Bud Harrelson, Miracle Mets World Series shortstop, dead at 79

New York Post ^ | Jan. 11, 2024, | Don Burke

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Bud Harrelson, the shortstop on the Mets’ first two World Series teams and later the club’s manager for parts of two seasons, died Wednesday at a hospice home in East Northport on Long Island. Harrelson, who was 79 was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.

A good-field, no-hit player, Harrelson spent 15 years in the major leagues and was the starting shortstop on both the Miracle Mets’ 1969 world championship team which upset the Baltimore Orioles that October and their 1973 National League pennant winners who lost that year’s World Series to the Oakland Athletics in seven games.

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That era of baseball was exceptional. Distant memories but they will last forever. Mets, Reds, A's, Pirates, Orioles, etc had some stellar teams.

[Jane Long]

RIP Bud.

[BobL]

Back then even blacks stood for the National Anthem.

[God luvs America]

RIP Buddy. After Cleon Jones my favorite Met as a kid

[Libloather]

[ConservativeStatement]

Rose signed the photo years later, a funny quip. They became friends.

[Zack Attack]

The Bud-Pete Rose fight was memorable to me. I was 9 and it was my first baseball fight. LOL

[tomkat]

re BH/PR .. LOL !

[montag813]

It “amazing” that the Mets were even able to take that legendary A’s team to 7 games.

[laweeks]

Was he Hawk Harrison?

[Larry Lucido]

"The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea."

[ConservativeStatement]

No.. Hawk’s name is Ken.