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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
I saw Donnie Moore in spring training with the Royals in Baseball City, FL in 1989, he was a non-roster invitee IIRC. Moore was warming up in the bullpen and pitching coach Frank Funk was walking down the first base line toward us and I asked him "Is that Donnie Moore down there?" And he just nodded.
A few months later, Donnie killed himself.
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Yea, Donnie Moore is a study in tragedy. That game wrecked his life.
For fun, I had to go find the highlights to that game. Totally forgot that Dave Henderson, in the bottom half of the 8th, had a fly ball n his glove, then he hit the fence, dislodging the ball, allowing it to be a 2 run HR for Bobby Grich.
And just before Hondo’s HR, Don Baylor hit a 2 run shot to get them within 1.
That was a crazy, crazy game.