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RIP - Billy Loes - Former Brooklyn Dodger

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http://www.examiner.com/x-33368-NY-Baseball-History-Examiner~y2010m7d28-Billy-Loes-former-Brooklyn-Dodger-and-Long-Island-City-native-dead-at-80

A good friend of mine is now the coach at his alma mater.

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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    more sad news


    RIP
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,525 ✭✭✭✭
    damn...

    former Baltimore Oriole too

    RIP
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is sad - I'm an old Brooklyn fan...

    Mike
  • kidzfundkidzfund Posts: 565 ✭✭✭
    Very sad indeed.

    Probably one of the few times you'll read about a former ballplayer driving a taxi after they retire....I remember in 'The Boys of Summer' how players worked in the off-season and how sometimes they found bags of groceries on their doorstep that came from their neighbors
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
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    RIP, Billy

    My favorite Loes card from my collection:

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  • HeritageSportsHeritageSports Posts: 56
    Would have been pretty cool to get him as a cab driver (though I guess since he never talked about baseball you would have had to read his taxi license and recognize his name).
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  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    seems like we are up to 1 a day with these RIPS...:1yellowribbon
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