Herb Score and Preacher Roe die....

[erik316wttn]

It was reported today that Preacher Roe, star Dodgers pitcher of the "Boys of Summer" teams of the 40's and 50's, and Herb Score, one of the most famous "what could have been" stories, have both died. Roe was 92, Score was 75. Roe was a multiple-time all-star in his career, and was absolutely dominant from 49-52. Score could have easily been one of the all-time greats, but was never the same after getting hit in the face with a line drive. He made a name for himself in the broadcast booth with the Indians after he retired.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/11/10/preacher.roe.obit.ap/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular Roe's Obit

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=6229268 Score's obit

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roepr01.shtml Roe on baseballreference

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scorehe01.shtml Score on baseball-reference.

[OleMissCub]

I'm pretty sure Herb Score would have been a Hall of Famer if that comebacker hadn't ruined him.

[apete6]

Unfortunately, some other 1940s-1960s player is going down. The rule of 3...

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[OleMissCub]

Unfortunately, some other 1940s-1960s player is going down. The rule of 3...

 

Hopefully not Feller. He's the oldest living Hall of Famer at age 90.

[TruffleShuffle]

I'm pretty sure Herb Score would have been a Hall of Famer if that comebacker hadn't ruined him.

 

agreed, his stuff was dominant.

[NCCubFan]

I saw that Score died while watching the Ball State game on the Deuce, but I didn't realize that Roe also died. At least he didn't die prematurely like several of the Boys of Summer did.

[radarluv1]

Roe coached my dad in the 60s in the Ozarks. I imagine that had to be a thrill to have an ML star as a coach. He only had good things to say about him.

[SouthSideRyan]

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I don't even have the energy for it anymore.

[danonwaveland]

I happened upon a story about Herb Score in the http://si.com archives. It concerns a trip to the minors during his tenure with the Sox. It's a long article but is so nicely written. It reminds me of the times I spent reading Sports Illustrated as a youngster. I can't put my finger on exactly what made it so, but the journalism was so much better back then. This article gave me a real feel for the kind of guy Score was. Anyway, FWIW. . .

 

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072850/1/index.htm

 

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[Mike Aller]

Poor Herb. :(