Don Cardwell 69 Met RIP

[metsbats]

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/art...=.jsp&c_id=nym

Don Cardwell 69 Met died today at age 72.

RIP Don.

David

[Vintagedeputy]

We also lost Johnny Podres on Sunday.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...n_pitcher.html

[ifirocked]

I knew was was sick for some time and i just recieved an autographed card from Mr Cardwell in the mail a few weeks ago too. very sad.

[flaco1801]

don cardwell was a classy guy. he was like a second pitching coach with the kids he shared the rotation with. what a pitching staff they had, he only got 1 inning in a 5 game series. thank you mr. cardwell.

[suave1477]

Well its sad to see either go, RIP in peace to both.

Even more sad, I didn't know Podres passed away, I have met with Podres recently on several occasions and he was nice each time and had no problem talking baseball.

[Vintagedeputy]

Lost another..........

Cardwell, Podres, now Steve Ridzik......Somewhere up above there's a pitching staff being set for next season.




Steve Ridzik, former Phillies "Whiz Kid," dies at 78

16 hours ago
BRADENTON, Fla. - Former pitcher Steve Ridzik, a member of the "Whiz Kids" Philadelphia Phillies that went to the World Series in 1950, has died. He was 78.
Ridzik died Jan. 8 after battling heart disease for several years, said Nancy Ridzik, his wife of 10 years. He returned to Philadelphia in 2000 for a celebration of the 1950 Phillies team, which lost in the World Series to the New York Yankees.
"He wouldn't have missed it for the world," Nancy Ridzik said Thursday.
Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on April 29, 1929, Ridzik was signed as a prospect by the Phillies when he was 16. He won 39 games and had a lifetime 3.79 earned-run average over 12 major league seasons that included stops with the Washington Senators, the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds.
After baseball, Ridzik worked for a military food distributor in the Washington, D.C., area before moving to Florida in the late 1980s. He helped organize charity events featuring former major league players in Florida and helped former Senators teammate Chuck Hinton establish the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children, a brother and sister, and four grandchildren.