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Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:29 am
by dales
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.
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:41 am
by Joe Guy
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...
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:48 am
by Lord Jim
That's a damn shame...
A real gentleman and class act...
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:49 am
by RayThom
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.
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:00 am
by dales
RayThom:
Whose on first?
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:29 am
by RayThom
dales wrote:RayThom:
Who's on first?
Yes.
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:26 pm
by dales
I dunno………...third base.
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:57 pm
by Joe Guy
No, that was Jimmy Davenport....
Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:25 pm
by RayThom
Joe Guy wrote:No, that was Jimmy Davenport....
I knew him when his name was James Sofa.
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:33 pm
by Joe Guy
My uncle used to call him, "Jimmy Chesterfield".
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:50 pm
by Lord Jim
A friend of mine has a AAA baseball card of his when he was playing under the name "Jamie Couch"....
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:55 pm
by Joe Guy
I wonder what name he used in his reclining years...?
La-Z-Boy?
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:56 pm
by RayThom
Joe Guy wrote:My uncle used to call him, "Jimmy Chesterfield".
Was your uncle comfortable using that around children?
Re: Willie McCovey Dead At 80
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:41 pm
by Long Run
That's right, Lon.
“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.”
Giants fans were lucky to have such a great person to root for (doubly so with Mays)