San Francisco Giants legend Willie McCovey has died
Ryan Young
Yahoo SportsOctober 31, 2018
San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with ongoing health issues.
San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey died on Wednesday.
He was 80.
McCovey died at the Stanford Hospital on Wednesday afternoon after a lengthy “battle with ongoing health issues.” He had been in a wheel chair for several years, and recently developed an infection and was hospitalized last week, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
McCovey played for the Giants from 1959-1973, and then again from 1977-1980 to close out his career. He was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1986.
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
He's the only first baseman I ever saw who could keep one foot on first base and touch second base with his glove.
RIP Willie...
RIP Willie...
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
I just read McCovey's Wiki page. All these years and I thought he played a few seasons with the Phillies.
Obviously he didn't. I'm just a font of sports information. Ask me anything.
Obviously he didn't. I'm just a font of sports information. Ask me anything.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
RayThom:
Whose on first?
Whose on first?
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Yes.dales wrote:RayThom:
Who's on first?
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
I dunno………...third base.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
No, that was Jimmy Davenport....
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
I knew him when his name was James Sofa.Joe Guy wrote:No, that was Jimmy Davenport....
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
My uncle used to call him, "Jimmy Chesterfield".
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
A friend of mine has a AAA baseball card of his when he was playing under the name "Jamie Couch"....
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Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
I wonder what name he used in his reclining years...?
La-Z-Boy?
La-Z-Boy?
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Was your uncle comfortable using that around children?Joe Guy wrote:My uncle used to call him, "Jimmy Chesterfield".
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
That's right, Lon.
Giants fans were lucky to have such a great person to root for (doubly so with Mays)“We had a little comedy routine that I didn’t realize. I didn’t talk a whole lot in those days. Lon [Simmons, the long time Giants announcer] would ask me a question and almost had to answer it for me. I always just said, 'That’s right, Lon.’ That line kind of became famous. We got a big kick out of that in later years.”