RIP, Jim Bunning

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Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame Pitcher and Blunt-Spoken Senator, Dies at 85

 

[RacerX.ksr]

"Jim Bunning's death will set UK basketball back 15 years"

-Rick Pitino

 

[MychalG]

RIP Mr. Bunning..I enjoyed watching you pitch in the 1960's when pitchers were not afraid to pitch inside..Prayers and condolences to Patrick Towles and the entire Bunning family..

 

[kybobcat_rivals185207]

RIP Mr. Bunning..I enjoyed watching you pitch in the 1960's when pitchers were not afraid to pitch inside..

From the article:

Larry Bowa, the Phillies’ longtime shortstop, once recalled a game that Mr. Bunning pitched at Montreal in the early 1970s when “the Expos had Ron Hunt, a guy who loved to get hit.”

“Well, Bunning threw him a sidearm curveball, Hunt never moved, and it hit him,” Bowa told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “The ball rolled toward the mound, and Bunning picked it up. He looked right at Hunt and said: ‘Ron, you want to get hit? I’ll hit you next time.’ And next time up, bam. Fastball. Drilled him right in the ribs. And he said to Hunt, ‘O.K., now you can go to first base.’”​

 

[Saguaro Cat]

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

Although I grew up a Reds' fan I always liked Bunning. Knew his niece as she was at UK the same time I was. He was a class act.

 

[vhcat70]

I met him once when he was Congressman. My Dad umped some of his HS games.