RIP Willie McCovey

Jumptheshark

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Oct 12, 2003
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A true Giant.


and a gentlemen


In the 80's O worked for the Edmonton Trappers and while I never met him--he cam with the Giants farm club to Edmonton to see some players play--many of the guys I worked with got autographs and pictures and he was very friendly towards crazy Canadian harassing him
 

c9777666

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Aug 31, 2016
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When you look at McCovey's numbers in the 60s, they are all the more impressive when you consider the game back then was slanted towards pitching and not hitting- the strikezone, mound height, pitcher-friendly ballparks, particuarly 1963-1968.

And his own ballpark, Candlestick, with the unpredictable winds before it was enclosed.

Imagine if interleague play was around and McCovey got to play a handful of games at a hitter friendly place like Fenway Park or Tiger Stadium.
 

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