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Rest In Peace Al Rosen

DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
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I had completely forgotten he almost won the Triple Crown in 1953. A sad day, as we have lost another player from the older generation.

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"A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).

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  • CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭
    RIP.

    "In 1953, Rosen batted .336 with 43 homers and 145 RBIs. He nearly won the Triple Crown but was beaten out for the batting title by Washington's Mickey Vernon, who hit .337. Rosen was unanimously picked the AL's top player."

    Wow! Never knew this
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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RIP.
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
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    Ralph

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

  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,435 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's sad - the first person I thought of was Mr Mint.
    Mike
  • IndianaJonesIndianaJones Posts: 346 ✭✭✭
    RIP, Mr. Rosen. You truly excelled as a player, and as an executive.

    I will always remember his 1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips card. His portrait was so serene and elegant. Printed as it was after his career year, no doubt any kid who pulled "Flip" Rosen out of a Dan-Dee canister was on a baseball cloud 9 for a week!

    My sincerest sympathy to his family.

    --Indiana Jones (Brian Powell)
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭
    Sad news indeed.


    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

  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    Growing up as a Giants fan in the lean years of the seventies and eighties, I remember the 1987 well as the Giants won the west! Al deservedly won the award for "Executive of the Year". Picking up Kevin Mitchell and Dave Dravecky from the Padres and Rick Reuschel from the Pirates went a long way to help the team win the west by 6 games. The NLCS was the Jeff Leonard "one flap down" series that tore my heart out! Can't stand Jose Oquendo to this day.

    R.I.P. Al
    Tallulah Bankhead — 'There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.'
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