This is the strangest question you will see/hear today........
frankhardy
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I have a very weird question, but I have a good reason for asking it. Is there anyway I can be notified when a MLB player passes away (specifically a former Cardinals player)?
The reason....
This morning I have been working on a spreadsheet for my autographed Topps Cardinals collection. I have listed every possible card from 1952 to present and I have highlighted the ones that I have signed. I also have been noting the year in which the player died. I have researched them all one by one on Google, Wikipedia, and Baseball Reference. I am finished up to 1980 and I am trying to finish it today. But I was sitting here thinking about once I get this done, how will I know if or when someone passes away unless I just happen to hear about it?
The bottom line is that when you collect autographs, knowing if and when a person passes is kind of important.
Shane
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Baseball-reference.com has a listing on its front page of the players/managers who have died in a given year. You may already recognize a former Cardinal's name when you see it but the given player's/manager's former team(s) are listed on the far right side.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2018-deaths.shtml
I belong to the Baseball Necrology (?) Yahoo! Group....I get reports of every professional player (MLB/MiLB, Executives, etc.) obituary as they become public....
IMF
Interesting. I will check both. Thanks.
Shane
Here is an example of the email that will arrive in your inbox:
William Edwin “Bill” Fulk, who played in the Detroit Tigers organization in the 1950s, died on July 16, 2018 in Lebanon, PA.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/schaefferstown-pa/william-fulk-7936138
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=fulk--001wil
IMF