Butch7999
11-23-2013, 02:13 AM
Hi, not sure if this is appropriate here, but we felt obligated to mention that former Tiger, Oriole, and Dodger hurler Babe Birrer
passed away Tuesday at age 84.
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/buffalo-baseball-great-birrer-dies-at-84-20131120
We met and chatted with Babe many a time. He had a wild-and-crazy-guy sense of humor, loads of stories,
and could BS jovially and harmlessly in that great ex-ballplayer sort of way.
One addition and one correction to the Buffalo News article:
Babe pitched his 1947 American Legion team to the New York State title game, which was lost on a 9th-inning error.
Our dad was a high school and Legion teammate of Babe's, as well as a lifelong friend since childhood, so we know that
the burly, baseball-loving kid was always known as "Babe" and merely validated the nickname with his two-homer
performance against the KC A's in 1955 -- as far as we know, still the only player to have entered a major league game
as a relief pitcher and socked two home runs in in the process.
passed away Tuesday at age 84.
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/buffalo-baseball-great-birrer-dies-at-84-20131120
We met and chatted with Babe many a time. He had a wild-and-crazy-guy sense of humor, loads of stories,
and could BS jovially and harmlessly in that great ex-ballplayer sort of way.
One addition and one correction to the Buffalo News article:
Babe pitched his 1947 American Legion team to the New York State title game, which was lost on a 9th-inning error.
Our dad was a high school and Legion teammate of Babe's, as well as a lifelong friend since childhood, so we know that
the burly, baseball-loving kid was always known as "Babe" and merely validated the nickname with his two-homer
performance against the KC A's in 1955 -- as far as we know, still the only player to have entered a major league game
as a relief pitcher and socked two home runs in in the process.