Saturday, April 01, 2017

Ruben Amaro Sr., R. I. P.

NY Daily News: Ruben Amaro Sr., the former Gold Glove Phillies shortstop and teammate of Dallas Green, who later played with Hall of Fame Yankee Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris on the Bombers before embarking on a long baseball career as a scout, coach and minor league manager, died Friday in Miami, the Phillies announced. Amaro Sr. was 81.  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

1 comment:

Don Coffin said...

Man, there's something just wrong about the baseball players I liked a lot in the early 60s dying...it's not just that they got olf...so have I.