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RIP Curt Simmons

ernie11ernie11 Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 13, 2022 4:35PM in Sports Talk

He was the last surviving member of the 1950 Phillies “Whiz Kids” team.

https://mlb.com/phillies/press-release/press-release-curt-simmons-passes-away-at-the-age-of-93?fbclid=IwAR3dAWXOwTmIR2n99-jy_1OFOBX2ncJocz6ajbIPxEdtqX1_Er_at-H9Bo4

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    EstilEstil Posts: 6,922 ✭✭✭✭

    Just like how Joe B Hall was the last surviving 1940s UK player.

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP

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    LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 1,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As I remember it, Simmons could not play in the World Series because he was drafted.

    RIP, Curt. I only remember you at the end of your career when you were trying to come back.

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I recall him as a St.Louis Cardinal.

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 13, 2022 7:32PM

    I always thought of him as a Cardinal....

    I didn't know until now that he was a Phillies 1950 Wizz Kid....
    In 1967(?) he went to the Angels

    At the time I thought it was cool because he was on the 1964 Cardinals World Series winning team.....Anything to help that miserable Angels team! I don't remember seeing him pitch for the Angels...
    Hank Aaron and Stan Musial both said that he was the toughest pitcher they ever faced....... That says quite a lot.....
    R.I.P.

    For Goldenage....what ballpark was this photo taken in?.....

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    BrickBrick Posts: 4,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP

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    JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP

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