Recent Posts Tagged With 'jocko conlan'

• Jocko Conlan, Long-Time Umpire

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 18:51 in misc., deaths obituaries, jocko conlan, major league umpires

  In late April 1989, the Associated Press reported the death of long-time umpire Jocko Conlan in Scottsdale, Arizona: Jocko Conlan, a National League umpire for 24 years who had been the oldest living member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, died Sund...

• Scenes from Before the 1988 Old Timers Game

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 20:00 in Pete Rose, misc., leo durocher, greg maddux, ernie banks, baseball lore, 1988 old-timers game, jocko conlan

  Leo Durocher, nearly 83 and preparing to manage the N.L. All-Stars at the Old Timers Game of 1988, was listening to the Cincinnati Reds’ team physician, in a pregame clubhouse meeting, telling the players not to exert themselves in the 90-degre...