Ralph Branca died.

mrmopar · Nov 23, 2016

On the heels of completing my LA Dodger autograph project, news of a Brooklyn Dodger dying dropped today. There are just 25 players left alive who were Brooklyn Dodgers, having last played there in 1957, almost 60 years ago.

BiggioBrooks755 · Nov 23, 2016

dano7 · Nov 23, 2016

Hate to lose any of the old timers. RIP
DANNY

rsmath · Nov 24, 2016

mrmopar said:
On the heels of completing my LA Dodger autograph project, news of a Brooklyn Dodger dying dropped today.

You may not want to use dying and dropped together.

Best article I saw about Ralph's passing:

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/209499804/ralph-branca-dies/

Rip and condolences to Bobby v and the rest of Ralph's family, especially happening at Thanksgiving.

joey12508 · Nov 24, 2016

Sad news RIP

hive17 · Nov 24, 2016

I don't know how I didn't know that he was related to Bobby Valentine.

Anyway, he's probably the greatest baseball trivia answer of all time.

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/mlb/article116826993.html

Austin · Nov 24, 2016

hive17 said:
I don't know how I didn't know that he was related to Bobby Valentine.

Anyway, he's probably the greatest baseball trivia answer of all time.

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/mlb/article116826993.html

Nice article. Branca was one of the Golden Era's greatest baseball ambassadors and one of the nicest guys you'd meet. Jackie Robinson's widow says she always appreciated the way Branca welcomed Robinson.

Branca was at Rangers games a lot when Valentine was manager in the mid '80s to early '90s and I met him twice at baseball card conventions in Dallas.

Valentine married Branca's daughter in 1977 and has been married ever since. He said Branca was the best father-in-law he could wish for.

Most pictures of Branca show him smiling. Even most of his baseball cards have a smile on his face.

smapdi · Nov 25, 2016

Sad. 90 is a good run, though. I always think of this photo. The power of the emotions going through his body at that point seem almost unbearable. But, after all, it is just a game.
Well mobile isn't accepting the URL, but it's here.
http://goldenrankings.com/Baseball Pictures 2/Giants-Dodgers 1951/BrancaDisconsolate1.jpg

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