RIP Neil Hohlfeld

[Simon_Cowbell]

RIP, Neil.

I wish they had run a photo of the man.

Major peeve in obits.

 

[Tim Sullivan]

May the road rise up to meet you, old friend. And when it does, the road is bound to leave with a belly laugh. I don't know if I've known anyone who found more joy in his work or who could forge a bond so quickly.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

 

[ink-stained wretch]

Nailed it: "did his job"

 

[henryhenry]

ouch. i knew him a lifetime ago. r.i.p.

 

[pgsports3]

Learning of Neil's death Saturday set me back a ton. What a great ball writer and person. I remember during the Earthquake World Series in 1989 when the power was gradually being restored in San Francisco and Neil and I got in a cab and asked the driver to take us anywhere we could get a COLD beer. The driver did and Neil and I had a great evening. He was a true credit to this profession, a beat writer always ready to "manage'' or help or laugh or commiserate and a truly fine, fine person.