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which announced the death on behalf of the family.
"The Duke of Flatbush" hit .295 with 407 career home runs, played in the World Series six times and won two titles. But the eight-time All-Star was defined by much more than his stats - he was, after all, part of the love affair between the borough of Brooklyn and "Dem Bums" who lived in the local neighborhoods.
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Sorry to hear that. RIP
Duke Snider was a household word in Southern California in 1959, when the Blue Crew beat the White Sox to win the World Championship.
Willie, Mickey and the Duke.
Great, GREAT song.
Only Willie remains.
Terry Cashman is a friend of mine. He’s a great guy.
Terry Cashman is a friend of mine. He’s a great guy.
Terry Cashman is a friend of mine. He’s a great guy.
This saddens me greatly. An American legend has passed. In my game room I have a Duke Snider autographed flannel Dodgers jersey with a red number four on front and back hanging on the wall. I have an original royal blue flecked fiber glass Brooklyn Dodgers batting helmet autographed by Duke Snider. One of the few available seats from Ebbets Field and one of the final game tickets from where Danny McDevitt pitched a shut-out 5 to zip against the Pirates.
Perhaps Duke’s Field of Dreams looks a lot light old Ebbets tonight.
Rest in Peace Edwin Snider and thank you for everything you did for the baseball fans of this great nation.
I was so into baseball on those lazy hot summer afternoons that as I perched and listened I actually diagramed the games!
If I had to do that today I wouldn't remember how to do it, LOL.
Leni
I was 7 in CT that summer and a Dodger fan , although I can’t remember how or why I was . My friend and I listened to the final game on the radio and when the Dodgers won we biked up and down the street in front of my house and screamed “ The Dodgers won the series ! “ Childhood memories ...
Can you imagine how the opposing team's hitters felt having to face those two? Kind of like coming into Bank One Ballpark in 2001 to face Johnson and Schilling.
My mother was a senior when Duke Snider was a sophomore at Compton High School. She still has her yearbooks with Snider and NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle’s photos in there.
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