OT: Tim McCarver Has Passed Away

[Ian]

Sad news, always thought he was a good one:

 

[jboston19]

RIP.

 

[Crazy World of Troy Brown]

I am getting old. Remember the 64 WS, and him catching. Bob Gibson, just started to blossom.
God Bless, Tim.

 

[Jim Beankie]

RIP.

You changed my mind, Tim. A walk IS just as good as a home run there. /s

 

[Pape]

@Ian you thought he was always a good one? I always thought he was a Dodger, lol... for some reason, always got a bunch of his Philly cards in the Topps card packs when i was a kid... sad to say many of them were brutalized in the spokes of my bicycle...


RIP to him

 

[The Brandon Five]

Sad news, always thought he was a good one:

Just watched "After Jackie" on a plane (about the 60's Cardinals with Curt Flood, Bill White and Bob Gibson), Seemed like Tim was a good dude.

 

[Ring 6]

I wonder if what he said in the 70s when he was his personal catcher is true and he will be buried 60 feet 6 inches from Steve Carlton?

 

[They_Hate_We]

81 is a pretty good run. Rest in Peace...

 

[turkeyneck]

Sad news, always thought he was a good one:

So sad.

I used to always use a Tim McCarver H&B bat when batting lefty (Orlando Cepeda on the right.)

 

[RobertWeathers]

RIP.

I always thought he was anti Red Sox.

 

[cupofjoe1962]

Steve Carlton’s personal catcher brought a lot to the game as a player & announcer.

RIP - You will be missed

 

[captain stone]

The year I arrived at NAS Memphis TN after boot camp, 1978, was the re-birth of the Memphis Chicks franchise as a double-A affiliate of the Montreal Expos... They played their games at a newly-built park in the LibertyLand complex east of downtown, and it was named after local Memphis legend Tim McCarver... Saw a few games there during my 13+ months in Millington including the 1979 season when they had a starting infield of Dave Hostetler, Tim Raines, Tony Phillips & Tim Wallach...

I wish the Sox had hung-on to McCarver for another season or two after they first got a hold of him in 1974, because he had been Anti-RedSox ever since they released him the following year...