Friday, December 2, 2022

RIP, Sal Durante

 


At 80 years of age. Very sweet story in the NY Post about it. And what a picture of Durante catching Maris's 61st! I have never seen that before. A one-handed, barehanded grab, with another guy's hand in his face—not bad!

A class act, as was Roger.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/02/sal-durante-who-caught-roger-maris-61st-home-run-dead-at-80/









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2 comments:

  1. AboveAverageDecember 2, 2022 at 5:51 PM

    Yes - that was indeed a wonderful little story.

    It almost looks as though the guy next to Durante is holding a cigarette in Durante's mouth as he catches the ball.

    And it gives a great reminder of the way humans age when you compare Durante's face in the 2011 shot to the others . . .

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  2. AboveAverageDecember 2, 2022 at 9:03 PM

    Slow day/night here in LOVE/HATE Yankeevile.

    Only a matter of time before the sky starts falling with the deGrom signing . . . .

    But hey.....

    I'm just a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.

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