We Are Family only: RIP, Ed Ott

Ed Ott – Society for American Baseball Research

Longtime Pirates catcher. Got the starting job when Charlie Finley demanded Manny Sanguillen and money for Chuck Tanner. Never hit 10 homers in any of his big-league seasons, but hit .333 against the Orioles in the 1979 World Series.

 

Much better name for print headlines than U.L. Washington.

 

Ott and U.L, two of the great names from my youth.
RIP gentlemen.

 

Met him when he was coaching the Jackals, totally good guy.

 

"Shortest name in baseball."

RIP.

 

He was a huge MAGA, at least his FB persona -- I have an occasional diversion of pulling out old baseball cards and looking at their FB profiles, which too many of them keep public. Ellis Valentine seems like a hell of a guy -- one I would really love to meet. As does Omar Moreno. But most of the white guys (Milt Wilcox is a pretty notable exception) are MAGA to the core and they REALLY hate Obama and Biden and REALLY REALLY hate student loan forgiveness and Adam Schiff. Gary Roenicke, Darrell Evans, Pete O'Brien and umpire John Hirschbeck are particularly unhinged.

Still, I'm sure Ed was a decent guy in person. RIP. Duffy Dyer and Steve Nicosia survive.

 

Well then it's a good thing they're fuckin g dying off.

 

This made me want to cry (event hosted by Darrell Evans that he was publicizing. I knew what he was about. But Alan Trammell? There has to be an explanation...).

It does give me a chuckle that they couldn't get a bigger baseball celebrity than Jim Wohlford to round things out (his 1979 Topps card photo gave me nightmares as a little kid). But Tram throwing in with the likes of Andy Biggs and Kari Lake? It has to just be a favor to an old friend, right? RIGHT?

 

Quick! While they're all in one place!

 

That's Alan Tramell. He flamed out after a few weeks in rookie ball.

 

I didn't know Darrell Evans was a righty hitter.

And Trammell with two Ms.

 

It's not surprising how far right most MLBers are, but it's still sorta depressing. You'd think being in a melting pot would make then less MAGA, but apparently not.