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Former CF Paul Blair dies at 69
Paul Blair, the eight-time Gold Glove center fielder who helped the Baltimore Orioles win a pair of World Series while gliding to make catches that former teammates still marvel at more than four decades later, has died. He was 69.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10...at-dies-age-69
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great centerfielder. played really shallow.
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tremendous glove - Weak, but effective at the plate -
I remember the famous Harry Caray quote of Phillies CF Garry Maddox.. "2/3 of the world is covered by water and the other 1/3 by __________" You could easily fill in "Paul Blair" - an all-time great CF'er RIP....... |
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The Bird Who Flew!
Great center fielder....Better Man!
RIP my friend!
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Also, RIP Mike Hegan, who died on Christmas Day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/sp...t-71.html?_r=0 |
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I'll throw this random trivia out there and no googling...I was a kid with my Dad at Fenway when a Red Sox 3rd Baseman in his first game hit an inside the park homer over Paul Blair's head..who was it?
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I'm not big on Red Sox trivia, but I would guess....
Rico Petrocelli..... |
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rico came up as a shotstop . I'm thinkin' Joe Foy maybe,
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Boggs?
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Butch Hobson
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"but there's just no point in trying to predict when the narcissits finally figure out they aren't living in the most important time ever." hi im god quote |
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Let's continue with the Paul Blair trivia vs. a team I'm more familiar with - the NY Mets..
In the 1969 World Series, Paul Blair broke up a no-hitter in the 7th inning of one the Met victories - who was the NY Mets pitcher? Also, in another game, Paul Blair was robbed of an extra-base hit by a NY Mets outfielder in arguably one of the best catches of all-time - who was the NY Mets outfielder? Again, "no-googling" please.... |
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Quote:
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Here you go (for the catch) !!!http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=3412634
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And the NY Mets pitcher was....
◾23 potential Mets no-hitters were broken up in the seventh (Plus one in the ’69 World Series, when Jerry Koosman lost his no-no in the 7th on a Paul Blair single) |