95 years old, dead from COVID-19.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:16 am Lon Adams, man behind Slim Jim beef jerky recipe, dead from COVID-19 https://trib.al/BCsKekH
Really have to wonder how sure we are that the cause of death was COVID-19.
95 years old, dead from COVID-19.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:16 am Lon Adams, man behind Slim Jim beef jerky recipe, dead from COVID-19 https://trib.al/BCsKekH
njbill wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 6:11 pm Terrible news for Phillies fans. He should’ve been voted into the Hall of Fame long ago. There was an article recently in the Inquirer about the fact that this year’s old-timers vote has been postponed for a year due to Covid. Many couldn’t understand why the meeting couldn’t be held via zoom.
And now Dick won’t be alive when (hopefully) he gets voted in this time next year.
It is complicated. A good explanation for the layman.DMac wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:31 am95 years old, dead from COVID-19.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:16 am Lon Adams, man behind Slim Jim beef jerky recipe, dead from COVID-19 https://trib.al/BCsKekH
Really have to wonder how sure we are that the cause of death was COVID-19.
This is the kind of news we're getting though, Mr. Adams dead at 95 from covid 19.The official health organizations have their own reasons for what they are counting and they are counting exactly what they say they are counting – but it is not what you or I would expect them to count. They are counting, as the CDC does, “All Deaths Involving Covid-19”.
The Covid-19 Death statistics represent the counts of the WHO, the CDC and other National and State public health agencies. The general public often mistakenly thinks those counts mean deaths in which Covid-19 was the immediate cause of death – deaths in which the person was killed by Covid-19. That is not the case – it is far more complicated than that.
Mike credits him with mentoring him when he first got to the big leagues, or was in the high minors.
I really enjoyed Richie's 1 year in StL ('70). I was TAD on home town recruiting duty that summer, awaiting my flight class.njbill wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:50 pmMike credits him with mentoring him when he first got to the big leagues, or was in the high minors.
I was a huge fan of the Phillies when I was a kid (still am, though not as rabid). 1964 was, of course, our heartbreak year. Richie, as he was then known, was rookie of the year. My favorite player was Johnny Callison.
Allen’s most infamous run in with a teammate was with Frank Thomas. To their credit (and the Phillies certainly don’t get a lot of credit for race relations), they got rid of Thomas. Course when one guy can hit the ball onto the roof of Connie Mack Stadium and the other guy can’t, I suppose the decision is relatively easy.
Chuck Yeager's report from his supersonic flight in the X-1.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:32 pm Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97 https://nyti.ms/3m1xZ9u
Never have gotten over your Cardinals "stealing" the '64 pennant from the Phillies. I know, not really a steal. Really was a collapse for the ages, losing 10 of their last 12.old salt wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:36 pmI really enjoyed Richie's 1 year in StL ('70). I was TAD on home town recruiting duty that summer, awaiting my flight class.njbill wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:50 pmMike credits him with mentoring him when he first got to the big leagues, or was in the high minors.
I was a huge fan of the Phillies when I was a kid (still am, though not as rabid). 1964 was, of course, our heartbreak year. Richie, as he was then known, was rookie of the year. My favorite player was Johnny Callison.
Allen’s most infamous run in with a teammate was with Frank Thomas. To their credit (and the Phillies certainly don’t get a lot of credit for race relations), they got rid of Thomas. Course when one guy can hit the ball onto the roof of Connie Mack Stadium and the other guy can’t, I suppose the decision is relatively easy.
Got to see a lot of games. He had good year. Made the all star team & hit the longest HR's seen up to that point in the new Busch Stadium. Jack Buck even referred to him as Dick, which made him happy. Wish he had stayed longer. The Cards traded him to LA after 1 season for Ted Sizemore.
There aren't many cooler dudes than Sam Shepard, but one of them was Chuck Yeager.old salt wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:43 pmChuck Yeager's report from his supersonic flight in the X-1.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:32 pm Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97 https://nyti.ms/3m1xZ9u
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njbill wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:50 pm
Mike credits him with mentoring him when he first got to the big leagues, or was in the high minors.
I was a huge fan of the Phillies when I was a kid (still am, though not as rabid). 1964 was, of course, our heartbreak year. Richie, as he was then known, was rookie of the year. My favorite player was Johnny Callison.
Allen’s most infamous run in with a teammate was with Frank Thomas. To their credit (and the Phillies certainly don’t get a lot of credit for race relations), they got rid of Thomas. Course when one guy can hit the ball onto the roof of Connie Mack Stadium and the other guy can’t, I suppose the decision is relatively easy.