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Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner dies at 91
foxnews ^ | 02/05/14 | AP via FOX

Posted on 02/06/2014 12:46:32 PM PST by Doogle

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The baseball Hall of Fame says slugger Ralph Kiner has died. He was 91.

The Hall says Kiner died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage.

Kiner hit 369 home runs during his 10-year career, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He won or tied for the National League lead in homers in each of his first seven seasons.

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RIP Mr Kiner
1 posted on 02/06/2014 12:46:32 PM PST by Doogle
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Remember when he broadcast Mets games and has his Kiner’s Corner post-game show.


2 posted on 02/06/2014 12:50:01 PM PST by C19fan
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To: Doogle
One of the lesser known Hall of Famers, but still very much loved in Pittsburgh. He was one of the bright stars when Pittsburgh was a perennial door mat during those long years between when the Warner Brothers and Pie Traynor retired and that fabulous 1960 World Championship team.There were 33 long years between post season appearances.
3 posted on 02/06/2014 12:51:24 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: C19fan
I thought it was "Kiner's Korner".
4 posted on 02/06/2014 12:51:32 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("We are not sluts."--Sandra Fluke)
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To: Doogle

He was great as a Mets broadcaster.

He even was doing some games this past season. He will be missed.

RIP Ralph


5 posted on 02/06/2014 12:51:52 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Doogle

His numbers look very, very good when you compare him to his peers. Guys like Willie Mays and Frank Robinson were better hitters, but the pickings get real lean as that was a pitcher’s decade.


6 posted on 02/06/2014 12:52:53 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("We are not sluts."--Sandra Fluke)
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Old school. I remember him!


7 posted on 02/06/2014 12:53:21 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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RIP Mr Kiner...

...indeed...loved Kiner from the start of his Mets broadcasting career...I only remember the last few years of his playing days...but loved the original trio of Kiner, Lindsay Nelson, and Bob Murphy doing the awful Mets games back in the early sixties...


8 posted on 02/06/2014 12:53:39 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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RIP.

I thought he would live forever.

9 posted on 02/06/2014 12:53:43 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: Dr. Sivana

I remember the ‘69 Mets broadcast team -

Ralph Kiner
Lindsey Nelson
Bob Murphy


10 posted on 02/06/2014 12:55:25 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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People used to leave Forbes Field in the 7th. inning if the Bucs were behind and it was clear Kiner would not be getting another turn at bat. His #4 has been retired. Former ABC newswoman Kathleen Kennedy was at one time his daughter-in-law. I remember him broadcasting Mets games when WOR was on my cable.

RIP, Mr. Kiner.


11 posted on 02/06/2014 12:55:52 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I didn’t even know He was still alive. Used to watch the Mets broadcasts back in the late 60’s-70’s. Kiner was teamed with Lindsay Nelson and Bob Murphy. Kiner knew his baseball but the other two were just along for the ride.


12 posted on 02/06/2014 12:56:28 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Col Frank Slade
I remember the ‘69 Mets broadcast team -

Ralph Kiner Lindsey Nelson Bob Murphy


They stuck together as the Mets went in auto-desruct mode, dumping great pitchers in exchange for cheaper, marginal talent. Tom Seaver for Steve Henderson and a coupla guys named nobody? Willie Montanez? By the late '70s they just had stearns, Koosman and Mazilli. Pretty sad, except for us Dodger fans!
13 posted on 02/06/2014 12:59:37 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("We are not sluts."--Sandra Fluke)
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He was great as a Mets broadcaster.

...I’ll never forget when Claude Raymond came in to pitch, and Kiner referred to him as the ‘bespeckled righthander’...


14 posted on 02/06/2014 12:59:38 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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Hey old Mets fans-—this should bring back memories...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwtc2bVmsDM


15 posted on 02/06/2014 1:00:28 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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Yes. My bad.


16 posted on 02/06/2014 1:01:14 PM PST by C19fan
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This one too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLmDuhV3AQ


17 posted on 02/06/2014 1:01:49 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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I got drunk with Ralph Kiner and a buddy of mine in the Shea stadium media bar after a game one night. Drank with him until about 2 in the morning. I guess he thought we were supposed to be there, though we had snuck in and partook of hours of free booze. My friend had a really big camera, I think that's how it happened.

Bob Murphy was there too, but left after an hour. Ralph was really funny and opinionated! At that time, he thought Shawn Dunston was the best player in baseball and that's one of the things we argued about.

18 posted on 02/06/2014 1:03:02 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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I think you mean the Waner brothers, Lloyd and Paul aka Big and Little Poison. (I know, autocorrect...) Thanks for your remembrance of Buccos history. The team is in ascendency again, with a WS title possible in the next three years.

RIP to Mr. Home Run.


19 posted on 02/06/2014 1:04:59 PM PST by Lisbon1940
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One of the lesser known Hall of Famers, but still very much loved in Pittsburgh.

You can quickly tell a person's age by what they remember about Ralph Kiner. Younger people remember him as the Mets broadcaster whereas old fogies like me think first of him as a Pirate.

I guess it also applies to Pie Traynor as well. Younger people recall him only for "Who can? Ameri-CAN!" on Studio Wrestling. :)

20 posted on 02/06/2014 1:11:11 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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