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posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:50 AM by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to hall of fame, obituaries, seattle mariners | 24 comment(s)

I’m genuinely gutted. Sullivan was hands-down my favorite baseball writer on the internet.

For a guy who makes his living as a professional writer, I don’t know a whole lot about quality writing. This is one of the reasons I don’t like to self-identify as a writer, not that “blogger” is any better. But I do know that, when reporting news, you’re supposed to lead with the substance. This is why they call it the “lead”, or the “lede” if you want to seem smarter. With that in mind, my lede: this ...

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1. Ray (RDP)

posted on October 11, 2012 at 07:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is this the 'Beano Cook' who used to post here?

2. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on October 11, 2012 at 08:15 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is the first midgets article? What kind of a website is this?

3. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on October 11, 2012 at 09:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wow, I lived in Pittsburgh for ten years and always enjoyed seeing Beano Cook on TV, but never knew he was connected to Pittsburgh.

Or baseball ... wait, the only thing the article says about baseball is this:

One of Cook's most famous quips came in 1981, after then-commissioner Bowie Kuhn offered lifetime passes to baseball games to U.S. hostages returning from Iran. "Haven't they suffered enough?" Cook said.

An early leader in the anti-baseball movement! The godfather to Bill Simmons.

RIP Beano Cook.

4. Magnum RA posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I thought he was 81 twenty years ago.

RIP, Beano.

5. Slivers of Maranville (SdeB) posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:53 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I expect he'll win two, maybe three lifetime achievement awards.

6. Dunn Deal posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Beano was awesome. Curmudgeonly entertaining, says I.

I'm not seeing how Simmons is "anti-baseball" - after all, he penned an entire book of columns about the Red Sox.

7. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on October 12, 2012 at 01:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I was a big Beano fan. I'm looking forward to a nice montage of Beano clips over the weekend, highlighted by him wearing that Sun Devil costume with a trident.

8. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on October 12, 2012 at 01:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Beano's moments (including the Sun Devil costume)

He often talked about how he wanted to be buried with a Michigan football helmet.

9. Rob_Wood posted on October 12, 2012 at 02:26 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Beano was fabulous and entertaining and LOVED college football. RIP.

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