Silas Simmons, RIP

[enigami]

They always die in 3s, right?

Marlin McKeever
Red Auerbach
and now ... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/sports/baseball/01simmons.html?ex=1163048400&en=213a7404e1d9ac52&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Have to be a bit of an obit junkie for some of these, but still ... that's totally Silas Simmons in the picture from '13. A pretty big loss for baseball. Too bad he wasn't "discovered" until September.

 

[Double J]

Wow. Better late than never for the discovery, though. You almost have to wonder if that was what he had been waiting for and then he could let go.

RIP, indeed.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Money, money, money-man.
Money, moneybags.
There goes Silas....

oops, wrong Silas.
(Your Morning Obscure Who Lyric has been brought to you by Heinz Baked Beans.)

 

[Dan Hickling]

"There goes Mingee Stingee..."

 

[PeteyPirate]

I wonder if he had been to deathclock.com

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

"There goes Mingee Stingee..."

Nice grab, rook.

 

[Football_Bat]

Um, my three-bedroom apartment in the sky was filled quite nicely with Auerbach, Trevor Berbick and Joe Niekro on the weekend.

Ol' Silas will have to find some new roommates.