Frank Malzone, RIP

[GA Russell]

Frank Malzone passed away on the 28th at 85.  RIP.  I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1973, and he was a very nice guy.  Always smiling.

I learned just last year that the first year the Golden Glove Awards were given out (1957), they only gave out one per position.  Then the following year they started giving one per position for each league.  Malzone won it in '57, and thus could say that the writers considered him the best fielding third baseman in the majors.    Then Brooks Robinson came along, and started winning them every year, I think starting in 1960 or 1961.

As you can see, the New York Times considered Malzone to be worthy of a lengthy obit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/sports/frank-malzone-star-fielder-for-boston-red-sox-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

[paul secor]

I guess I was too young then to appreciate his skill in the field. I never realized how highly he was regarded as a player back then  (my only excuse is that I watched mostly National League games when I was young) until I read his obituary.

[JSngry]

Is he the guy who had a collapsed lung? Or was that Marty Keough?

Ah, Gary Geiger. Never mind.