[外電] Ralph Kiner past away at age of 91

[mrkey (距離太遠 思念太近)]

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Kiner, Hall of Fame slugger, broadcaster, dies at 91

When Frank Cashen approached a gathering of men at Spring Training camp in
the 1980s, he routinely addressed them three times. "Gentlemen, gentlemen,
gentlemen," the Mets general manager would say, no matter the number of
scoundrels and scallywags in the group. He once explained why he would paint
them all with the same benefit-of-the-doubt brush. "Just in case Mr. Kiner is
among them," Cashen said. "Any group that includes Ralph would have to be a
group of gentlemen."

A tad presumptuous, perhaps, but probably true; the gentle and princely
presence of Ralph Kiner could turn a gathering of crooks, rogues and rascals
into civil and gracious fellows. Mr. Kiner had that effect, the opposite of
one bad apple. "One wonderful man," Tim McCarver once said. "Any group of
people is better off if Ralph joins."

On this mournful day, consider the group of mankind worse off; Ralph
McPherran Kiner has died. One of baseball's genuine and most charming
gentlemen, foremost sluggers and most enduring personalities passed away
Thursday at age 91. He died peacefully of natural causes, with his family at
his side, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., the National Baseball Hall of
Fame said.


原文太長了, 就截錄前幾段吧.

ex-great Pirates, HOFer,

Shea Stadium broadcast booth 的傳奇.

西有 Scully, 東有 Kiner.

Gotta miss him.


有時候聽他和 Gary Cohen, Ron Darling 講古實在挺有趣的.


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