{"id":12305,"date":"2011-02-27T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2011-03-02T00:02:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T07:02:27","slug":"talkin-baseball-and-then-there-was-one-rip-duke-snider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/27\/talkin-baseball-and-then-there-was-one-rip-duke-snider\/","title":{"rendered":"Talkin’ Baseball: And Then There Was One… RIP, Duke Snider"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Duke Snider has passed away<\/a>. The Hall-of-Famer died of natural causes this morning at the age of 84 at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif.<\/p>\n

Snider was a part of the fabled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boys of Summer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with the Dodgers in the late-1940s and 1950s. He helped lead the club to its one and only World Series championship in 1955. He was a lifetime .295 hitter, who was named to the all-star team on eight occasions. During his 18-year career, he hit 407 home runs. He is the only player to hit four home runs in each of two different World Series (in 1952 and 1955).<\/p>\n

He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980, in his 11th year of eligibility.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Duke of Flatbush\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was immortalized in Terry Cashman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ditty, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Talkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Baseball (Willie, Mickey and The Duke)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, a song written in tribute to New York\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three great center fielders \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Willie Mays (Giants), Mickey Mantle (Yankees) and Snider [see below].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Former Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Duke Snider has passed away. The Hall-of-Famer died of natural causes this morning at the age of 84 at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif. Snider was a part of the fabled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boys of Summer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with the Dodgers in the late-1940s and 1950s. He helped lead the club to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":780,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4235],"tags":[47,21225,12875,589,371,6222,21227,1568,12876,191,42,12878,588,12879,259,12880,12881,12882,12883,12884],"class_list":["post-12305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-top-stories","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-history","tag-bosox","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-brooklyn-dodgers","tag-duke-snider","tag-fantasy-baseball","tag-fenway-park","tag-higs-tickets","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-nesn","tag-red-sox","tag-red-sox-1-fan","tag-red-sox-nation","tag-rotisserie-baseball","tag-sox-1-fan","tag-sox1fan","tag-sox1fan-comment-contest","tag-wrko"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t