R.I.P. Ralph Kiner

[firemanBk]

I know half the Coli hates baseball but for all the Mets fans who've been listening to Kiner since they were kids

to one of the great power hitters and commentators of all time.
Dude was with Mets since their inception in '62

He got with a prime Elizabeth Taylor too

 

[concise]

Wow, r.i.p.

 

[holidayinn21]

dude could barely talk, yet had excellent memory after all these years.

RIP

 

[Billy Ocean]

Huge part of my childhood. I got into the Mets when Kiner and McCarver were the TV broadcast team. RIP to Ralph.

 

[kingofnyc]

rip

 

[3Rivers]

R.I.P

 

[Harleminthe80s]

R.I.P.
So sad I'm gonna miss the visits to the booth

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Grew up a Yanks fans, however pops was a Mets fan and I always watched "Kiner's Korner". Him and McCarver went great together in the booth.

 

[tremonthustler1]

He'll be there opening day

 

[AnonymityX1000]

80s era Mets fans know what time it is. RIP.

 

[Carolina Slim]

Sad news... I feel the same way I did when I heard that Murph passed. A part of the soundtrack of my youth was gone. Growing up, it's funny, you almost expect to hear those voices forever, and then when they pass on, it's like a kick to the nuts. I was front and center when the Mets would come on Channel 9, and if the game happened to not be on TV, I'd post up in front of the stereo in the living room and listen to Murph and Gary Thorne on the radio. We'll miss ya, Ralph.

 

[mson]

Every visit Ralph made to the booth was a pleasure. He was a straight shooter and a class act, nothing fancy. Watching SNY pay homage as they should.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Mike Francesca's show today was great. He had Bobby Valentine, Fran Healy and Keith Hernandez on. Kiner really had a long, interesting life. He was one of baseball's greatest sluggers, rubbed elbows with some Hollywood's elite, dated some beautiful celebrities and was one of NY's greatest sports commentators. I always remember the great stories he told when he did the games. And even though he was sick over the last decade, he still was sharp as a tack and was up on all the baseball news and players. I haven't been this sad about a sports death in a long time.

 

[feelosofer]

He was the voice of baseball in my lifetime, my father was a Mets fan so we listened to him on the radio on road trips and watched him on TV, he was a great sports icon had a great sense of humor, and more importantly a sort of humility that a lot of these blowhards in the sports world could use.

 

[Walt]

Kiner died? Jesus. fukk.