Comments on: Johnny Pesky: 1919-2012

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:30:45 +0000

*Slugging* percentage, not batting average.

By: offseasonblues

offseasonblues — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:15:47 +0000

If you look up life-well-lived in the dictionary, you’ll find Johnny Pesky’s picture. Well done, sir.

I’d say rest in peace, but I suspect he’s already hitting fungos to all stars and little leaguers up there in baseball heaven.

By: offseasonblues

offseasonblues — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:09:28 +0000

Nick Johnson came to mind so I looked it up. He’s done it 10 times and he’s working on number 11. Of course it depends on how you define significant playing time, but I’d be surprised if anyone else is close to that kind of consistency. And he’s done it without being much of a power threat – as did Pesky.

By: jamessmyth621

jamessmyth621 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:46:02 +0000

The only other player since 1901 with a sub-.265 SLG and a plus-.365 OBP was Jimmy Scheckard in 1913. He was an OF on the Tinker-Evers-Chance Cubs teams but pulled this trick between the Cards and Reds. His 147 walks in 1911 were the single-season record before Babe Ruth drew 150 in 1920.

By: davidschap

davidschap — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:17:42 +0000

Sad day for a Boston sports icon…

By: dutchman45

dutchman45 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:19:17 +0000

To a fine gentleman. Rest in peace.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:16:58 +0000

Even as a noted Boston hater, you sir, are an asshole and a terrible human being.

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:42:50 +0000

Stairwayto7 is a well known dumbass troll over on College Football Talk whose particular thing is to whine that Penn State is being picked on, that everyone else is worse, etc, using non sequiturs as his justification.

I see he is now branching out and proving himself a multi-faceted classless jack off.

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:39:41 +0000

That sucks. An excellent ballplayer and by all accounts I read, a wonderful human being. WWII cost him his shot at 2000 hits.

In 1952, Pesky had his first of the two bad seasons he’d have in his career. He posted a bizarre stat line of .225/.372/.262 Question for the field: Does anyone know if any other ballplayers with significant playing time have ever posted an OBP more than 100 points higher than their slugging percentage?

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:54:59 +0000

Hahaha trust me, Johnny saw a TON worse baseball than the past two years. These past two and a half years have had winning teams, this guy suffered through the really lean years

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:54:10 +0000

Possibly the stupidest, crudest comment I’ve seen on here in a long time. The media cares about this guy because he was in baseball for 61 years, was a WWII veteran and a genuinely nice guy. The fact you have two thumbs up disgusts me

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:52:49 +0000

By the way, classy act by the Yankees: they’ll be having a moment of silence for him before a game, I think tonights

By: hokiegajanisgod

hokiegajanisgod — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:50:30 +0000

Canseco??? F that goon; he probably wouldn’t even know who Hitler was.

I’ll gladly hitch a ride in that time machine, head over to Deutschland, and shank that mofo in the back

By: willclarkgameface

willclarkgameface — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:42:02 +0000

He couldn’t stand seeing the team go back in the toilet so he checked out before it could get any worse, knowing that it WILL get worse.

RIP Johnny. You didn’t deserve to see the SHIT baseball in Boston the last 2.5 years.

By: dan46778

dan46778 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:06:43 +0000

The greatest baseball moment in the 2000′s was then wakelfield Otiz bought the 2004 world series trophy to him after the game new england and true members of redsox national will remember u R.I.P

By: stairwayto7

stairwayto7 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:39:24 +0000

If he did not play for Boston, the media would not care!

By: professorperry

professorperry — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:35:20 +0000

Well, yeah. Yet another reason for Canseco to use that time machine to go kill Hitler.

By: baseballisboring

baseballisboring — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:31:26 +0000

RIP! I have a couple autographed Johnny Pesky balls, I was lucky enough to meet him a couple times. Great guy.

By: delusionalcardsfan

delusionalcardsfan — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:08:14 +0000

Johnny was an incredible ball player and an even better American. Godspeed sir.

By: hokiegajanisgod

hokiegajanisgod — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:59:14 +0000

Can you imagine how much better the stats of some of the best player’s of that era would have been had the war never happened?

By: gregbeau

gregbeau — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:57:37 +0000

You could see this was coming when he appeared at the 100th anniversary celebrations, but it is still a sad day. But he had an amazing life and leaves a tremendous legacy. Farewell, Johnny.

By: crisisjunky

crisisjunky — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:53:54 +0000

One of the greatest rookie seasons EVER for a shortstop, .331/100 runs!!
probably lost HOF credentials to WWll.
Farewell Mr. Paveskovitch.

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:53:13 +0000

Doesn’t matter that he played for other teams: he’s a Red Sox lifer. I guess I have to say “was” now. Rest in peace.

By: roverboy1949

roverboy1949 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:51:02 +0000

Good-bye Johnny. I saw you mant times from the bleachers when I was a kid. Glad you saw the Sox win it all, twice! Say hi to Ted, Frank, Jackie, Tony C.,and the rest from me. My Dad may try to get your autograph when he sees you.

By: pisano

pisano — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:45:42 +0000

Rest in peace Johnny, a great man and a Boston legend.

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:37:55 +0000

Oof, my heart sank at that headline. One of the coolest memories I have watching baseball was seeing Pesky cry as his number was retired by the Red Sox. Plus every year saying “Play ball” before the first home game, he will be missed.

By: snowbirdgothic

snowbirdgothic — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:27:12 +0000

Very sorry to hear that he’s gone.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:19:50 +0000

As someone else stated…not many left from his era.
R.I.P. Johnny Pesky.

By: Stiller43

Stiller43 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:16:38 +0000

RIP to a WW2 vet. Much respect.

By: muir6

muir6 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:11:49 +0000

Bummer not many legends of his era left