[外電] Ralph Kiner past away at age of 91

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http://goo.gl/r8xdBM Kiner, Hall of Fame slugger, broadcaster, dies at 91 When Frank Cashen approached a gathering of men at Spring Training camp in the 1980s, he routinely addressed them three times. "Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen," the Mets general manager would say, no matter the number of scoundrels and scallywags in the group. He once explained why he would paint them all with the same benefit-of-the-doubt brush. "Just in case Mr. Kiner is among them," Cashen said. "Any group that includes Ralph would have to be a group of gentlemen." A tad presumptuous, perhaps, but probably true; the gentle and princely presence of Ralph Kiner could turn a gathering of crooks, rogues and rascals into civil and gracious fellows. Mr. Kiner had that effect, the opposite of one bad apple. "One wonderful man," Tim McCarver once said. "Any group of people is better off if Ralph joins." On this mournful day, consider the group of mankind worse off; Ralph McPherran Kiner has died. One of baseball's genuine and most charming gentlemen, foremost sluggers and most enduring personalities passed away Thursday at age 91. He died peacefully of natural causes, with his family at his side, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., the National Baseball Hall of Fame said. 原文太長了, 就截錄前幾段吧. ex-great Pirates, HOFer, Shea Stadium broadcast booth 的傳奇. 西有 Scully, 東有 Kiner. Gotta miss him. 有時候聽他和 Gary Cohen, Ron Darling 講古實在挺有趣的. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 76.117.49.41