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Eugene

(62,674 posts)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:13 AM Mar 2021

Bobby Brown, 96, a life of Yankees, military, medicine, dies

Source: Associated Press

Bobby Brown, 96, a life of Yankees, military, medicine, dies

By BEN WALKER
March 26, 2021

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Five-time champion with the New York Yankees. Highest World Series batting average of anyone with at least 35 plate appearances. Veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Prominent cardiologist. American League president.

Brown died at 96 on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas, the Yankees said. They said he was last remaining person to play for the team in the 1940s.

“Few people who have worn the pinstripes have lived such an accomplished, fulfilled, and wide-ranging life as Dr. Brown, who was beloved by our organization for his warmth, kindness and character,” Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement.

Brown made his big league debut on Sept. 22, 1946, the same day roommate Yogi Berra played his first game.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/mlb-new-york-baseball-rob-manfred-new-york-yankees-a8f21a13d337eea670f9cb1cbf40274a


FILE - New York Yankees third baseman Bobby Brown poses at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 2, 1950, file photo. Bobby Brown, who won five World Series as an infielder with the New York Yankees and later became president of the American League, has died at age 96. The Yankees said that Brown died on Thursday morning, March 25, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/File)
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Bobby Brown, 96, a life of Yankees, military, medicine, dies (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2021 OP
A life well lived 4Q2u2 Mar 2021 #1
Think I remember a story correctly PJMcK Mar 2021 #2
A further story DeeDeeNY Mar 2021 #3
Ha! PJMcK Mar 2021 #4

PJMcK

(22,898 posts)
2. Think I remember a story correctly
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 08:02 AM
Mar 2021

During one season, Brown was roommates with Yogi Berra. A sports cartoon caricatured them in their hotel room with Brown reading a thick medical book and Yogi reading a comic book.

Apparently, they were very good friends.

DeeDeeNY

(3,503 posts)
3. A further story
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:18 PM
Mar 2021

Most likely this never happened, because contrary to his image Yogi was actually one sharp cookie — but the story was that the first time he saw Brown reading a medical textbook, he asked him how it ended.

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