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In memoriam: The 10 Cubs who passed away in 2020 Share this story 2020 has been quite the year, I’m sure you’ll agree. Among those we lost in the year that’s coming to a close were seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame: Lou Brock, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, and just a couple of days ago, Phil Niekro: Master of the knuckleball and a great mentor, leader and friend, Hall of Famer and @braves legend Phil Niekro passed away overnight at the age of 81. https://t.co/aj7uScYnuypic.twitter.com/F1GmX9Yb1n— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) December 27, 2020
From Kobe Bryant to Diego Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports 29 Dec, 2020 07:15 PM 9 minutes to read There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year's Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Deep into the year, a bookend to Bryant, Diego Maradona died from a heart attack in Argentina weeks after brain surgery, the waves of grief rippling across football. It seemed a whole wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame was ripped away - Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro. American Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. Gone from college basketball was John Thompson, as imposing and important a coach as any.
From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports By FRED LIEFDecember 29, 2020 GMT There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year’s Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Deep into the year, a bookend to Bryant, Diego Maradona died from a heart attack in Argentina weeks after brain surgery, the waves of grief rippling across soccer. It seemed a whole wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame was ripped away -- Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. Gone from college basketball was John Thompson, as imposing and important a coach as any.
share-square-1049467 This has been a hard year for everyone. And in the world of baseball, it has hit particularly hard. Major League Baseball lost a staggering number of legends in 2020 -- those who represented the very best this sport has had to offer for decades -- and we’ll all be struggling with their absence for the rest of our baseball lives. Today, as we wind down the final days of this extremely difficult year, we take a look back at the baseball people we lost in 2020. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. There were seven Hall of Famers who passed away this year, and those are noted with an asterisk.
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back to those who need it most. >> right. aid conversation out at brook medical center a couple years ago and they would talk about coming to the baseball games and big event and they would get the wave and it went away after that. i thought how do we get them involved? we get them in the dugout an entire game and said let's build a game around the guys and gals, the heros, and make them the center of attention and that's what he with are doing. >> jay johnstone has had a great career, but is known as a tremendous personality. also served in the marines. jay, when you heard about this, why did you come aboard? >> dick came down and challenged me about being the national spokesperson. i didn't know a lot about the organization or just the fact that i was in the service it excited me to come down there and see what the guys are doing. when i found out what he was doing, what he was doing for the guys coming back from afghanistan and from iraq, i thought this would be really cool so i jumped aboard. and i have a lot of friends in the mainly leagues. played on 8 teams and played in the world series you make lot of
77 in new york city and 80 the daytime high in minneapolis. all right. a perfect day for baseball maybe. >> hopefully later. it's a major league match-up for charity. tonight the heroes and legends baseball tour hits new jersey, putting baseball greats against wounded war heroes and those serving. dick is the ceo of charities and entertainment. he's helping to organize the event and brought along command sergeant, and jay johnstone, who has four rings. what is happening tonight? >> we will start the day off at 3:00 with the kids clinic. we will bring 300 kids out. these ever kids of military members and put on a free baseball clinic for them. they can have a great time with the major leaguers. we will autographs for the fans and then a baseball game and treat the guys like they are all-stars. >> and you woke up and said i have a great idea how to give
things set up. the folks who joined are ready and prepared. i think we will have a good time tonight. >> jay, i walk in and there's brian studying your films with the white sox or the angels or the phillies or the athletics, the address, as well as the dodgers and the cubs. he wants to win. >>, but i already have the hot stuff ready to put in their shorts. don't worry about it. they will be running around faster than you thought. we have it all taken care of. >> tell me about the perception you had. there was a draft when you were coming up, right? >> yep. >> now we have a volunteer force. a lot different how the military is viewed today. is that disheartening for you? >> it is because when i went in, and the former troops came out of vietnam they were kind. chastised and not thought of highly and some were spit on coming back and the war was very unpopular back then. today people realize the sacrifices they have made, and what they have done. today the troops are more