* Lest we forget: Bill Werber

January 23, 2009

The oldest ex-major leaguer passed away yeasterday at the age of 100.

Here’s the AP obituary, but I expect Richard Goldstein of The New York Times to come up with something soon.

Veteran writer Ray Robinson wrote this tribute when Werber ht the century mark last June 20. And read this appreciation from Steve Politi of the Star Ledger.

The Amazon Report on Bill Werber:

Memories of a Ballplayer: Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930, by Bill Werber and C. Paul Rogers

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1 BaseballinDC January 27, 2009 at 2:31 pm

I’ll just add a quick endorsement for Werber’s book – not a lot of great material on baseball in the 1930s, and although short it is well written and gives a good feel for the era.

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