R.I.P. Mel Stottlemyre

Coinstartled

Former New York Yankees legend Mel Stottlemyre -- who starred on the mound for the Bronx Bombers before presiding over five World Series titles as a pitching coach for the Yankees and Mets -- died Sunday in Seattle after a battle with bone marrow cancer. He was 77.

Stottlemyre pitched in 11 seasons with the Yankees and was a five-time All-Star. He also served as pitching coach on the 1986 New York Mets World Series team and the great Joe Torre-led Yankees teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Yankees won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 during that run. In the process, Stottlemyre worked with some of the greatest pitchers of the times: Dwight Gooden with the Mets and Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, David Cone, David Wells and Mariano Rivera with the Yankees.

Coinstartled

Guess a career sub 3.00 era carries no swagger anymore.

Dave99B

Sad. He battled cancer for almost 20 years. He didn’t go down easy. No sir.

RIP Mel.

Dave

jay0791

I always admired M.S. as player, coach and Yankee ambassador.
I can still remember watching him long throw with Clemens. Clemens is in CF and Mel inside RF line. He was hitting Clemens every time in the chest. Could he still throw!!!

DIMEMAN

Sorry to hear this. RIP Mel.