Former All-Star (Rod) Beck dead at 38

[ok_cpu]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070624&content_id=2046500&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

That sucks. I liked him when he played for the Cubs.

[Adsos Letter]

1. Giants too... eom.

[ok_cpu]

3. I think he played most of his career with the Giants

but I remember one year he had like 400 saves for my Cubs.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Holy fuck!

One of the best closers the Giants ever had.

Only 38. Heebus. :(

[madinmaryland]

4. So young.

Rest in peace.

[RetroLounge]

5. Oh, Man, I remember his 51 save season for the Cubs...

So sad...

RL

[xchrom]

6. peace be with his family.

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. That's a shame...

he was a hell of a closer back when he played and 38 is just way too young to die

[Bluzmann57]

8. I drank beer with him

at a place near Wrigley Field which shall remain nameless at this time. He was a nice guy. RIP Rod Beck. And one more thing; did you know he lived in a camper outside Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa after the Cubs sent him down? True story. I don't think he was there long though. He just had to find a place to live.

[ok_cpu]

9. I actually thought you were going to say

that you had the beer with him in Des Moines. He seemed like a pretty down to earth guy.

[Redstone]

10. "Two female friends who were visiting..." he was living a good life, yes?

Redstone

[Spirochete]

11. He was the one

that used to swing his arm back and forth like a pendulum while he was getting ready to throw the next pitch, right? He was interesting to watch, and a very successful reliever.