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Post by friar82 on Nov 14, 2020 18:47:20 GMT -5
Very cool, Johnny! Horning was a stud.
That said, he was no doubt in awe of meeting Ernest Hemingway at the Track!
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Post by johnnypc on Nov 14, 2020 22:11:31 GMT -5
Yes he said he enjoyed most of my writings. Especially tOld man and the sea.
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Post by friar82 on Dec 17, 2020 10:16:46 GMT -5
Former, RI State Amateur Golfing Champion (1968) turned Pro, Phil Jones, has passed away after battling COVID for the past 12-days.
After winning the State Amateur Title, Phil went on to work as the head pro at Pond View in Westerly for many years before taking the pro job at Shennecosett in Groton. After retiring he worked as a starter for years at Elmridge in Pawcatuck.
Phil is survived by a number of individuals, including Friartown Hoops poster, friarfaninindiana.
RIP
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Post by mikemc on Dec 17, 2020 11:29:36 GMT -5
Any relation to Tom Jones who was the head pro at Elmridge for years?
....gotta love friartown...
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Post by friar82 on Dec 17, 2020 11:32:01 GMT -5
Yes. Tom is Phil's son, and step-brother to friarfaninindiana
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Post by friarfaninindiana on Dec 18, 2020 18:55:04 GMT -5
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Post by friar82 on Dec 18, 2020 19:15:30 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing this, friarfaninindiana. Terrible circumstances when the pandemic prevents family & friends from coming together at a time like this to celebrate the life of a loved one.
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Post by friar82 on Jan 2, 2021 18:56:05 GMT -5
Former Celtic, Knick and Sun - Paul Westphal has died at the age of 70
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Post by mikemc on Jan 3, 2021 8:14:55 GMT -5
Yes. Tom is Phil's son, and step-brother to friarfaninindiana I grew up with the Jones family and graduated with his daughter Gayle. Many fun times at their house in Jr. High and HS. ....gotta love friartown...
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Post by friarfaninindiana on Jan 4, 2021 8:34:31 GMT -5
Yes. Tom is Phil's son, and step-brother to friarfaninindiana I grew up with the Jones family and graduated with his daughter Gayle. Many fun times at their house in Jr. High and HS. ....gotta love friartown... Gayle has been a great help to my Mom during all this. My mom quarantined herself for 2 weeks after spending time with Phil right before he died. Gayle took her Friday to get a COVID test. She should get results today.
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Post by dex on Jan 18, 2021 11:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by dex on Jan 22, 2021 15:34:07 GMT -5
R.I.P. Henry Aaron 86 years old passed away today.
In my mind, still the all time career Home Run record holder.
Baseball Home Run Legend Hank Aaron Dies at 86 twitter sharing button Tweetfacebook sharing button Sharesharethis sharing button Friday, January 22, 2021
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Baseball legend Hank Aaron — who transcended sports — has died at 86. The Atlanta Braves, with whom Aaron played the majority of his career, confirmed his death on Friday in a message from its chairman, Terry McGuirk.
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Aaron, one of the greatest all-around players in baseball history, surpassed Babe Ruth as home-run king, hitting 755 home runs and holding the record for more than thirty years.
Aaron was one of the last major league stars to have played in the Negro leagues, the New York Times reported on Friday.
"But his pursuit of Ruth’s record of 714 home runs proved a deeply troubling affair beyond the pressures of the ball field,” the NYT continued. “When he hit his 715th home run, on the evening of April 8, 1974, against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, he prevailed in the face of hate mail and even death threats spewing outrage that a Black man could supplant a white baseball icon.”
Aaron was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 in his first year of eligibility, when he received 97.8 percent of the vote from baseball writers, — second at the time only to Ty Cobb, who was inducted in 1936.
He was a two-time National League batting champion and had a career batting average of .305. He was the league’s most valuable player in 1957, when the Milwaukee Braves won their only World Series championship.
Aaron was voted an All-Star in all but his first and last seasons, and he won three Gold Glove awards for his play in right field.
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Post by johnnypc on Jan 22, 2021 16:08:03 GMT -5
I loved Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle as a kid.
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Post by dex on Jan 23, 2021 10:01:29 GMT -5
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