Ray Fosse has died.
https://nbcnews.com/news/sports/ray-fosse-catcher-knocked-over-pete-rose-1970-all-star-n1281485
Perhaps you remember the name, perhaps not. He was a rising talent as a Catcher for the Cleveland Indians in the early 1970's until his career was cut-short during the 1970 All-Star game when Pete Rose slammed into him at the plate, scoring the winning run in the 12th inning. A lot of fans don't realize that Fosse was also statistically better than Thurman Munson in virtually all categories early in his career(1970-1971), but Munson had the New York spotlight. After the 1971 season, Fosse's career trajectory went steadily downhill as the affect(s) of the collision really started to manifest themselves.
A very promising player at a difficult position cut down in his MLB playing prime, he still played and remained around the game he loved for his entire life. RIP Ray Fosse.
Al H.
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thats too bad. Had heard the name, in relation to pete rose, but didnt really know much of his career.
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RIP Ray. Rose was (is) an ass, not because he got caught up in the moment of an All-Star game, but because Rose said (many years after the fact) that he would do the exact same thing to score a run. Rose is an ass.
Yep, remember him well, 67--72 with the Indians. RIP
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Too bad.
Yeah weren't there people at the time in a furious uproar over Pete doing that in "just" an exhibition game? I mean this was supposed to be a game "for fun" and Pete must've thought it was the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series!
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