Todd, what do you know about the late Brian Cole from Meridian?
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Anyone have a link to the article? I'm finding other articles on him, but not the SI one. Went to try and find a copy of SI at Kroger and Wal-Mart- no luck either.
I worked with Brian's older brother when he played baseball in the mid 90's. I kept up with Brian through him, who was a very good player himself.
Would love to read this.
I worked with Brian's older brother when he played baseball in the mid 90's. I kept up with Brian through him, who was a very good player himself.
Would love to read this.
Someone mentioned him on here a couple of days ago
He is a great Mississippi high school baseball legend- among other sports. Just a really sad story- he was one of the Mets top prospect when he passed away. I think he was about to start AA and probably would have been the Mets starting CF. He went to a JUCO in Florida and absolutely tore it up before the Mets drafted him. He was only 5'9", but he was a five tool player and I think he would have been an All-Star type player. His brother (I think, they are related) played baseball at Ole Miss I believe- Popeye Cole.
He is a great Mississippi high school baseball legend- among other sports. Just a really sad story- he was one of the Mets top prospect when he passed away. I think he was about to start AA and probably would have been the Mets starting CF. He went to a JUCO in Florida and absolutely tore it up before the Mets drafted him. He was only 5'9", but he was a five tool player and I think he would have been an All-Star type player. His brother (I think, they are related) played baseball at Ole Miss I believe- Popeye Cole.
Yep- that's his brother, and who I worked with. Same kind of build as Brian, but maybe a little shorter and stouter.
Always said, "When everybody else started growing up, I started growing out".
Great guy. I do hope they pick this up and you see an ESPN 30 for 30 or something on it. I think it'd be a good one. Selfish, but I really do.
Always said, "When everybody else started growing up, I started growing out".
Great guy. I do hope they pick this up and you see an ESPN 30 for 30 or something on it. I think it'd be a good one. Selfish, but I really do.
Yeah, the article said one of his brothers played for UM. Without getting off the couch to go get the article, I think he went to JUCO in Texas.
Not sure what the delay is after publication before they put articles up, but...
...SI eventually puts all of their articles up here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/
Great time killer, btw.
...SI eventually puts all of their articles up here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/
Great time killer, btw.
Car accident.
According to the article, the family received an undisclosed settlement from Ford. It didn't go into detail about the settlement, but it seems it was in part due to the issue the Explorers had with rolling.
ETA: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ospect-brian-cole-2001-death-article-1.460891
According to the article, the family received an undisclosed settlement from Ford. It didn't go into detail about the settlement, but it seems it was in part due to the issue the Explorers had with rolling.
ETA: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ospect-brian-cole-2001-death-article-1.460891
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We (west jones) played meridian his senior year, 2 double headers one home and one away. We threw to him because it was non district and hell we wanted to get him out. Well, in 4 games he hit 9 homeruns. He went 3 for 4 off of me with 3 homers and the 1 out was a warning track shot that he hit about a mile high.
Quickest bat I have ever seen... Damn good athlete and defensive player as well. I was sick when I heard what happened to him, seemed like a good guy too
Quickest bat I have ever seen... Damn good athlete and defensive player as well. I was sick when I heard what happened to him, seemed like a good guy too
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I'm confused. According to the below link Cole's family won a trial against Ford which was later reduced in a settlement. So is this a separate lawsuit against the dealership?
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5524647
I worked with Brian's dad and attended the funeral. A sad funeral for sure.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5524647
I worked with Brian's dad and attended the funeral. A sad funeral for sure.
As said, he was coming home I think from spring training and another car veered into his lane. He veered off and was thrown out. They claimed it was Ford's fault because the car had a high tipping rate and the seatbelt wasn't adequate.
Heard they went to court a few times and got $131 million- or his expected earnings in the majors. Just what I read, and that was the first time I've read it since I've been following it. Did not know it was reduced. I thought it was a really high amount considering many others had the same vehicle/problems more than likely.
Heard they went to court a few times and got $131 million- or his expected earnings in the majors. Just what I read, and that was the first time I've read it since I've been following it. Did not know it was reduced. I thought it was a really high amount considering many others had the same vehicle/problems more than likely.