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Silas Simmons: 1895-2006
2006-10-31 18:43
by Bob Timmermann

Silas Simmons, who played Negro League baseball from 1912-1929, and was believed to be the oldest professional baseball player ever passed away in Saint Petersburg, Florida at the age of 111.

Simmons stopped playing pro ball the same year my parents were born.

When Jackie Robinson started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Simmons was 51.

Simmons was born when Grover Cleveland was president.

Simmons's death is even news in Chile, not a hotbed of baseball.

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2006-10-31 19:10:19
1.   Bluebleeder87
i must investigate his eating habits pronto!!
2006-10-31 19:10:46
2.   Bluebleeder87
i must investigate his eating habits pronto!!
2006-10-31 19:23:42
3.   D4P
Well, start investigating and stop posting about it...
2006-10-31 19:36:01
4.   Bluebleeder87
something was wrong with the toaster cause i posted my comment & it didn't go thrue the first time so i had to do it again. off to investigate now.
2006-11-01 07:23:24
5.   Chyll Will
Anyone living to age 111 is news anywhere.

That he was an ex-ballplayer during an interesting era in an always-interesting country makes it all the more, well, interesting.

1 "Clean livin', my friend. Clean livin'..."

2006-11-01 09:44:20
6.   Bluebleeder87
1 "Clean livin', my friend. Clean livin'..."

my grandmother lived till 98 & my grandfather lived till 99 & yes it was clean livin, well i guess my drinking has to go.

2006-11-01 10:08:42
7.   Chyll Will
6 Of course, you could save your hellraising til you're 90, then break out the Garcia Y Vega's, Hennessy and Viagra presciptions. I'm burying a few time capsules as we speak >;)
2006-11-01 11:41:26
8.   bhsportsguy
This seems like more of a Griddle item.

Relief pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended 50 games on Wednesday for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

http://tinyurl.com/yl5ns2

2006-11-01 12:29:42
9.   Bluebleeder87
8

the story is not shoking at all what is shoking why MLB waited so long to hand out the suspension. i swear i could care less about who uses & who doesn't bottom line is people will continue to find ways of cheating, simple human behavior.

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