Thirty years ago next week, during a heated division title race with the Kansas City Royals, star California Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock was murdered in Gary, Indiana at the age of 27.
ESPN has a tribute.
He’s the best baseball player you’ve never heard of, and quite possibly also the greatest human being you never heard of.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2008/09/the-best-baseball-player-you-never-heard-of/
Joe Posnanski just did an entry on his childhood baseball idols, and lots of people chimed in about their unlikely heroes. So I got to thinking about mine. When it comes to likely heroes, of course George Brett and Ryne Sandberg were on my list, but that makes me no different from about 10 million other people. Bo Jackson is more of an underdog because his career was so short, but he’s a pretty obvious choice too. There’s an old joke in Kansas City that nobody can name a current Royals player except for George Brett. I mean Bo Jackson. I mean Bret Saberhagen.
If you followed the Royals through the 1990s, it’s funny. I’m sure the overwhelming majority of people who come across this page will have to take my word for it.
Anyway, here’s my list.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2007/08/my-baseball-heroes/
John C. Dvorak says the browser wars are still raging. He cites figures from his blog as evidence that IE only has 50% market share.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2004/09/will-firefox-be-netscapes-revenge/
This evening I looked at the list of short biographies I’ve written. Some were requests. A number of them were people I found fascinating. And in the case of Lyman Bostock and George Brett, they were men who changed the way I lived life.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2003/08/some-baseball-players-entertain-dave-dravecky-changed-my-life/
I used to waffle on the death penalty. But if the kidnapping, rape, and apparent planned murder of Tamara Brooks and Jacqueline Marris this week doesn’t illustrate why the death penalty is sometimes necessary, I don’t know what will.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/08/crimes-downward-spiral-2/
Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly:
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2002/06/they-dont-make-em-like-lyman-bostock-anymore-2/
Writing about baseball two days in a row? Hey, it’s my site.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2001/07/a-flair-for-the-dramatic/
