RIP Shooter!

[Guest]

RIP! 38 is so young. :(

 

He was fantastic in 1998...he was just going on fumes in game 163.

[rocket]

Crazy. :(

[Soul]

RIP! 38 is so young. :(

 

He was fantastic in 1998...he was just going on fumes in game 163.

 

Yeah, he was fearless, taking the mound knowing there was nothing left. Somehow in '98 he got the job done consistently.

 

RIP Shooter. 38 is just way too young to die, no matter what.

 

BTW Len & Bob just announced it on the Cubs broadcast too.

[Cubzfan64]

That's indeed sad to hear - you can't help but speculate around the causes when it's someone 38. The coolest thing I remember hearing about him was when he was trying to make a comeback with the Cubs (couple years ago?) and he was apparently living in a trailer out beyond the OF fence somewhere. I remember reading that he was great to the young guys in the minors just sittin around shootin the [expletive] and downing some beers with them after the games.

 

My condolences to his family.

[Outshined_One]

:(

[Bixby]

I don't think any of us will ever forget this performance...

 

GIANTS 9TH: Mayne singled to right; Mueller singled to center

[Mayne to third]; MULHOLLAND REPLACED TAPANI (PITCHING); Javier

singled to left [Mayne scored, Mueller to second]; BURKS BATTED

FOR DUNSTON; Burks walked [Mueller to third, Javier to second];

SANCHEZ RAN FOR BURKS; Bonds lined out on a sacrifice fly to

right [Mueller scored, Javier to third]; BECK REPLACED

MULHOLLAND (PITCHING); Kent forced Sanchez (shortstop to second)

[Javier scored]; Carter popped to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Giants 3, Cubs 5.

 

RIP

[Coach C]

RIP Shooter.

 

http://www.markgrace.com/images/teammates/beck.jpg

 

While he wasn't good as a Cub for the most part, I'll never forget his 1998 season. 51 saves converted out of 58 tries.

 

Unbelieveable.

[Flames24Rulz]

Ugh, this is just so unreal. I'll never forget what he did for us in 98. He was my 2nd favorite player on that team after Sosa.

 

RIP, Shooter :cry:

[NCCubFan]

:cry:

 

I'll always remember his 1998 season and his time staying in his camper while pitching at Iowa. He definitely died too young.

[Yeti]

RIP Shooter, you were only a year older than me...sad, i'll lift my glass to you later tonight

[Roast]

R.I.P. Shooter. I heard Pat and Ron announce this during the game today.

 

38 is way too young.

[MPC]

i can't believe he was only 38 years old. r.i.p.

[sunnydoo]

Really good guy. Really hard worker and competitor. Did it for 3 teams that hadnt done it for a long while. Also tremendous guy off the field, not only with fans but for charity causes.

 

Going to be missed immensely.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckro01.shtml

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't think any of us will ever forget this performance...

 

GIANTS 9TH: Mayne singled to right; Mueller singled to center

[Mayne to third]; MULHOLLAND REPLACED TAPANI (PITCHING); Javier

singled to left [Mayne scored, Mueller to second]; BURKS BATTED

FOR DUNSTON; Burks walked [Mueller to third, Javier to second];

SANCHEZ RAN FOR BURKS; Bonds lined out on a sacrifice fly to

right [Mueller scored, Javier to third]; BECK REPLACED

MULHOLLAND (PITCHING); Kent forced Sanchez (shortstop to second)

[Javier scored]; Carter popped to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Giants 3, Cubs 5.

 

RIP

 

I forgot how close that got at the end. If I was as jaded as I am now back then I would've been expecting us to lose, back then I knew they were going to win throughout the whole inning.

[Exile on Waveland]

RIP. I don't know anyone that didn't lover the shooter. :(

[Cubfanintheknow]

:cry:

 

I'll always remember his 1998 season and his time staying in his camper while pitching at Iowa. He definitely died too young.

 

The link I posted on the first page of this thread is the ESPN article about Beck's stay in Iowa. A pretty cool guy who will be missed. He'd be a heckuva lot more fun to have on a show like Baseball Tonight than the stiff's ESPN props up on their set every night.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'll drink a few in his honor tonight. Of course, my tolerance for alcohol is no where near Shooter's levels.

[RynoRules]

I guess I don't get the humor again. Oh well.

 

RIP Shooter. I loved ya' in 98'. No one got by with less stuff. It was amazing to watch you fling 87 MPH fastballs past major league hitters.

Edited June 25, 2007 by RynoRules

[Handlebar McSkullet]

Favorite player on my favorite Cubs team.

 

RIP You Skulleted Angel!!!

[RynoRules]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2914994

 

:cry:

[RynoRules]

You're wasting your breath (and Tim's bandwith).

[C.C.]

Way too young! Here's to shooter

[photoguy9883]

You're wasting your breath (and Tim's bandwith).

 

:?:

[Roast]

You're wasting your breath (and Tim's bandwith).

 

:?:

 

That was directed at me in response to something I said of a comment that IMB made. Check rants, if you want. But it really is a waste of time.

[Banedon]

Terrible news. Beck was a very easy guy to root for. One of the most memorable Cubs "characters" of all time. RIP.