Nick Strincevich Passes Away

[george barnard]

He doesn't have a card here (though a case could be made for a 1944 or 1945 card), but Nick Strincevich embodies all those middle tier players that make up most of the rosters.

[url]http://www.examiner.com/baseball-history-in-national/world-war-ii-era-pitcher-strincevich-passes-away-on-veterans-day[/url]

[img:45038112f2]http://www.stilettosetsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/piratesbaseball.jpg[/img:45038112f2](Spud Davis on the left, Strincevich on the right)[/url]

[doug_tucker10]

Nick S and Benny Mccoy who also recently passed away were both 96 y/o. Mccoy had a decent final season in 1941 before WW 2 called him away.

[george barnard]

Thanks for the Benny McCoy. Here's an anecdote about him:

McCoy was the prize among 91 Detroit farmhands set free by Commissioner Landis in 1939. He had just been sent to the Philadelphia A's in a trade for star outfielder Wally Moses, angering Detroit fans who believed McCoy, a Michigan native, belonged on their team. With the deal canceled, ten teams bid for McCoy. Connie Mack paid him an announced $45,000 bonus to sign with the A's and gave him a two-year contract at $10,000 a season. McCoy played in 1940 and 1941, spent the next four years in the Navy, and his baseball career ended.

His 41 season could be a nice addition (.385 OBP 95 BBs)

[img:4e1e8770e3]http://philadelphiaathletics.org/images/past/GAL3.jpg[/img:4e1e8770e3]

[doug_tucker10]

The same Connie Mack who refused to pay Jack Dunn of the minor league Baltimore Orioles $10,000 to acquire Babe Ruth in 1914.

[Valen]

The way money is thrown around these days that 10K sounds pretty cheap.
Interesting to imagine how history might have been different had that deal been made.

[george barnard]

Thought I'd throw in just one more obit. Mickey Scott (born in Weimar, East Germany -- after Charlie Lea, not a good week to have been a European-born MLB Player). Here's a nice take on him and his baseball card.

[url]http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2011/11/cardboard-appreciation-1976-topps.html[/url]

[doug_tucker10]

Didn't realize Mickey Scott was born in Germany and the recently departed Charlie Lea was born in France.