RIP: Minnie Minoso--dead at age 90

[asu66]

Minnie Minoso is gone. First Latin player to star in MLB; and he did it over 5 decades. An unbelievable player. He was the American League's Jackie Robinson--he just never put up JR's numbers. Nonetheless, he was the real deal.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... tml#page=1

Baseball has lost another iconic ambassador.

Former White Sox star outfielder Minnie Minoso was found dead in the driver’s seat of his car early Sunday.

An autopsy performed Sunday afternoon determined Minoso died of a tear in his pulmonary artery caused by “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.” The White Sox and his family said he was 90.

Just over a month after the death of Cubs legend Ernie Banks, Chicago fans and longtime followers of baseball worldwide now mourn the death of Minoso, known as the “Cuban Comet.”

Chicago’s first black major league player, Minoso was much more than a consummate ballplayer.

[havefunkc]

Amazing how much he has been overlooked by the Hall and baseball in general...