NoHoJoe Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Legendary New York Mets post game host Ralph Kinerdies at 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Kiner actually played...he's in the Hall of Fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 A part of my childhood just died, very sad day for all Mets fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 My favorite Ralph Kiner moments were when during Mets telecasts he would break out such lines as "When I dated Marilyn Monroe.."Imagine what kind of career numbers he would have had if his back issues hadn't caused him to retire after only 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburghsports16 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I heard stories that Pittsburgh fans would wait around, even when the team was playing poorly, just to see one last at-bat by Kiner because they thought that he could make magic happen at any time. The Mets, Pirates, the whole baseball world, and this country lost a great man today. R.I.P. Ralph Kiner. You will always be remembered here in Pittsburgh for your style of play, and serving both your country and the baseball world through grace and excellence. Thanks for giving my grandfather and many others such amazing memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It was always a pleasure to listen to Ralph, even these last few years when he had a problem speaking clearly because of Bell's Palsy. He was a great storyteller and brought out the best in Tim McCarver back in the day. I also always got a kick out of his Kinerisms:-It's Father's Day, so to all you dads, happy birthday.-Welcome to Kiner's Korner. I'm Ralph Korner.-All of his saves have come in relief.RIP Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 RIP to my first hit on the Fatal Forty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needschat Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 We didn't get cable until I was 1, and the first thing we saw was a Mets game. The Kiner's Korners were great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It's a shame most of the tapes of Kiner's Korner were destroyed. I'd watch a ton of them.There's one on YouTube, from Tom Seaver's return to the Mets in 1983: If Ralph Kiner were still alive today he'd be spinning in his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I wonder what the Mets will do patch wise, hopefully its as nice as the one they used for Gary Carter in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodCuse Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Ralph Kiner and Jerry Coleman were two of the best at unintentional hilarity and now they're both gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Today is fathets day so happy birthday to all dads out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Today is fathets day so happy birthday to all dads out there.What country is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Today is fathets day so happy birthday to all dads out there.What country is that?It's not a country, he missed a space. It's fat hets day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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