yoder wrote:Surprised nobody has brought this up. Pat O'Day! He was Seattle, back when the city was the city I once knew. He brought Jimi, he brought radio, he brought the best hydro coverage you've ever heard. He was a staple. R.I.P. Pat, thank you for the memories I've had since childhood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdhtnMnkOQU
c_hawkbob wrote:Oh man I used to be such a hydroplane races fan! especially in the 60's when my uncle would take me to the Gold Cup every year and into the 70's when I started making it a party thing with my friends! They kinda lost me a bit with the Turbine engines, I just loved the sound of those Allison and RR 12 cylinders!
RIP Pat!
c_hawkbob wrote:Oh man I used to be such a hydroplane races fan! especially in the 60's when my uncle would take me to the Gold Cup every year and into the 70's when I started making it a party thing with my friends! They kinda lost me a bit with the Turbine engines, I just loved the sound of those Allison and RR 12 cylinders!
RIP Pat!
NorthHawk wrote:Lou Brock gone. I can't believe he was 81.
One of the best base stealers of his era.
RiverDog wrote:Nice call. It's refreshing that there is someone else in this forum besides me that is so old as to remember seeing Sayers play.
Sayers was also one of two central characters, played by Billy Dee Williams and James Caan, in the movie "Brian's Song", one of the better football movies made.
RiverDog wrote:Good call. You talk to coaches and players from that era and ask them if they had to choose one pitcher to win a Game 7 of a World Series for them, the majority would answer Bob Gibson.
c_hawkbob wrote:I watched him just about win an entire world series single handedly! He won 3 games in the 67 series and in game 7 he allowed only 3 hits, struck out 10 and hit a home run of his own to help seal it! Most impressive sports performance I ever saw until Ali's Thrilla in Manila. Now they are 1A and 1B.
c_hawkbob wrote:RIP Eddie Van Halen.
I'm crushed.
c_hawkbob wrote:No Riv, not a hair band at all, and not 80's either. Van Halen started in the 70's (I first saw them in 78) and were more an extension of the LA party band scene playing the Whiskey A Go Go in 77 (the Doors used to be the Whiskey's house band). They belonged more associated with bands like Montrose and REO Speedwagon and Alice Cooper than 80's hair bands.
But Eddie's guitar playing transcended all that. He revolutionized the way the instrument was played across genres. Jazz, Prog, country, even that kid on August Rush were all learning to fret walk after he hit the scene. A much too singular a talent to be refered to as "Part of one of the big hair bands of the 80's".
RiverDog wrote:Another one of my favorites, Joe Morgan, HOF second baseman for the Big Red Machine, died at age 77.
https://sports.yahoo.com/hall-of-fame-s ... 46967.html
RiverDog wrote:Another one of my favorites, Joe Morgan, HOF second baseman for the Big Red Machine, died at age 77.
https://sports.yahoo.com/hall-of-fame-s ... 46967.html
NorthHawk wrote:Joe Morgan? Oh, man he was one of those guys who you can't not respect because he played the game the right way. I also
enjoyed his perspective on the game when he was in the broadcast booth.
c_hawkbob wrote:RIP Sean Connery.
I have SO had it with 2020!
Aseahawkfan wrote:The face of Jeopardy for as long as I can remember. R.I.P. Alex. You always kept Jeopardy classy and interesting.
NorthHawk wrote:We lost Paul Hornung today after a long battle with dementia. He was 84.
I-5 wrote:RIP Trebeck and Connery. Two totally different men, but unique and memorable in their own ways.
I've been reading that Jeopardy fans are hoping LeVar Burton can be the next host. I can picture that, too, with his personality and way of enunciating.
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