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“As a diehard, NY Mets fan....I could not stand Willie McCovey....because every time he showed up at Shea Stadium he would blast the ball into the right field stands for another home run. May this great ballplayer and human being, Willie McCovey RIP for eternity in God’s paradise. We loved you Mr. McCovey!!! You were truly one of the greats in baseball!!!”

I was also a diehard Mets fan (before I stopped giving a damn about how a bunch of spoiled millionaires made more money), and I feel exactly the way you do. McCovey was a class act and a fantastic player; the world is a poorer place because he and the likes of him are gone or soon to go.

RIP, Mr. McCovey, and condolences to your family on their loss.

30 posted on 11/01/2018 9:20:59 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)

“As a diehard, NY Mets fan....I could not stand Willie McCovey....because every time he showed up at Shea Stadium he would blast the ball into the right field stands for another home run.

And the part of Frisco Bay beyond the right field wall of the Giants present day ballpark is aptly named McCovey Cove.

34 posted on 11/01/2018 9:58:57 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)

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