Sports obituaries

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Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, a king-sized RHP for 13 years in the Bigs, died on 7/10 at age 74.

Tidrow came up to the Majors in 1972 with the Indians, pitching there from 1972-74. Traded away by the Tribe early in '74, he then spent the rest of his MLB career performing the unusual feat of pitching for both teams in the two largest MLB cities at the time...New York and Chicago. First he was a Yankee from his early '74 arrival until an early 1979 trade sent him to the Cubs, where he came out of the pen through 1982. After that, he took the mound for the White Sox in 1983 before finishing his playing career with the Mets in 1984.

Dave Miedema

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Rafael Carmona, a RHP who came out of the pen for 77 of his 81 MLB appearances over 4 seasons, died on 8/2 at age 48.

Pitching for the Mariners in 1995-97 and 1999, his best season was in 1996, where he pitched in 53 games (52 in relief), and went 8-3 with a 4.28 ERA.

Dave M.