CNN Breaking: Warren Spahn Dead at 82

[bluestateguy]

Link here shortly...

He was the winningist Left-handed pitcher in MLB history. 363 games.

[neuvocat]

1. Who's that?

[RobertSeattle]

2. Baseball Pitcher

Too me this is marginal LBN since the guy was in his 80s.

[stevedeshazer]

8. Robert,

Warren Spahn was a household name. He was a war hero and the greatest living left-handed pitcher until today. Would you say that if you were old enough to remember?

[stevedeshazer]

11. Link here

http://www.cbc.ca/pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2003/11/24/Sports/spahn031124

[TruthIsAll]

23. Take it from an old Brooklyn fan: Spahnie was the greatest ...

He won 363 games over a very long career. Pitching for mostly average teams/ A model of consistency. A master craftsman. A gentleman from an era the likes of which we shall never see again.

Sure, Koufax was faster and superior. But no one, NO ONE, matched Spahnie for consistency over such a long period He won over 20 games what, thirteen times? From the 40s through the 50s to the 60s, his arm was made of rubber and he had nerves of steel.

And he was a REAL war hero, to boot. Not the neoCon Pentagon Jessica Lynch propaganda bullshit hero.

Those were the days. What have we come to?

PeeWee, Jackie, Sal the Barber, Furillo (Skoonj), Campy, Gil, Ted Williams, Rizzuto, the Duke...

Loved them all.

[0007]

3. I remember when he pitched for the Boston Braves...

Another great picther that played with Warren Spahn was a man named Johnny Sain. They were awsome.

'Tis a sad day. Especially losing the medicare bill thingy.

[dennis4868]

6. Spahn and Sain and then pray for rain!

[Hokie]

15. I think it was Spahn and Sain and a day of rain.

Spahn threw a wicked screwball. He was one of the greatest lefthanders of all time.

[Yupster]

19. I thought it was

Spahn and Sain and two days of rain. Four man rotation was the norm back then. Poor guy ended up on the 62 or 63 Mets.

[5thGenDemocrat]

24. The '57 and '58 Braves

Featured a staff including Spahn, Lew Burdette and Saginaw's own Bob Buhl, who still holds the MLB record for the most futile season at the plate -- going 0 for 70 in 1962 (everything and everyone is only six or fewer stages of separation from Kevin Bacon, and only four or so from Saginaw).
John
One could certainly argue Warren Spahn was the best lefthanded pitcher ever. 363 wins -- unbelievable. This coming from the world's number one Mickey Lolich fan.
ON EDIT: I wanted to add that Buhl also beat the Dodgers, like, seven times in 1956, showing that Spahn anchored a pretty good staff -- Gene Conley pitched for the Braves as the fourth starter on the 1957 squad (yes, I looked it up).

[Yupster]

27. Hey 5th gen Dem

If you like baseball history, try www.whatifsports.com. My favorite site. Check out the forum, league classifieds.

[Wwagsthedog]

7. You've been around a while if you remember the Boston Braves

In the first MLB gave I ever saw (at Braves Field), the Phillies beat Johnnie Sain and the Braves 7 to zip. Sad to see Spahn go. He (and Koufax) was one of the best.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=531&e=1&u=/ap/20031124/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_obit_spahn

[0007]

16. I saw the Brooklyn Dogers play Cincinatti in 1951 at Croby Field

in Cincinatti. You all know who was playing for Brooklyn in those days.

I became a St. Louis Fan after the 1947 world series. The first game I was ever aware of was in 1945 when the Cubs lost to the Tigers. Listened on the radio. My father couldn't convice me that the games were not on the square. And my father is still a live and still thinks they're fixed. He's a die hard repuke.

[Snellius]

4. The Old Milwaukee Braves

One of the great teams of all time. For us old timers, the '57 and '58 World Series between Milwaukee and the NY Yankees were some truely classic games. Spahn was a great sportsman in a wonderful era.

[stevedeshazer]

5. Oh man

He served with my dad in WWII in the 276 Combat Engineers. My dad died just a few months ago.

He'll be lionized for his pitching career, but as my dad would say if he was still here, he should be recognized for his role at the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany in March of 1944.

Spahn was a good guy. I have a book written about their unit which he autographed.

:-(

[progressiverealist]

9. from a Milwaukee baseball fan to young to have seen him pitch

let me say rest in peace to a Milwaukee icon. Everyone I know above age 50 or so knows about "Spahnie."

He brought the city of Milwaukee one of its two world championships, ever, in any major sport.

(The other was the milwaukee Bucks, led by Kareem-Abdul Jabbar

[stevebreeze]

26. from a MKE Braves fan on=ld enough to see Spanie pitch

He was not shy about brushing people back form the plate either.

But Millwaukee at least to me was also the home of the Packer teams. I saw dozens of Packer games in county Stadium.

[GOPFighter]

10. Besides being a great pitcher...

...he was a good guy. He never took himself, his talent, or his fame too seriously. I remember seeing him pitch in an old-timers game and he was having the time of his life kidding and joking with the other old-timers. I will miss him.

:cry:

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

12. WS

When I was a kid I had the pleasure of seeing him pitch for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. I remember he had a very high leg kick that was a trade mark of his. RIP. What a team the 57 Braves were!

[lindashaw]

13. When I was a girl, he gave me an autographed baseball. :)

[Julien Sorel]

14. RIP Spahnie.

[stevedeshazer]

17. What happened

To the "link here shortly"?

[Jack Rabbit]

18. Let this be the link

This is all a baseball fan needs.

Warren Spahn

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
Debut April 19, 1942
Born April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, NY
Died November 24, 2003 in Broken Arrow, OK

[stevedeshazer]

21. Thanks n/t

[JohnKleeb]

20. I just heard in the lounge

Seems like I am not the only one with his autograph. I am a lefty like he was, I didnt get his autograph of course in his playing days but Spahn was in town one day a few years ago and went to a hotel and my dad was his waiter in a restaurant, they were told not to ask for autographs but he did it anyways. Also in attendance that night was Ted Williams.

[stevedeshazer]

22. He was a great one

To see him along with Ted Williams must have been a great experience for your dad.

[mefoolonhill]

25. spahn

About 1955 or '56, Warren Spahn was one of the rarest TOPPS baseball cards. I had to trade a ton of cards away to get one of his. But it filled out and completed my set, which at current prices would be worth about $20,000. My mother tossed them out in the 70's when I was away at college. I went ballistic, and she replied- "But I saved your report cards...."