RIP Duke Snider

RIP to a great one. Way before my time obviously, but I grew up in San Diego listening to Jerry Coleman on the radio...Coleman wasn't a great, but he played with a lot of greats, and he always had a story to tell about these guys.

He's doing it again today with the Duke. Another big part of baseball history passes on.

 

Who is left from the Boys of Summer? T'ain't many.

 

The story says he was the last one.

 

According to the story, Snider was the last surviving regular. Not sure if that means there are others left or not...maybe that qualification means there's still a pitcher or backup out there somewhere.

 

Don Henley's love remains strong.

 

Somewhere, Zeke just grabbed a knife and doesn't know why.

RIP to a great one.

 

Carl Erskine is a pitcher but he's still alive. Had a chapter in the book too.

 

Which probably explains the "regular" hedge.

Thanks, DJ.

 

Am I understanding from the article that it took 16 years before he was inducted into the HOF?

 

Appears that he got just 17 percent on his first time on the ballot, and had to slowly build from there. Batted .295 with 407 home runs, and my suspicion is that voters of the era were very focused on milestones.

Too bad there wasn't an SportsJournalists.com in 1970. Would have loved to go back in the archives and read the: "Duke Snider: Hall of Famer"? thread.

 

Just think of the "impeach Nixon" liberal threads.