RIP Joe Garagiola

[ricepig]

http://www.austin360.com/news/sports/baseball/baseball-legend-broadcaster-joe-garagiola-dead-90/nqrC3/

[Jackrabbit Hog]

Gosh, had no idea he was that old.  I'll remember him as one of Curt Gowdy's sidekicks on the Saturday Game of the Week when I was young.  Not sure if he was before or after Tony Kubek.

[GolfNut57]

ya beat me to it. I was just going to post about this. Isn't he the one that pushed the coffee makers back in the 70's?

[ricepig]

Gosh, had no idea he was that old.  I'll remember him as one of Curt Gowdy's sidekicks on the Saturday Game of the Week when I was young.  Not sure if he was before or after Tony Kubek.

Yeah, it just further cements in my brain that I'm getting old. My physical attributes prove I am, but in my brain I'm thinking differently. NBC baseball game of the week, the only one you watched on TV that week, now you can watch them all.

[Vantage 8 dude]

Sorry to see the news of his passing. However, 90 y.o. ain't a bad life......I'd take it.

[ricepig]

https://twitter.com/BobHoltADG/status/712740324322336768

[IronMountainHog]

Charlie Browns favorite baseball player.

[EastexHawg]

Gosh, had no idea he was that old.  I'll remember him as one of Curt Gowdy's sidekicks on the Saturday Game of the Week when I was young.  Not sure if he was before or after Tony Kubek.

I think they overlapped.  Garagiola took over after Kubek left, if I recall correctly.

Joe was a good announcer, much better than he was as a player.  He and Yogi grew up in the same area, both MLB catchers.  Joe was the one who couldn't hit.

[EastexHawg]

Well, now that I look at it he had a .257 lifetime batting average.  Better than I thought...

[ricepig]

Well, now that I look at it he had a .257 lifetime batting average.  Better than I thought...

Well, today that's worth about $6m a year, back in Joe's day, lucky to keep playing.

[bolo]

ya beat me to it. I was just going to post about this. Isn't he the one that pushed the coffee makers back in the 70's?

dimagio

[Jackrabbit Hog]

I think they overlapped.  Garagiola took over after Kubek left, if I recall correctly.

Joe was a good announcer, much better than he was as a player.  He and Yogi grew up in the same area, both MLB catchers.  Joe was the one who couldn't hit.

Toss Bob Ueker in there too.  All guys whose fame came as much for things they said and did off the field than what they did on the field (though Yogi was an all-time great).

[Tejano Jawg]

That MLB game of the week was a big deal when I was a kid. Joe was a good one...a big part of my TV-watching back then.

[PonderinHog]

Say it ain't so, Joe.   

[DeltaBoy]

Damn I gotten Old I remember him Calling the Red Birds on the Radio and later on TV. RIP

[PeabodyHawg]

He also used to do color for the Westminster Kennel Club Championship.

The bumbling commentator in the Mockumentary "Best in Show" was based on Joe.

[jswineberiaskirk]

He and Kubek did the games together after Gowdy and Kubek

[Rev. Jerry Falwell]

Who's next?  Mr. Wiffle?

NT Rev

[Vantage 8 dude]

Who's next?  Mr. Wiffle?

NT Rev

Actually I think it'd likely be Mr. Whimple of Charmin' toilet tissue fame. Remember, DON'T squeeze the Charmin'.

[Boardon Hamsay]

Who's next?  Mr. Wiffle?

NT Rev

Up until a couple days ago, my guess would have been Yul Brynner.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

James Franco.   (Great great grandson of Generalissimo Francisco Franco).




And he's still dead.