It’s like the NBA where they put up 200 points. Or the Pro Bowl as it was.
Yes, they added the rule because the game because so poorly done - but back in the day it was one day - not home run derbys and more - it was a real game - and what a beautiful thing when people actually treated it like any other day.
On a side note - I don’t like this celebrity RIP thread. I started this with Pete for Pete.
I know another legend, Dikembe Mutombo passed yesterday, and he should have his place.
I see it above (but wouldn’t have seen it if I didn’t post about Pete and get added to this thread) - but why aren’t these legends - and others people may want to celebrate - like John Ashton, Maggie Smith - why are they all swirled together?
Each made enough impact in life to many that they deserve their own space - and for others to comment in that space.
@tsbna44 and @Mwfan1921 please make these feelings known on my thread about this in the community forum.
If you don’t care about sports, I imagine it’s a PITA to have to wade through the back and forth between those of us who do. Maybe we could at least separate into Sports RIPs and Entertainment RIPs? Of course, I still think everyone should get their own thread. Let people get recognition in death.
As it is, dh has a connection to the the Broadway star who died, but I didn’t even post that because it would get lost in the middle of the Pete Rose stuff.
ETA: I’m not sure how the link is a response instead of the OP, but you’ll find it.
D1 was so heartbroken to hear of Gavin Creel’s death. She met him a few times when she was in college studying musical theatre and she said he was a really nice guy.
I don’t see any reason why people can’t post all their thoughts/feeling about any death on this thread. There is nothing about a single thread that prevents that. I’m with those who prefer to herd the cats in one place. I never miss this thread, but I often miss “latest posts” because I don’t consume CC that way.
I enjoyed him, too. He had Crohn’s, which may or may not have contributed to his early death but I know it has shortened the lifespan of some who suffer from it.
I had a chance meeting with him in 1996. I remember it because I was bringing my daughter home from the NICU and I stopped at the Safeway to pick up some pictures (remember those days when we had to pick up pictures?) He was doing the same, and looked at her in the baby carrier and said “Dat a leetle baby!” She was a preemie and weighed 4# that day. He was so tall and his hands were so big all I could think of was ‘Aren’t all babies small to you?’ I really wished I’d had a camera as I would have loved to have a picture of him holding her in one hand.
