Legendary Duke Snider passes away

[Mexi]

To his mother, he was Ed. To everyone else, he was “The Duke of Flatbush” — revered by a borough of baseball fans and forever remembered in a song that romanticized a most golden era.

Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed “Boys of Summer” who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died Sunday. He was 84.

Snider died at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif., according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which announced the death on behalf of the family. Snider had been ill for months. His family said he died of natural causes.

Snider hit .295 with 407 career home runs, played in the World Series six times and won two titles. But the eight-time All-Star was defined by much more than his stats—he was, after all, part of the love affair between Brooklyn and “Dem Bums” who lived in the local neighborhoods.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtrepW_HrESc_ff2unTGGhoRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-snider
one of the greats. Rest in Peace Duke.

 

[cruzg24]

RIP, I read about him a lot in my Jackie Robinson book. He was a great guy and one of the best CF'ers of his era. Thats saying a lot since his contemporaries were Mays and Mantle.