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First Ernie, now Minnie

downtowndowntown Posts: 671 ✭✭✭
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Two Chicago Sports Icons

RIP Minnie Minoso
I collect Seattle Pilots autographs, 1969 Topps autographs, Signed Mickey Mantle Home Run History cards and have a JC Martin collection (he was my college Baseball coach)
Doug

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  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
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  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    I remember him pinch hitting in 1980! R.I.P. Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miñoso Arrieta. A truly great player. I bought the card not the holder.


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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sad days in Chicago. RIP
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
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    Ralph

  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    RIP Mr. Minoso. image He and Clemente had two of the most unique autographs!

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    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • jmlabonnerjmlabonner Posts: 325 ✭✭✭
    Such a sad day! He was my dad's favorite player! Any mention of Minnie Minoso and my dad would go on and on about how fast Minnie was at stealing bases! mccardguy1 from the board was nice and awesome to send my dad an Exhibit card of Minnie Minoso back in 2012! To this day that card stands beside pictures of all the kids and grand kids! His memory will live forever! image
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    Duplicate post.
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    Duplicate post.
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  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    RIP Minnie, I met him at one of the Nationals where he was signing his book....one of the nicest players I have met over the years. Talked to everyone, very gracious. Still have the book to this day.
  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    RIP Minnie
  • mccardguy1mccardguy1 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Such a sad day! He was my dad's favorite player! Any mention of Minnie Minoso and my dad would go on and on about how fast Minnie was at stealing bases! mccardguy1 from the board was nice and awesome to send my dad an Exhibit card of Minnie Minoso back in 2012! To this day that card stands beside pictures of all the kids and grand kids! His memory will live forever! image >>



    I cannot tell you how happy this post makes me!!
    I am on a budget and I am not afraid to use it!!
  • mccardguy1mccardguy1 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭
    I may have told this story before but I used to see Minnie at a couple of the bars around Wrigley Field after Cubs games. My friends would call him Minnie the Moocher because it seemed everyone would by him drinks when they realized who he was and he never turned down a cold one. I would buy him a drink because I wanted to hear his baseball stories. He will be sorely missed around Wrigley and baseball has certainly lost a legend who should have found his way to Cooperstown by now.
    I am on a budget and I am not afraid to use it!!
  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    He said he didn't want to go into the HOF after he died because he wanted to enjoy it. Sad.
    My Don sets / Donnie / Buehrle / Korean
  • ashabbyashabby Posts: 471 ✭
    Sad day
  • Loyalty32Loyalty32 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭
    I was fortunate enough to meet him at the unveiling of the Ernie Banks Statue on Opening Day of 2008. It was a cold and rainy day. He was standing there alone when I recognized him. I said there's Minnie Minoso. My wife said Minnie who? I walked over and asked if he would mind taking a picture with a Cubs fan. He said as long as you don't blame me if the camera breaks. Then we shook hands as the picture was taken. Man, did he have HUGE hands! He was such a nice man. I later sent a donation to his foundation and he signed the photograph for me. I was sad to see that he passed. R.I.P. Mr. Minoso. A true baseball great.

    Thanks
    Craig

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