Jim Fregosi Suffers Stroke - Taken Off Life Support

[Tank]

His wikipedia page showed he died today...it's been since removed.  People are a little too quick to declare people dead.

 

the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

- winston churchill or w.c. fields or maybe will rogers

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Now the Angels can sport two patches on their jerseys this year.

 

#11 on the left side for Fregosi

#2 on the right side for Jeter

[yk9001]

Good god, twitter sucks.

[yk9001]

Someone else shoots themselves in their foot with their twitter gun.

[Brent Maguire]

I feel bad for creating this thread now.

I assumed Mike had made absolute sure he had the right info before reporting this.

[Homebrewer]

the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

- winston churchill or w.c. fields or maybe will rogers

None of the above..

Samuel Clemens...Mark Twain

Edited February 14, 2014 by Homebrewer

[bloodbrother]

Well either way, thoughts and prayers to Fregosi and his family.

[Hubs]

To be fair to Mike DiGiovanna if someone is taken off life support, this is usually not a case of good news. It likely means they expect him to not be able to live. And the family has made the decision not to keep him alive with a breathing machine.

 

This is not the same as reporting that he has been taken off life support because he is doing well and breathing on his own. 

[Lou Spirito]

To be fair to Mike DiGiovanna if someone is taken off life support, this is usually not a case of good news...

Fair? There is absolutely no excuse to report someone's death without being 100% sure. His source should have been an official press release or family spokesperson. Sloppy 'get it first' journalism.

[gotbeer]

the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

- winston churchill or w.c. fields or maybe will rogers

 

Or Victorious Ghost.  Come to think of it, anyone hear from him lately?

[Chuck]

I changed the thread title.

Please edit your posts to reflect the current status.

[fan_since79]

NBC took down their page which apparently reported his death.

 

Huge journalism failures here.

[fan_since79]

NBC took down their page which apparently reported his death.  "Page not found". It's still linked on Google News, though.

 

Jim Fregosi: 1942-2014

NBCSports.com-1 hour ago

 

Huge journalism failures all around.

 

 

[Bruce Nye]

In the early '70s, I was friends with a couple Angels and was invited to go out for drinks after a home game.  Fregosi and Jay Johnstone were there.  Johnstone said he was writing a book and he was going to call it "The Bases Were Loaded and So Was I."

 

First time I ever heard it.  Fregosi was a really nice guy.

[Blarg]

the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

- winston churchill or w.c. fields or maybe will rogers

 

[nate]

Really sucks.  One of the all time great Angels.  Hope he pulls through.

[Inside Pitch]

Bob Nightengale â€@BNightengale  51m

Beloved Jim Fregosi passed away early this morning his son informed @TracyRingolsby with his family at his side. What a beautiful man.

 

 

Bob Nightengale â€@BNightengale  1m

Oakland As executive Billy Owens on Jim Fregosi: "He was the John Wayne of baseball. No doubt about it."

 

 

 

Sad day.

[bloodbrother]

Terrible news. RIP

[Punk]

RIP

[rick99gtp]

RIP

[JAHV76]

RIP Jim.

[Bobster7587]

RIP Jim.

[T.G.]

Growing up in the OC, he was my first favorite player as a kid... I'm so incredibly sad.

[Stradling]

He was before my time, I can barely remember him as the manager. All I need to know to respect the man as a ball player and a person is to know that he was Autry's favorite Angel. RIP Jimmy

[OregonLAA]

My mom worked at a hospital in Orange back in the day and I believe she was taking care of a friend of his (I should know since she has told me this a million times). He appreciated what her and another nurse were doing, so he took them to dinner and have them tickets to a game. Sounds like a pretty awesome guy to me.

RIP