RIP Francisco Estrada, 1948-2019

[G-Fafif]

Cup of coffee catcher (September 14, 1971), 71. Best remembered as part of the Nolan Ryan deal, but a legend in Mexico, having played there until his late 40s. Mike Piazza credits Estrada, when he played for him one winter, for developing him into a catcher.



Per Wikipedia (with the news reported bilingually on Twitter):



Died: December 9, 2019 (aged 71)

Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico

[Edgy MD]

Fuck, they're dropping like flies.



Not only was he considered the global iron man among catchers, he also was the most successful manager in Mexican League history.

[MFS62]

Lo siento mucho.

Later

[G-Fafif]

A little well-deserved attention for Sr. Estrada from mlb.com.

Though Estrada may be a footnote in history to MLB fans, he is a Hall of Famer in his home country. "He's one of the best in the history of Mexican baseball," Horacio Ibarra Álvarez, the historian at the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame (or Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Mexicano), told MLB.com over Zoom. "Mexico has a summer and a winter league and he holds records in both."

https://www.mlb.com/news/frank-estrada-the-first-mexican-catcher-in-the-major-leagueshttps://www.mlb.com/news/frank-estrada-the-first-mexican-catcher-in-the-major-leagues

[batmagadanleadoff]

I think every Met made this set.



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[batmagadanleadoff]

I think every Met made this set. [FIMG=555]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52615644179_361e7ef593_h.jpg[/FIMG]

Wait a second!! He died three years ago?

Edgy MD wrote: Fuck, they're dropping like flies.

You mean dropped like flies.

[kcmets]

December 9, 2019 according to El Wikithing.



Descanse en paz, anyways...

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Fuck, they're dropping like flies. You mean dropped like flies.

Well, they were actively dropping when I wrote that.

[kcmets]

Lol, I totally ignored the 2019 in the subject line.



Reading, it's funduhmental...