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Fromer Chicago Cubs 2nd baseball Glenn Beckert dues at age 79

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Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune has a news story published that Glenn Beckert former 2nd basement for the Chicago Cubs has dead at the age of 79 https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...0200412-76inw23gmnghjgtdfdc45initi-story.html . He made his national league debut for the Cubs in 1965 and played until 1973, he spent his last 2 seasons with the San Diego Padres. Along with teammates Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, and Billy Williams, he was also a member of the 1969 Chicago Cubs team, that had started and played well for most of the season until mid September of that season, that the Cubs collapsed losing 17 out of 25 games. They were in first place for 155 days, but the collapse ended their season, and a chance at the post season which then would have been a trip to the World Series. The report says he died on Sunday which would be today, the the Chicago Cubs are quoted through really not by which Cubs is quoted in a statement that you can read in the article.
 
Actually, 1969 was the first year of divisional play in the major leagues. If the Cubs had held off the Mets, they would have gone to the first-ever National League Championship Series and played the Atlanta Braves.
 
When the cubs started fading in August Harry Caray who was then the Cardinals announcer was singing "The Cardinals are coming Tra La Tra La". Of course it wasn't the Cardinals that caught the Cubs, but the Mets.
 
CTListener said:
Actually, 1969 was the first year of divisional play in the major leagues. If the Cubs had held off the Mets, they would have gone to the first-ever National League Championship Series and played the Atlanta Braves.
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Either case they didn't make it to the playoffs, or at least the World Series
 
radioman148 said:
When the cubs started fading in August Harry Caray who was then the Cardinals announcer was singing "The Cardinals are coming Tra La Tra La". Of course it wasn't the Cardinals that caught the Cubs, but the Mets.
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And that the 1969 season was the last season for Harry Caray as he was fired in the offseason, and then not even after 1 season he woods return to the midwest and to Chicago for the remainder of his life, by signing to the White Sox, and then eventually with the Cubs that became his last job.
 
Yes, Harry left St Louis after 1969. Lot's of speculation as to why. He went to Oakland for a year and hated it. Then he came to the White Sox in 71.
 
radioman148 said:
Yes, Harry left St Louis after 1969. Lot's of speculation as to why. He went to Oakland for a year and hated it. Then he came to the White Sox in 71.
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There were rumors of Harry having an affair with one of the Busch wives. He never confirmed or denied it (he was single at the time), but either way, he was working for the A's and putting up with Charlie Finley for the 1970 season.
 
KeithE4 said:
There were rumors of Harry having an affair with one of the Busch wives. He never confirmed or denied it (he was single at the time), but either way, he was working for the A's and putting up with Charlie Finley for the 1970 season.
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And that hasn't been proven either way he did or not
 
KeithE4 said:
There were rumors of Harry having an affair with one of the Busch wives. He never confirmed or denied it (he was single at the time), but either way, he was working for the A's and putting up with Charlie Finley for the 1970 season.
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Finley tried to get Harry to say "Holy Mule" instead of "Holy Cow!" Can you imagine...:)
 
radioman148 said:
Finley tried to get Harry to say "Holy Mule" instead of "Holy Cow!" Can you imagine...:)
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Charlie Finley was to baseball as Jerry Jones is to football, only without the money or business sense. I could definitely see him telling Harry to say "Holy mule." Harry's probable reply is something I can't repeat here. :D
 
KeithE4 said:
Charlie Finley was to baseball as Jerry Jones is to football, only without the money or business sense. I could definitely see him telling Harry to say "Holy mule." Harry's probable reply is something I can't repeat here. :D
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But it wasn't just Harry Caray, he didn't keep no play-by-play announcer longer, and maybe the same for the other guy, no more then 1 season. You wonder anybody would tell the job, knowing they would only have it for one season.
 
KeithE4 said:
Charlie Finley was to baseball as Jerry Jones is to football, only without the money or business sense. I could definitely see him telling Harry to say "Holy mule." Harry's probable reply is something I can't repeat here. :D
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Finley also gave Catfish Hunter his nickname and made up a backstory to go with it. He later tried to do the same to Vida Blue, asking him to become known as True Blue. Vida's reply, I recall, was something like "If he likes the name so much, why doesn't he call himself True O. Finley?"
 
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