RIP Biff Pocoroba

[Cliff Bowman]

When the guys that were on cards in packs that you opened as a kid start dying then you know you are getting old .

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

When the guys that were on cards in packs that you opened as a kid start dying then you know you are getting old .

+1

[pclpads]

If that's not a name for the ages, I don't know what is. Sorta like Spook Jacobs. If he played for the pathetic Padres, no doubt Jerry Coleman would have named him, "the Biffer."

[ALR-bishop]

Spook was a tough one to find for the 56 Topps Hocus Focus set

[savedfrommyspokes]

RIP Biff, even sadder is that he is like the 10th player from the 82 pennant winning Braves team to pass away

[stlcardsfan]

One from the “all name team” as my friends and I used to call it. But hate to correct you Larry, the Braves did not win the 82 pennant!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

He is like the 10th player from the 82 division winning Braves team to pass away

Off the top of my head I could think of Pocoroba, Pascual Perez, Rick Mahler, and Bob Watson, then looking at the roster I saw Donnie Moore (forgot he was on that team) and Rick Camp (how did I forget him?), and then finally I checked each player, Tom Hausman (3 games), Larry Owen (2 games), and Rufino Linares (died 22 years ago ). ETA: Oops, missed Carlos Diaz who pitched in 19 games.

[icurnmedic]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Off the top of my head I could think of Pocoroba, Pascual Perez, Rick Mahler, and Bob Watson, then looking at the roster I saw Donnie Moore (forgot he was on that team) and Rick Camp (how did I forget him?), and then finally I checked each player, Tom Hausman (3 games), Larry Owen (2 games), and Rufino Linares (died 22 years ago ). ETA: Oops, missed Carlos Diaz who pitched in 19 games.

Are you saying all these names listed have passed? I remember watching them play like it was yesterday!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Off the top of my head I could think of Pocoroba, Pascual Perez, Rick Mahler, and Bob Watson, then looking at the roster I saw Donnie Moore (forgot he was on that team) and Rick Camp (how did I forget him?), and then finally I checked each player, Tom Hausman (3 games), Larry Owen (2 games), and Rufino Linares (died 22 years ago ). ETA: Oops, missed Carlos Diaz who pitched in 19 games.

And sadly, Claudell Washington has now joined this list. As a kid in the 80s , I got to enjoy watching him play with both the Braves and Yankees. Normally I would have been disappointed that the Braves traded him, however, since it was to the Yankees all was good.