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RIP, Chuck Tanner

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Smasher_Sloan, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    I thought he'd died years ago...
     
    slappy4428, Feb 12, 2011
    #13
  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Dick Allen's favorite hand-holder and butt-patter of all time.

    Was in the first row when Allen hit a horizontal home-run bullet for Chuck in the first-inning of a late-season game at the old park in Kansas City, that year. Bad news travels fast.

    RIP.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Feb 12, 2011
    #14
  3. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110211&content_id=16623218&vkey=news_pit&c_id=pit
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Feb 12, 2011
    #15
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    He was the first (and, I think the only) major-league manager I ever interviewed. The big-league Braves had played an end-of-spring-training exhibition against one of their farm clubs. I remember him sitting there gnawing on a fried chicken thigh and talking about how good they were going to go that year. Boy, was he upbeat.

    I wasn't there, but I heard a tape of him blowing up at an Atlanta reporter (I think it was Gerry Fraley) once. He screamed at him that (rough paraphrase) "You're not bringing that negative shit in here!"
     
    doctorquant, Feb 12, 2011
    #16
  5. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Sounds like Fraley.
     
    Smasher_Sloan, Feb 12, 2011
    #17
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