RIP John Shumate and Rich Dauer

[micropolitan guy]

A pair of pro mainstays from the 1970s-1980s.

Notre Dame Basketball Legend Pashes Away at 72

Rich Dauer, Orioles Hall of Famer, dies age 72

 

[MileHigh]

Dauer was from a city near where I grew up in the I.E. and had a hell of a high school career. The first manager when San Bernardino got a Cal League team in the mid-1980s.

Ugh. Younger than both of my parents.

 

[Songbird]

I seemed to get this card in every other pack one year.

 

[ChrisLong]

Sadness here. I'm older than Dauer by about 6 months. We were in college at the same time (also Fred Lynn, Roy Smalley, Steve Kemp, etc.). I covered USC baseball for the Daily Trojan. Dauer was the best hitter I had ever seen at that time, the Trojans' best hitter. I remember a doubleheader against Stanford when he was 6 for 8 with 3 home runs. He was USC's leading hitter and run producer both is his seasons and the Trojans were national champions both years. Maybe 15 years ago, I ran into him at a Cal League game. He was a roving instructor for the Rockies and was back in San Bernardino that night. The coaches joked with him about dropping his name at dinner the previous night. "You should have," he said. "I'm big ship in this town." I asked him if he remembered me from USC, since I had interviewed him several times. He said he did because he had to make a special trip to campus for the interview, since he never went to clash. RIP to a legendary Trojans.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Sadness here. I'm older than Dauer by about 6 months. We were in college with at the same time (also Fred Lynn, Roy Smalley, Steve Kemp, etc.). I covered USC baseball for the Daily Trojan. Dauer was the best hitter I had ever seen at that time, the Trojans' best hitter. I remember a doubleheader against Stanford when he was 6 for 8 with 3 home runs. He was USC's leading hitter and run producer both is his seasons and the Trojans were national champions both years. Maybe 15 years ago, I ran into him at a Cal League game. He was a roving instructor for the Rockies and was back in San Bernardino that night. The coaches joked with him about dropping his name at dinner the previous night. "You should have," he said. "I'm big ship in this town." I asked him if he remembered me from USC, since I had interviewed him several times. He said he did because he had to make a special trip to campus for the interview, since he never went to clash. RIP to a legendary Trojans.

Great story.
As a young kid and clueless, I thought Dauer was supposed to be an all-star because he was a first round draft pick. I was disappointed when he was average. I was dumb.

 

[ChrisLong]

Great story.
As a young kid and clueless, I thought Dauer was supposed to be an all-star because he was a first round draft pick. I was disappointed when he was average. I was dumb.

I thought he would have a better career, too. He never played second base at USC, always was the third baseman. He was better than Lynn in college, but Lynn, obviously, was the better pro.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Hit a home run in Game 7 of the 79 WS that put the Orioles up 1-0. And that was all Baltimore would score in that game, I believe.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I read someplace that Dauer was extremely hard on himself and many in the O's organization felt that really inhibited his development as a player.