Rockstar Rod Beck, Dead at 38. According to wiki, "Once traded for former Potomac Nationals pitching coach Charlie "Chaz" Corbell."
Always seemed like a pretty interesting guy. I remember him unhitable in one of my Game Gear baseball games.
Anyway, he was one of my favorite relievers for one of my favorite (2001) Red Sox teams of all time. And by favorite I mean absolutely dreadful. The team featured one all-star (Manny), Carl Everett (one year after THAT mental breakdown), and 7 Million dollars to Dante Bichette.
That team's bullpen had El Guapo, D-Lowe (In full fledged breakdown role a la Brad Lidge), and the immortal Hipolito Pichardo.
One of the lone brightspots of a woeful season, the manager and GM ended up getting fired, was Rod Beck. 6-4, 6 Saves and a 3.90 ERA in 81 innings. Does that deserve this long of an obituary, maybe not. However, the hair and mustache brought the charisma that captured the hearts of the Fenway faithful for 2 years.
Bittersweet his career, once one of the great closers in baseball, when he ended up in Boston. But Heaven just got another sweet Mustache, and Rod Beck you will be missed.
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