Over the span of 5 days, two lesser known players with baseball connections to the Big Apple passed away.

Clint Hartung, a.k.a. the Hondo Hurricane, died on July 8. He was a P/OF/1B for the New York Giants from 1947-52.

Then, on July 12, one of the breifest of Yankees players, SS Frank Verdi, passed away. He played one game for the 1953 Yankees.

Dave Miedema