A little more about Ralph Kiner

February 7, 2014

Ralph Kiner was such a New York institution, I thought it appropriate to include more reactions to his passing:

  • The New York Times called on their resident baseball obit writer Bruce Weber to write this lengthy piece while sports media columnist Richard Sandomir produced this appreciation. I found this quote from Howie Rose especially telling about today’s fans:

“He once dropped a name on us, Frenchy Bordagaray, which I couldn’t pronounce or make any reference to,” said Howie Rose, his former partner on cable TV. “But I did a little homework and learned about his career. When I hear younger fans criticize older broadcasters for their references to players from past generations, I wonder, ‘Do you have an ounce of curiosity?’”

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