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Frank Howard, legendary Washington Senators slugger and four-time MLB All-Star, passes away at 87
UK Daily Mail ^
| 10/30/2023
| ALEX RASKIN
Posted on 10/30/2023 2:52:12 PM PDT by DFG
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posted on
10/30/2023 2:52:12 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
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posted on
10/30/2023 2:55:15 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
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To: DFG
Looks like he did a couple years in Detroit. I vaguely remember the name. RIP.
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posted on
10/30/2023 2:56:22 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: DFG
I saw Frank Howard playing with the Dodgers in 1963 and with the Senators in 1968. No mistaking who he was.
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posted on
10/30/2023 2:59:48 PM PDT
by
chrisinoc
To: DFG
Saw him play in DC a couple times.
To: DFG
Rangers better win tonight for Frank!
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:09:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DFG
I remember many of his homers at DC Stadium. They would paint the seats white where the ball landed. Upper deck in center field was where most of them ended up. One week he hit ten homers. I think that’s a record.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:18:43 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: DFG
I remember him hitting a mammoth home run in an All-star game over an analog clock on the scoreboard.
Awesome hitter who had his best years, like Willie Mccovey, in the pitcher dominated late 60’s.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:25:08 PM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
To: DFG
Harmon Killebrew, in MLB around the same time, always looked bigger than he was, except when on the field with Frank Howard. Howard made Killebrew look like a small shortstop. Howard was noticeably bigger than even Boog Powell.
RIP
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:25:57 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: DFG
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:27:24 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
one of only 5 players to ever hit it out of Tiger Stadiums Left Field roof...over 20 did the Right Field roof, but Left Field took quite a shot to do..
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:28:12 PM PDT
by
basalt
(qb's)
To: basalt
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:30:42 PM PDT
by
basalt
(qb's)
To: DFG
Six seven 280
Big soambeach
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:31:07 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
To: chrisinoc
I used to roll up my short-sleeve t-shirt sleeves to try and look like him. Arm muscles were big.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:38:25 PM PDT
by
EliRoom8
To: jjotto
Hondo and Killebrew :-)
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:40:25 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Hatteras
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:41:22 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: DFG
As a kid in those days, guys in sports like Howard were MEN! They all probably shaved, smoked and did real men stuff (thru my 10 year old eyes)
Today? The presence does not seem to be there as previous to the 70's or so.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:43:25 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β β George Orwell)
To: basalt
one of only 5 players to ever hit it out of Tiger Stadiums Left Field roof...over 20 did the Right Field roof, but Left Field took quite a shot to do..When Frank Howard really hit one, it stayed hit. Man had some ferocious power. RIP big guy.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:46:58 PM PDT
by
CommerceComet
("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
To: DFG
My first sports 'hero'.
Although he was known for very long homeruns (the seats painted in white in the far left field upper deck), I once saw him smoke a line drive that the shortstop jumped up to try and catch, and it just kept going - right over the fence. Not a long homerun, but probably one that was hit harder than most.
All pre steroids and HGH days.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:50:01 PM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: DFG
Condollences to family and friends of Frank Howard.
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posted on
10/30/2023 3:55:33 PM PDT
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
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