1946 - 2003 57 years old. He's been so sick the past couple of years, it's probably a blessing.

"Bobby was muscular; he had long limbs and an almost unnaturally wide frame, giving the impression that he was huge when standing still, but small when in motion. He ws 6'1", but he took a long, quick stride, low to the ground, not wasting any time in the air but eating up the ground. Running, he looked so much like Mays in the outfield that occasionally, when they crossed, you could confuse them, and lose track of which was which, although they didn't look anything alike in the face or in the build. He was immensely strong, and a good hitter although he made no compromises; he had one swing, and he used the whole thing every time. Had a much better arm than Barry."

-- From "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract"

James ranks him at 15th for the all-time greatest right fielders (so far), and puts him on his major league all-star team for the '70s. The Giants traded him too soon, they traded any outfielder who wasn't as good as Willie Mays (they had a lot of great outfielders that they traded because of that).

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In better news.

"Calling the motion 'wholly without merits, both factually and legally,' the judge, Denny Chin of United States District Court, said that a person would have to be 'completely dense' not to realize the cover was a joke and that trademark protection for the phrase 'Fair and Balanced' was unrealistic because the words are so commonly used.

"...[Judge Chin] said Mr. Franken's work was 'fair criticism.'"

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A win-win situation. Franken goes to #1 on Amazon (the book isn't even out yet), and Roger Ailes is no fool.