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Post by Evil Yoda on Apr 6, 2020 16:08:04 GMT -5
Cause presently unspecified, but he recently suffered a stroke. A Baltimore native, Kaline was a first-ballot Hall of Famer (1980) and the first Tiger to have his number retired. He played in 18 All-Star games and collected 10 gold gloves. After his retirement from play he entered their broadcast booth where he worked for nearly 30 years. He continued to work for the Tigers' organization following his 2002 retirement from broadcasting. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29001986/hall-fame-outfielder-detroit-tigers-legend-al-kaline-dies-85
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Post by Gentile on Apr 6, 2020 16:50:44 GMT -5
My father was a huge Kaline fan and took me to see him play in a night game once at Memorial Stadium. I was probably five or six years old at the time and spent the entire game situated behind this huge column in right field. Still not certain I ever got to actually see the dude play...
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Post by pickle20 on Apr 6, 2020 19:05:12 GMT -5
Way before my time but I know his name is a frequent one for baseball trivia. What a career. RIP, Mr. Kaline.
Seems like a decent comp for Cal Ripken. Although Kaline was .030 better at average and OBP.
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