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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2009 20:25:00 GMT -5
Has anyone else had such a big impact on the sport during such a short, short career?
54 is much too young.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 13, 2009 20:27:50 GMT -5
I'm not sure he had all that much of a lasting impact on the sport, but he ceratinly got himself remembered.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2009 21:46:16 GMT -5
How many other players with basically a one-year career are still talked about and remembered? I'd say that's a lasting impact.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 14, 2009 0:05:05 GMT -5
Remembered is remembered. Impact is "you changed things". There is a difference.
But he probably does have some impact, in part, as one of several notable young pitchers destroyed by injury. These days managers are under strict orders not to overuse their young pitchers (and many of the older ones grumble about it). Teams have figured out it's not a good trade to get one or two more wins but lose a pitcher who might have been a star for a decade.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 14, 2009 1:30:39 GMT -5
How do you die so young? I remember when Florence Griffith-Joyner died, the first thought that came to mind was: steroids.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2009 7:44:32 GMT -5
No. Impact is "made a lasting impression". Boom! Impact.
Farm accident, they say.
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Post by bigfan on Apr 14, 2009 10:03:40 GMT -5
No. Impact is "made a lasting impression". Boom! Impact. Farm accident, they say. Truck crushed him. |
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