Bob Sheppard, 99 (spilt-off)

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's more than a little odd that NO ex-players showed, though. And Jeter apaprently can't take a shit in the morning without hearing his Sheppard introduction, but... well... ? Off Topic trivia: Who is the only Met player to have attended Casey Stengel's funeral?

Rod Kanehl?

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: It's more than a little odd that NO ex-players showed, though. And Jeter apaprently can't take a shit in the morning without hearing his Sheppard introduction, but... well... ? Off Topic trivia: Who is the only Met player to have attended Casey Stengel's funeral? Rod Kanehl?

Yes. The Hot Rod. Good, logical guess if, as your question mark implies, you weren't entirely sure of the answer.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's more than a little odd that NO ex-players showed, though. And Jeter apaprently can't take a shit in the morning without hearing his Sheppard introduction, but... well... ? Off Topic trivia: Who is the only Met player to have attended Casey Stengel's funeral? Rod Kanehl? Yes. The Hot Rod. Good, logical guess if, as your question mark implies, you weren't entirely sure of the answer.

I had a vague recollection of having read it when Hot Rod passed.

As it happens, YES aired its Caseyography last night with a good chunk devoted to his Mets days and his end -- he rose from his hospital bed and stood when he heard the national anthem prior to the Dodger game he had on the radio. Told his nurse it would probably be the last time he'd do it. And he died the next day.

Somehow YES didn't edit this to have Steinbrenner buy Stengel the hospital or send him to college.

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: G-Fafif wrote: It's more than a little odd that NO ex-players showed, though. And Jeter apaprently can't take a shit in the morning without hearing his Sheppard introduction, but... well... ? Off Topic trivia: Who is the only Met player to have attended Casey Stengel's funeral? Rod Kanehl? Yes. The Hot Rod. Good, logical guess if, as your question mark implies, you weren't entirely sure of the answer. I had a vague recollection of having read it when Hot Rod passed. As it happens, YES aired its Caseyography last night with a good chunk devoted to his Mets days and his end -- he rose from his hospital bed and stood when he heard the national anthem prior to the Dodger game he had on the radio. Told his nurse it would probably be the last time he'd do it. And he died the next day. Somehow YES didn't edit this to have Steinbrenner buy Stengel the hospital or send him to college.

SNY would've edited it by splicing in a game winning Matt Franco pinch hit single in the ninth.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's more than a little odd that NO ex-players showed, though. And Jeter apaprently can't take a shit in the morning without hearing his Sheppard introduction, but... well... ? Off Topic trivia: Who is the only Met player to have attended Casey Stengel's funeral? Rod Kanehl? Yes. The Hot Rod. Good, logical guess if, as your question mark implies, you weren't entirely sure of the answer. I had a vague recollection of having read it when Hot Rod passed. As it happens, YES aired its Caseyography last night with a good chunk devoted to his Mets days and his end -- he rose from his hospital bed and stood when he heard the national anthem prior to the Dodger game he had on the radio. Told his nurse it would probably be the last time he'd do it. And he died the next day. Somehow YES didn't edit this to have Steinbrenner buy Stengel the hospital or send him to college. SNY would've edited it by splicing in a game winning Matt Franco pinch hit single in the ninth.

I was always aware of the "so called fact" that Kanehl was the only Met player that attended Stengel's funeral. But after giving this some thought today, I think it's implausible that Yogi Berra did not attend Casey's funeral. I wonder if Yogi's one week stint as a Met player was overlooked. Stengel died on 9/29/75 --- the Mets fired Berra in August of that year. Therefore, Berra's managerial duties would not have prevented him from attending because Yogi no longer had any. I'll ask Yogi the next time I see him.

Edited July 16, 2010 by Guest

[MFS62]

Took a call from an elderly customer yesterday.
When I asked him to verify his address, he said "Glendale, California, the home of Casey Stengel".

Later

[G-Fafif]

MFS62 wrote: Took a call from an elderly customer yesterday. When I asked him to verify his address, he said "Glendale, California, the home of Casey Stengel".

My favorite elderly customer since Bob Sheppard at the Mobil station.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

G-Fafif wrote: It took place at 7 AM the day after the All-Star Break (here in the town where Bob and I live(d). I wouldn't blame the players for not showing...though George would have flown them all in for the occasion. Or he would have flown the funeral to the All-Star Game. He was all about winning.

Yabbut... that was Thursday. The game was Tuesday night.

They could have gotten there on time with minimal personal effort if they'd traveled by train.

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: G-Fafif wrote: It took place at 7 AM the day after the All-Star Break (here in the town where Bob and I live(d). I wouldn't blame the players for not showing...though George would have flown them all in for the occasion. Or he would have flown the funeral to the All-Star Game. He was all about winning. Yabbut... that was Thursday. The game was Tuesday night. They could have gotten there on time with minimal personal effort if they'd traveled by train.

Stripping away the brand names, imagine you have one short vacation from your job in a six-month span, and you and several of your co-workers have to devote part of that short vacation to attending some job-related conference on the other side of the country. You hear that somebody in a different department from your company has passed away -- somebody who hasn't actually worked there in a few years -- somebody whom you're aware of, but you don't really know that well. You're genuinely sorry to hear about it, but you're traveling and you're busy and nobody has communicated exact information about the services. You definitely plan to do and say some nice things about the deceased when you get back to work where they're gonna have a thing for him. And it's not like nobody's at his funeral or that a big shot from your company isn't attending, 'cause he is.

I never thought I'd say this, but I think Jeter (et al) is getting a bad rap on this one.

(Yabbut? He threw a no-hitter for them, right?)