Rest in peace. At year’s end, it’s a good time to reflect and remember those who passed away throughout the year. In the baseball world in general: Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson and notables Dick Groat, Sal Bando, Tim McCarver, Tim Wakefield, Vida Blue and San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler.
In 2001, the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in seven games to win the World Series. They did it the hard way too, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth off Mariano Rivera. The wild thing is that McCarver saw it coming.
Daniel Descalso played 10 big-league seasons from 2010 to 2019, the first five of which were spent with the St. Louis Cardinals. McCarver was on the call during both of Descalso's runs to the "Fall Classic" with the Cardinals in 2011 and 2013.
Several news-worthy Phillies-related tidbits dropped on Tuesday. Here’s everything you might have missed. One of the all-time baseball personalities passed away on Tuesday.
The legendary catcher passed away at age 81. How you remember Tim McCarver may entirely depend on what generation of baseball viewership you come from.
Tim McCarver, the long-time Major League broadcaster and former catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on Thursday at the age of 81. McCarver died of heart failure.
The longtime catcher and broadcasting legend, who died Thursday at 81, had a deep and prolific impact on the game. In the summer of 1959, a writer from
Tim McCarver had a distinguished and impressive career as a baseball broadcaster that made him a staple of some of the biggest moments of his era. But he had some infamous moments as well.
Whether you loved the way he called a game or hated it, there was no denying that Tim McCarver knew baseball at a deep level.
Steve Carlton toes the rubber. He is unthinking, no more than playing a game of catch. As the heavy slider thumps into catcher Tim McCarver’s mitt for strike three, a large contingent of St.
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