Frank Castillo, a former standout pitcher for Eastwood High School who played in the major leagues for 13 years, has died.
He was 44.
Castillo drowned in Bartlett Lake in Arizona near his home Sunday afternoon.
Authorities say divers are going back into the water today to look for his body and say Castillo was on a pontoon boat with a friend when he decided to go swimming.
Castillo’s friend reportedly called for help when Castillo did not come back up out of the water.
...Castillo was drafted by the Chicago Cubs and played for them for seven years. He also played for Colorado, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, and Florida.
He had a career 4.56 ERA and a record of 82 wins and 104 losses.
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Posted: July 29, 2013 at 02:22 PM |
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1. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: July 29, 2013 at 02:32 PM (#4507102)... well, maybe not. But still.
RIP.
Ugh.
RIP.
Kevin Foster died of cancer.
This passing, obviously, is sad, too. I got into baseball in 1994 (great timing) and Castillo was one of the first players on my new favorite team, the Chicago Cubs (great choice), that I could remember.
I don't have much else to add other than there's a chance Castillo was one of the few Cubs players who bothered to return my card, freshly signed, in the mail. Or maybe it was Bob Patterson.
For some reason, I thought he was a reliever.
Edit: Ah, figured it out. I got him confused with Tony Castillo, a fungible reliever who pitched for the Jays a couple of seasons before that.
Heh--I got into baseball in 1981--great timing for a similar reason. (As a novice fan, I was very confused by the standings resetting at 0-0 for all the teams in mid-August.) And of course, my choice of rooting interest was equally poor, particularly since I didn't grow up in Cub country.
Foster and Castillo started the first four wins for that team. They each started one game of the two two-game winning streaks that had the team record at 4-17. Foster had two wins, and Castillo had a win and a no-decision.
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