RIP Jim Fregosi (for real this time)

Re: Jim Fregosi hospitalized

He has now passed, according to Tracy Ringolsby of MLB.com.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/six-time-all-star-and-former-manager-jim-fregosi-dies-at-age-71?ymd=20140213&content_id=67757650&vkey=news_mlb

Sad to hear as a longtime Angels fan. His playing years were before my time, but I knew he was the first long-term star the franchise had (who, ironically, was traded for the man, Nolan Ryan, who would become perhaps the biggest star in club history to this point). I also remember when he took over as manager in 1978, and the Angels fortunes took an upward turn for the next year and a half, culminating in the first division title in 1979. It was a crime that he was fired from the job when he was, in 1981.

Anyway, RIP to a terrific player and someone who had a long, distinguished career in the sport.

 

Re: Jim Fregosi hospitalized

When you suckle Twitter's teat you get burned sometimes.

 

Eh, I was right eventually.

 

Hey, I didn't report it, I just linked what Angels beat writer Mike DiGiovanni reported. And his source was a well-known baseball agent (Dennis Gilbert).

This wasn't one of those Facebook death hoaxes. An old man, who had been hospitalized for four days, was removed from life support. They didn't do that because they thought he was going to recover.

You really think I went off half-cocked on this?

 

The worst one was Gabrielle Giffords.

And Steak did nothing wrong. A legitimate source reported it.

 

Steak advanced a lie.
The family is owed an apology.
It reminds me of my nieces running to the car and shouting "First!"- when they can't even get in until it's unlocked.

 

Maybe Aaron Sorkin can bring back Sports Night and devote an entire episode to everyone on set (and on the other networks) rushing to report that Fregosi is dead, but Josh Charles is the lone holdout who eventually wins everyone else to his side, 12 Angry Men style.

 

"I was right eventually" is exactly why the media is considered a joke by the consuming public.

 

Hey the day before, you had the spread offense on life support.