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#1475 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Tue Sep 1, 2009 2:51 pm
Subject: Phillips, Jack
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Former Yankee, Pirate and Tiger Jack Phillips died August 30, 2009 in Michigan.

http://tinyurl.com/lxpyqz

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillja02.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1476 From: "Boren, Stephen D." <sdboren@...>
Date: Tue Sep 1, 2009 3:18 pm
Subject: Re: Phillips, Jack
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David:
Is this correct:

"He is also one of 23 players in MLB history to record a walk-off, grand
slam, to give his team a one-run victory. He's the only player to
accomplish the feat as a pinch-hitter."

Thank you,

Steve Boren


On Tue, September 1, 2009 9:51 am, morrisjvm wrote:
> Former Yankee, Pirate and Tiger Jack Phillips died August 30, 2009 in
> Michigan.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lxpyqz
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillja02.shtml
>
> Jack Morris
> East Coventry, PA
>
>
>
>
>
>

#1477 From: "ewash25" <ejw2@...>
Date: Tue Sep 1, 2009 3:45 pm
Subject: Larry Kurtz obit
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Larry A. Kurtz, a Midwest League umpire in 1965, died August 28, 2009 in
Hershey, PA.

http://tinyurl.com/lx5vq8

#1478 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Thu Sep 3, 2009 1:03 pm
Subject: Frye, Gene - obit
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Gene Menzies Frye, who played in the New York Yankees farm system, died on
August 29, 2009 in Salisbury, NC.

http://tinyurl.com/mu6p8w

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=frye--001gen

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1479 From: "bradcwp" <bradcwp@...>
Date: Fri Sep 4, 2009 1:56 pm
Subject: John (Jackie) Collum, former major leaguer dies at 82
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#1480 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Fri Sep 4, 2009 2:39 pm
Subject: Spohn, Don - obit
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Don L. Spohn, who played in the Kansas City Athletics organization, died on
August 20, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/m6j5sb

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=spohn-001don

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1481 From: "bradcwp" <bradcwp@...>
Date: Fri Sep 4, 2009 10:27 pm
Subject: Buddy Blattner Dies
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#1482 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 2:10 pm
Subject: Porter, Terry - obit
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Terry Wendall Porter, who played for two seasons in the minors in the 1950s,
died on August 30, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/mfjph5

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=porter001ter

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1483 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:37 pm
Subject: Piscopo, Emil - obit
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Emil Mario "Yogi" Piscopo, who played in the Chicago Cubs and White Sox
organizations, died recently.

http://tinyurl.com/npnmnj

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=piscop001emi

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1484 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:18 pm
Subject: Direnzo, Dan - obit
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Daniel Vincent "Dan" Direnzo, who played one season with the Wellsville Nitros
of the PONY League, died recently in Albrightsville, PA.

http://tinyurl.com/nsyvnt

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=direnz001dan

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1485 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:28 pm
Subject: Eskridge, James - obit
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James Harrison Eskridge, who played two seasons in the minors in the 1940s, died
on September 8, 2009 at Woodruff, SC.

http://tinyurl.com/lqlfe6

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=eskrid001jam

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1486 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:43 pm
Subject: Castro, Alan - obit
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Alan William Castro, who played in the Oakland Athletics organization, died on
September 4, 2009 in Stanford, CA.

http://tinyurl.com/mpopfo

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=castro001ala

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1487 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:25 pm
Subject: Buckingham, Ralph - obit
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Ralph James "Buck" Buckingham , who played for seven seasons in the minors in
the 1950s, died on September 4, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/lt8buk

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=buckin001ral

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1488 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:11 pm
Subject: Norton, Bill - obit
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William F. "Bill" Norton, who played in the Boston Red Sox organization, died on
September 4, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/mo866l

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=norton002wil

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1489 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:33 pm
Subject: Fiori, Timothy - obit
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Timothy J. Fiori, who played two seasons of minor league baseball sandwiched
around service during World War II, died on September 9, 2009 in Manchester, NJ.

http://tinyurl.com/lxvfkx

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fiori-001tim

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1490 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:01 pm
Subject: Elliott, David - obit
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David Wesly Elliott, who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, died on
September 9, 2009 at Bedford, IN.

http://www.bedfordonline.com/content/blogcategory/47/46/

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=elliot003dav

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

#1491 From: Rod Nelson <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:55 pm
Subject: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an excellent article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago

Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
September 11, 2009 21:30PM

Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.

Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few fans know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during a ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named Charles Pinkney. This is his story.


For the full article, visit: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha

--
Rod Nelson

#1492 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:18 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Hello—

This was an interesting article to me.

I wonder if anyone can help me find some information.

Back in 1953, I was 18 and had just signed my first pro baseball contract.  It was with the Nashville vols.  I traveled with the club a week and then was assigned to the Oshkosh Giants in Wisconsin.  Because I was a young pitcher, they roomed me on the road trip with the playing pitching coach, Pete Mallory so that I could gain some of his pitching wisdom.

But one night he told me that he had once killed a man in baseball when a pitch got away from him and he hit a man in the head.  I guess it was in the minor leagues (?).  But he said it was Hal Neuhauser’s brother.  (Neuhauser, of course, was the famous Detroit pitcher. )

I have never been able to verify this.  However I have no reason to doubt Mallory as he seemed to be a nice guy and had a long career in baseball.

How can I find out about this?

Thanks in advance,

--Bill O’Donnell

 

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:55 AM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com; sabrminorleagues
Subject: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an excellent article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago

Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
September 11, 2009 21:30PM

Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.

Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few fans know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during a ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named Charles Pinkney. This is his story.


For the full article, visit: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha

--
Rod Nelson


#1493 From: "Boren, Stephen D." <sdboren@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:24 pm
Subject: Re: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Thank you for the article.

The article describes a classical epidural hematoma of the skull.  One
gets a head injury, loses consciousness, then wakes up, but then later
becomes unconscious again and dies.  This is apparently what the actress
Natasha Richardson had earlier this year.  As in Ms. Richardson's
situation, a CT of the head would have made the diagnosis immediately and
probably led to a normal recovery.

Steve Boren

On Sat, September 12, 2009 8:55 am, Rod Nelson wrote:
> *Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an
> excellent
> article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
>
> Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago*
> Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
> September 11, 2009 21:30PM
>
> *Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.
>
> Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved
> Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside
> from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few
> fans
> know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during
> a
> ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named
> Charles
> Pinkney. This is his story.
> *
>
> For the full article, visit:
> http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha
>
> --
> Rod Nelson
>

#1494 From: "Boren, Stephen D." <sdboren@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:19 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Interesting question.

While I doubt it really were Hal Newhouser's brother, it could have
happened to another player.  Newhouser did have a brother.  One would
think that such a death for a brother of a Hall of Famer would be well
know.  Per the Basebell-Reference.com data base, there were two minor
leaguers named Newhouser, but neither played in the same league at the
same time as Pete Mallory.  It is more likely it were a person with a
similar name or fairly similar name, and there was confusion about who he
was (of note, my death has erroneously been reported three times,
including one time that an insurance company tried to hand my wife a death
benefit check.)

There were a number of minor leaguers killed by pitched balls.
Unfortunately, the Reach Guides had a good Necrology section, but it
deteriorated when it merged with the Spalding Guide.  TSN did not have a
good Necrology section for many years.

Bill James in one of his publications had a list of players killed by
pitches.  However, I do not own any of his books.

Steve Boren

On Sat, September 12, 2009 10:18 am, William O'Donnell wrote:
> Hello-
>
> This was an interesting article to me.
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me find some information.
>
> Back in 1953, I was 18 and had just signed my first pro baseball contract.
> It was with the Nashville vols.  I traveled with the club a week and then
> was assigned to the Oshkosh Giants in Wisconsin.  Because I was a young
> pitcher, they roomed me on the road trip with the playing pitching coach,
> Pete Mallory so that I could gain some of his pitching wisdom.
>
> But one night he told me that he had once killed a man in baseball when a
> pitch got away from him and he hit a man in the head.  I guess it was in
> the
> minor leagues (?).  But he said it was Hal Neuhauser's brother.
> (Neuhauser,
> of course, was the famous Detroit pitcher. )
>
> I have never been able to verify this.  However I have no reason to doubt
> Mallory as he seemed to be a nice guy and had a long career in baseball.
>
> How can I find out about this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Bill O'Donnell
>
>
>
> From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:55 AM
> To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com; sabrminorleagues
> Subject: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
>
>
>
>
>
> Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an
> excellent
> article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
>
> Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago
> Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
> September 11, 2009 21:30PM
>
> Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.
>
> Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved
> Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside
> from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few
> fans
> know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during
> a
> ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named
> Charles
> Pinkney. This is his story.
>
>
> For the full article, visit:
> http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha
>
> --
> Rod Nelson
>
>
>
>

#1495 From: "Fred" <fred714@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:39 pm
Subject: Re: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Hi,
    Not suggesting that Mr. Mallory's allegation is apocryphal, but there is no listing in the 
index of "Death at the Ballpark, A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities, 
1862-2007" under either Mallory or Neuhouser.  The book  goes into some detail for each
of the nine minor league fatalities occurring as a result of a pitched ball.
Fred Taylor
 

Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

Hello—

This was an interesting article to me.

I wonder if anyone can help me find some information.

Back in 1953, I was 18 and had just signed my first pro baseball contract.  It was with the Nashville vols.  I traveled with the club a week and then was assigned to the Oshkosh Giants in Wisconsin.  Because I was a young pitcher, they roomed me on the road trip with the playing pitching coach, Pete Mallory so that I could gain some of his pitching wisdom.

But one night he told me that he had once killed a man in baseball when a pitch got away from him and he hit a man in the head.  I guess it was in the minor leagues (?).  But he said it was Hal Neuhauser’s brother.  (Neuhauser, of course, was the famous Detroit pitcher. )

I have never been able to verify this.  However I have no reason to doubt Mallory as he seemed to be a nice guy and had a long career in baseball.

How can I find out about this?

Thanks in advance,

--Bill O’Donnell

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:55 AM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com; sabrminorleagues
Subject: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an excellent article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago

Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
September 11, 2009 21:30PM

Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.

Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few fans know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during a ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named Charles Pinkney. This is his story.


For the full article, visit: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha

--
Rod Nelson


#1496 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:16 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Thanks for your reply and the info.

I tried to look up the careers of these guys.

Mallory and a Richard Newhauser played in the same league only once, early in their careers.  It was in the SEAL.  Mallory played for Gadsen and Newhauser for Montgomery.

Now I’m wondering if when he told me this story Mallory meant he hit a guy and “nearly” killed him once.  But I don’t think that is what  I heard.  Because I remember the shock when he said it.  I remember him saying at first, “y’know, I killed a man once.”   In shock I thought instantly of him shooting a guy or something.  But he then added that a pitch got away from him, etc. etc.

--Bill

 

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Boren, Stephen D.
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:19 PM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
Cc: William O'Donnell
Subject: RE: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

Interesting question.

While I doubt it really were Hal Newhouser's brother, it could have
happened to another player. Newhouser did have a brother. One would
think that such a death for a brother of a Hall of Famer would be well
know. Per the Basebell-Reference.com data base, there were two minor
leaguers named Newhouser, but neither played in the same league at the
same time as Pete Mallory. It is more likely it were a person with a
similar name or fairly similar name, and there was confusion about who he
was (of note, my death has erroneously been reported three times,
including one time that an insurance company tried to hand my wife a death
benefit check.)

There were a number of minor leaguers killed by pitched balls.
Unfortunately, the Reach Guides had a good Necrology section, but it
deteriorated when it merged with the Spalding Guide. TSN did not have a
good Necrology section for many years.

Bill James in one of his publications had a list of players killed by
pitches. However, I do not own any of his books.

Steve Boren

On Sat, September 12, 2009 10:18 am, William O'Donnell wrote:
> Hello-
>
> This was an interesting article to me.
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me find some information.
>
> Back in 1953, I was 18 and had just signed my first pro baseball contract.
> It was with the Nashville vols. I traveled with the club a week and then
> was assigned to the Oshkosh Giants in Wisconsin. Because I was a young
> pitcher, they roomed me on the road trip with the playing pitching coach,
> Pete Mallory so that I could gain some of his pitching wisdom.
>
> But one night he told me that he had once killed a man in baseball when a
> pitch got away from him and he hit a man in the head. I guess it was in
> the
> minor leagues (?). But he said it was Hal Neuhauser's brother.
> (Neuhauser,
> of course, was the famous Detroit pitcher. )
>
> I have never been able to verify this. However I have no reason to doubt
> Mallory as he seemed to be a nice guy and had a long career in baseball.
>
> How can I find out about this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Bill O'Donnell
>
>
>
> From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:55 AM
> To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com; sabrminorleagues
> Subject: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
>
>
>
>
>
> Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an
> excellent
> article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
>
> Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago
> Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
> September 11, 2009 21:30PM
>
> Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.
>
> Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved
> Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside
> from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few
> fans
> know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during
> a
> ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named
> Charles
> Pinkney. This is his story.
>
>
> For the full article, visit:
> http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha
>
> --
> Rod Nelson
>
>
>
>


#1497 From: Rod Nelson <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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William - this is not the first time that you have brought this anecdote to my attention.  Though it's more or less impossible to prove a negative, I'm thoroughly convinced that Pete Mallory was full of brown applesauce and was pulling your leg about killing a man and that man was related to Prince Hal.  Actually, I'm not sure that it was applesause that he was full of, but the story is unmitigated hooey, or in the baseball vernacular, horseshit.  Please don't continue to repeat it, except too expose Mallory as a teller of tall tales.

Rod Nelson
Detroit

#1498 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:22 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Perhaps you are right.  But I wonder if the event occurred NOT in a pro game.  Mallory never said anything more about that.  Or any more about the event itself.  I guess at the time I was young, green, and speechless.  I don’t think I ever said anything back to him.

--Bill

 

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fred
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:40 PM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

Hi,

    Not suggesting that Mr. Mallory's allegation is apocryphal, but there is no listing in the 

index of "Death at the Ballpark, A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities, 

1862-2007" under either Mallory or Neuhouser.  The book  goes into some detail for each

of the nine minor league fatalities occurring as a result of a pitched ball.

Fred Taylor

 

 

Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:18 AM

Subject: RE: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

Hello—

This was an interesting article to me.

I wonder if anyone can help me find some information.

Back in 1953, I was 18 and had just signed my first pro baseball contract.  It was with the Nashville vols.  I traveled with the club a week and then was assigned to the Oshkosh Giants in Wisconsin.  Because I was a young pitcher, they roomed me on the road trip with the playing pitching coach, Pete Mallory so that I could gain some of his pitching wisdom.

But one night he told me that he had once killed a man in baseball when a pitch got away from him and he hit a man in the head.  I guess it was in the minor leagues (?).  But he said it was Hal Neuhauser’s brother.  (Neuhauser, of course, was the famous Detroit pitcher. )

I have never been able to verify this.  However I have no reason to doubt Mallory as he seemed to be a nice guy and had a long career in baseball.

How can I find out about this?

Thanks in advance,

--Bill O’Donnell

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:55 AM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com; sabrminorleagues
Subject: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

Of interest to subscribers of this egroup, here's the intro to an excellent article which graces the front page of today's Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Charles Pinkney's promising career was ended by a baseball 100 years ago

Posted by John Campanelli, Plain Dealer Reporter
September 11, 2009 21:30PM

Charles Pinkney was a second baseman with major-league talent in 1909.

Cleveland fans know all too well the story of Ray Chapman, the beloved Indians shortstop who was struck and killed by a pitch in 1920. Yet aside from devotees of minor-league history -- and the sports macabre -- few fans know the story of the other Cleveland baseball star brutally beaned during a ballgame: a promising and popular minor-league second baseman named Charles Pinkney. This is his story.


For the full article, visit: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/charles_pinkneys_promising_car.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pinkne001cha

--
Rod Nelson


#1499 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:30 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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WOW !  I don’t remember telling you this before.  But maybe I did.

The article about Chas. Pinkney reminded me of it.  That’s why I brought it up now.

Maybe it is “hooey” as you suggest.  But wouldn’t the correct baseball terminology be “bullshit” in this case and not “horseshit” as you state?  In baseball, “horseshit” carries a heavier meaning.

Thanks for your insightful comments.

Bill O’Donnell

 

 

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:03 PM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

William - this is not the first time that you have brought this anecdote to my attention.  Though it's more or less impossible to prove a negative, I'm thoroughly convinced that Pete Mallory was full of brown applesauce and was pulling your leg about killing a man and that man was related to Prince Hal.  Actually, I'm not sure that it was applesause that he was full of, but the story is unmitigated hooey, or in the baseball vernacular, horseshit.  Please don't continue to repeat it, except too expose Mallory as a teller of tall tales.

Rod Nelson
Detroit


#1500 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:09 pm
Subject: RE: 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney
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Hi Rod Nelson  ( and others, interested):

 

Please Google  JockBio : Hal Newhouser Biography

 

RSVP if you wish for further investigation and discussion.

I think this is really intriguing.

 

--Bill O’Donnell

 

PS  I actually just found this info within the past 5 or 10 minutes.

 

From: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rod Nelson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:03 PM
To: BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BaseballNecrology] 100 Years Ago: Charles Pinkney

 

 

William - this is not the first time that you have brought this anecdote to my attention.  Though it's more or less impossible to prove a negative, I'm thoroughly convinced that Pete Mallory was full of brown applesauce and was pulling your leg about killing a man and that man was related to Prince Hal.  Actually, I'm not sure that it was applesause that he was full of, but the story is unmitigated hooey, or in the baseball vernacular, horseshit.  Please don't continue to repeat it, except too expose Mallory as a teller of tall tales.

Rod Nelson
Detroit


#1501 From: "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:17 pm
Subject: FW: JockBio: Hal Newhouser Biography
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Re HAL NEWHOUSER’S BROTHER, DICK

 

From: William O'Donnell [mailto:wodonnell1@...]
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:01 PM
To: 'William O'Donnell'
Subject: JockBio: Hal Newhouser Biography

 

http://www.jockbio.com/Classic/Newhouser/Hal_Newhouser_bio.html


#1502 From: "kjokbaseball" <kjokbaseball@...>
Date: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:02 am
Subject: Pete Mallory-Dick Newhouser (was JockBio: Hal Newhouser Biography)
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Pete Mallory and Richard Newhouser both played in the Southeastern League in
1940, Newhouser as a SS for Montgomery, and Mallory as a pitcher for Gadsden.  
It's certainly possible Mallory beaned Newhouser, but Newhouser did not die at
that time, as he played in 1941, 1942 & 1944.

THANKS,
Kevin Johnson

--- In BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com, "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...>
wrote:
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> Re HAL NEWHOUSER'S BROTHER, DICK
>
>
>
> From: William O'Donnell [mailto:wodonnell1@...]
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:01 PM
> To: 'William O'Donnell'
> Subject: JockBio: Hal Newhouser Biography
>
>
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> http://www.jockbio.com/Classic/Newhouser/Hal_Newhouser_bio.html
>

#1503 From: bbxpert@...
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:12 pm
Subject: Re: Pete Mallory-Dick Newhouser (was JockBio: Hal Newhous...
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Richard Newhouser died in 2003.
 
Bill
 
In a message dated 9/12/2009 10:03:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, kjokbaseball@... writes:
 

Pete Mallory and Richard Newhouser both played in the Southeastern League in 1940, Newhouser as a SS for Montgomery, and Mallory as a pitcher for Gadsden. It's certainly possible Mallory beaned Newhouser, but Newhouser did not die at that time, as he played in 1941, 1942 & 1944.

THANKS,
Kevin Johnson

--- In BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com, "William O'Donnell" <wodonnell1@...> wrote:
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> Re HAL NEWHOUSER'S BROTHER, DICK
>
>
>
> From: William O'Donnell [mailto:wodonnell1@...]
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:01 PM
> To: 'William O'Donnell'
> Subject: JockBio: Hal Newhouser Biography
>
>
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> http://www.jockbio.com/Classic/Newhouser/Hal_Newhouser_bio.html
>


#1504 From: "morrisjvm" <jack.morris@...>
Date: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:59 pm
Subject: Hartsfield, Bill - obit
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William McKinley "June Rabbit" Hartsfield, Jr., who played in the Baltimore
Orioles organization, died on September 9, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/ps7eb2

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hartsf001wil

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

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