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Baseball, broadcasting legend Garagiola dies
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| 3/23/16
| Marty Noble
Posted on 03/23/2016 12:46:31 PM PDT by NJRighty
A pleasant and caring man, one who reveled in his mostly modest playing career in the big leagues, his receded -- not receding -- hairline and, it seemed, all facets and phases of his decades on the planet, has left us behind, behind and smiling. Joe Garagiola, a most entertaining, engaging and convivial sort, has died, bringing to an end a full, rich life and leaving the game without one its most enduring personalities, an energetic crusader and folksy humorist.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baseball; garagiola; joegaragiola; mlb; obituaries; obituary; thetodayshow; todayshow
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To: DoughtyOne
“The great ones are leaving.”
Right.
It seems those that represent a bygone era that has passed, are slowly passing themselves.
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:34:38 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:36:16 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: Publius
No better team than Joe and Tony Kubek.
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:36:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MichaelCorleone
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:40:04 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: NJRighty
Yogi with Joe again-Deja vu all over again
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:40:09 PM PDT
by
amnestynone
(We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
To: vladimir998
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:40:20 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Artemis Webb; nutmeg
Oh my. His voice was one of summer’s sounds...
Godspeed, Joe
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:43:52 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: DoughtyOne
Yogi & Joe in less than a year.
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:49:07 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Yes. They lived to a ripe old age.
Good for them.
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posted on
03/23/2016 2:52:34 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
03/23/2016 3:06:30 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: NJRighty; flaglady47
Catchers are the most under-rated players on any major league baseball team.
Leni
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
03/23/2016 3:08:31 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: MinuteGal
And the most punishing position, by far.
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posted on
03/23/2016 3:09:41 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: MinuteGal
I was a relief pitcher till aged 19
Had Two pitches
Fast
Wild
My catcher was my bodyguard cause I got charged a lot and at 6 foot 4 and 175-180 I had plenty arm but not brawn
My catcher was an Italian like Joe with no neck
He saved my ass plenty
Garagiola was a fixture of morning time for me in the late 60s early 70s
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posted on
03/23/2016 3:18:14 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Cruz path to nomination is a box canyon)
To: yarddog
From Wiki =>
About growing up living next to Berra, Garagiola once said, "Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!"
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posted on
03/23/2016 4:25:48 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: All
Joe came from a rough Italian neighborhood where the youth were frequently arrested.Joe was a good kid who started getting his name in the papers because of his athletic prowess.An older Italian man from the neighborhood approached him and said,”Joe,you the only kid I know,who getta his name in the paper and no killa somebody.”
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posted on
03/23/2016 4:27:54 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: wardaddy
To: NJRighty
One of the good guys. Although he was far from a superstar on the field, he did very well for himself as a broadcaster and television personality. I still remember the commercials he did as a pitch man for Chrysler Corporation when they became one of the first car companies to offer rebates: “Buy a car....get a check!”
To: wardaddy
Your last name is not LaLoosh is it?
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posted on
03/23/2016 4:46:31 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: GreenHornet
Buy a car....get a check!Wow, I forgot about that one but I remember it now that you have mentioned it! I even remember Johnny Carson spoofing that commercial, saying NBC was offering rebates if people would watch their shows. "Watch 'Hello Larry', Get a check!"
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posted on
03/23/2016 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
NJRighty
("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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