[Tanniker Smith]

Sorry to hear that. RIP

[Rufii]

Duke Snider was a household word in Southern California in 1959, when the Blue Crew beat the White Sox to win the World Championship.

[ops33]

When I first starting playing Little League Baseball I inherited my older brother's Duke Snider signature baseball glove. My brother had really broken that glove in. When my brother went to sleep he would put a ball into the pocket, tie it with string, and place it under his mattress. It was a beautiful glove.

[jwalsh07]

Talking baseball.....

Willie, Mickey and the Duke.

[Robe]

Good bye Duke , you were the only baseball hero I ever had
.....Along with these guys Don Drysdale
Sandy Koufax
Don Newcombe
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Pee Wee Reese
Carl Furillo
Carl Erskine
And not a steroid amomg 'em
Bless them All.. the Kings of Bedford Avenue

[NativeNewYorker]

[NativeNewYorker]

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

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.

[MinuteGal]

Ah, the Duke, one of my favorites from my youthful days when I sat in the gnarled crook of a real cherry tree in our back yard listening to da Cubs and da Bums on my little portable radio.

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

[freebilly]

His grandson played college ball with two of my sons. I met him once. One of the great sluggers of his time....

[Donkey Odious]

Sad news, indeed....I spent many a summer with my transistor radio glued to my ear listening to the newly transplanted Los Angeles Dodgers with Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett calling the play-by-play. What a team! Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Wally Moon, Gil Hodges and, of course, “The Duke”. RIP, Mr. Snider. Thanks for the memories....

[Hot Tabasco]

From my perspective, it's sad that I can remember Duke and all those great players from those days but can't even give you a name from my own Detroit Tigers except for some jerk named Miguel Cabrera who was just busted in Florida for DUI.........

I don't know why but baseball was more important to me when I was a kid than anything else in the world. I remember my grandfather sitting on the porch of his house trailer which sat next to my house listening to the Tigers on hot afternoons and I'd go over and sit next to him and just listen to the game.........

[xp38]

His time playing baseball was before mine but up here in Canada we did enjoy him on Montreal Expos broadcasts.

[exiledinchicago]

I met him when I went to Ryne Sandberg’s HOF induction a few years ago. Very nice man.

[exiledinchicago]

I feel for all you mourning a hero or a favorite. We lost my all time baseball hero (Ron Santo) back in December. It’s a hard day today as he was the Cubs radio color analyst and today is the first spring game without him. IT’s also not easier as the Cubs were beaten like rented stepchildren.