Met Hunter

Amazing Mets fact: Doc Taylor made his major league debut on April 11, 1962 with the Indians at Fenway Park. A 10 inning scoreless duel vs future Mets coach Bill Monbouquette. Boston tagged the good doctor for 4 in the 11th. What makes this amazing was the Mets made their major debut the same day in St Louis, Docs future WS team. The Mets are all connected if you want them to be. RIP Thanks for always being there Doc.

Only Gentry Koosman and Ryan remain from that postseason staff.

Justin falls between Wayne Garrett and Rod Gaspar alphabetically. Those names have been side by side since 1969.

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Thought this was interesting and unusual. The Cincinnati Reds have exMets at every level this season: Reds - Collin Cowgill - First base coach Louisville AAA - Reid Cornelius - Pitching Coach Chattanooga AA - Mike Jacobs - Hitting Coach, Dick Schofield - Coach Dayton High A - Willie Blair - Pitching Coach, Tim Peterson - Performance Coach Daytona Low A - Willie Harris - Manager, Lenny Harris - Bench Coach They have one player, Alex Young from last year in AAA. He’s not on their 40.

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The two things I saw online were a collector receiving his letter back from Gallagher where the USPS returned it marked deceased back in October. The second was a person in December that received a note back from the Mrs stating that Bob had passed. No obituary or memorial could be found online. Last known response was in June. Bob had been good to his fans through the years with mail. My guess is the Newsweek writer picked up on this and for whatever reason decided to contact the family. On another note, I met Bob at a public signing in 2006 in NJ with other lesser seen Mets Doc Medich and Johnny Stephenson. He seemed like a good guy and told my two kids to study hard in school and pay attention to Mom and Dad. Told me he was a longtime educator.

Newsweek sports writer Jon Paul Hoornstra published an article acknowledging Bob's passing last August. You can find the article. I couldn't find a link. In the sports autograph world his mail was being returned to collectors marked ‘deceased' since October which I believe prompted the writer to locate the info out of respect for Bob going unrecognized.

4. Anthony Young 5. Juan Samuel

5 I believe was olerud

2. Shawn green 4. 1972 mets

Not sure where you are with this but that picture for 1. is Joe DePastino

See if this link works: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ronald-locke-obituary?id=57095205 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ronald-locke-obituary?id=57095205 I met Ron some time ago. Great guy. Still fit playing ball. Injuries ended his career but to me he was the first lefty 45 the Mets had before Tug and Franco. Too bad he didn't get to show in it New York. This is the second met we found to be deceased prior to the Rickey announcement.

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Saw some early postings that Steady Eddie passed away early this morning. First a Mets Fantasy Camper on Facebook that has since been deleted. And now Art Shamsky's girlfriend (teresataylorpro) on Instagram. Rip to Mr Met himself