Bud Harrelson Deserves His Own Thread

[Edgy MD]

From The New York Post comes the unsettling story of Buddy Harrelson suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

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[Zvon]

Damn.

[Fman99]

That's sad as hell.

[Guest 41Forever]

I see these guys forever in my minds eye as they looked in their playing days and it's always startling to see something like this happening to them.

It's nice that Buddy seems to be surrounded in people taking care of him and supporting him, and that he's in good spirits.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, as someone with no kids, I'm scared as hell that someone's just going to lock me in the closet when my mind starts going.

[MFS62]

Sad to hear about Buddy.
I loved to watch him play shortstop.

Later

[Centerfield]

One of the hardest parts of being an adult is learning to accept that bad things happen to good people.

Meanwhile ********** Pete Rose is on TV hamming it up.

What a fucking world we live in.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Bud Harrelson deserves his own thread.

[Vic Sage]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, as someone with no kids, I'm scared as hell that someone's just going to lock me in the closet when my mind starts going.

As i've often told my kids, as long as I know they're names, they're stuck with me. After that, they can leave me in a cardboard box on the side of the road.
My heart goes out to Buddy and his family.

[Guest cooby]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Bud Harrelson deserves his own thread.

He does indeed

[stevejrogers]

[Edgy MD]

[Guest 41Forever]

The 1971 and 1974 cards are amazing -- for very different reasons. Love them both.

[MFS62]

I still remember his Baseball Digest rookie report, based on someone who had seen him play in the minors. It said, "Harrelson has good power for a shortstop".
Buddy, we hope you saved some of that power to help you fight this terrible affliction.

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

One of, if not, my first favorite Met.
Take care Buddy, we're wid ya.

[ashie62]

Love you Buddy! Feel better

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Sad news indeed. I loved Harrelson as a kid. Bud Harrelson and Tommie Agee were my favorite players when I first became a fan.

Best of luck in your fight against ALS. We're all pulling for you.

[dgwphotography]

Buddy will always be one of my faves

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[Zvon]

I had to let Buddy know he was not alone in this. We are all with him.

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[Frayed Knot]

My first memory of a shortstop was Roy McMillan. I realized, even at that young age, that old Roy didn't hit much, but even I could see the smooth movement in the infield and, with his glasses and his weather-lined Texas face, that "grizzled veteran" look (even though I wouldn't have used that specific term) became what I thought a shortstop was, what I thought a shortstop should be.
And then he was gone and his replacement was this skinny, big-eared kid from California. Now suddenly my team's shortstop went from looking like someone I probably thought was my grandfather's age to one who looked little different and no older than the teenagers who lived on the block. How, my young mind thought, could this guy possibly play the position the way it should be played since he didn't look like what I thought someone playing that position needed to look like?

That he went on to play it even better was both a relief and a revelation. That he was a normal-sized guy who lived not all that far from me (and others here who grew up in northwest Suffolk County) so could occasionally be seen around town at various off-season functions, made it even cooler.
Best of luck Derrel McKinley. It's been a while since D-Day but not long enough for the lights to go out.




P.S. he's listed in BB-Ref as the 9,999th player in history to make his MLB debut.
Also, currently hanging in there as the #26 all-time Met in the CPF Rankings project.

Edited February 12, 2018 by Guest

[seawolf17]

I will always love that Buddy brought baseball to Long Island with the Ducks. They may not sell out every game like they did the first few years, but they've kept the prices way down at a time when everything else is really expensive.

[Zvon]

Great post FK.

[Zvon]

More Buddy. Made by request and now my favorite custom Buddy mfc card

https://metsfantasycards.blogspot.com/2018/02/buddy-iii.html

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