Jones was a pretty good ball player.
Rube Bressler from the 20s had a decent career too.
Cody Ross was an average MLB player with his 2010 claim to fame
Ryan Ludwick made one allstar team also a solid MLB regular
Mark Carreon was a decent mostly part time untility player
Brain Hunter stole a lot of bases but wasn’t a very good hitter.
This is the other Brian Hunter, who also wasn’t great.
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oops mixed up my mid 90s Brian Hunters
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I did that with the Billy Bean(e)s
Greg Gumbel, a name I grew up with to the extent I had sports awareness when I was younger. RIP
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Bryant Gumble became the better known brother when he broke away from sports towards main stream news.
Greg has been a fixture for the big sporting events for most of my sports watching life
Greg Gumbel was fantastic in his field.
RIP
Lenny Handle - fascinating personality, known for punching his manager and trying to blow a ball fair
this is the greatest execution of retribution
Still a way to get back at the opposing pitcher now that the DH is universal.
I know it’s a stretch to consider pro wrestling a sport but this fellow was pretty athletic. Probably a bit better known in Canada than the USA despite his American roots.
Agreed that pro wrestling really not a sport, but pro wrestlers are elite athletes (or freak-of-nature big) who are entertaining us…just like those in other sports.
RIP
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Agree on failing the sports definition, since outcome is generally predetermined. More like athletic story-telling, like CIrque du Soleil.
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With his acting career he could probably be put in the main RIP thread as well.
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Wonder if his seats in heaven are as good as his Miller Lite seats.
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I just heard and came to post Bob Uecker myself. He was largely responsible for me becoming a Brewer fan. I listened to a lot of baseball games on the radio in grad school, and he (along with Pat Hughes back then) were a great broadcast team. They called the game quite well, but what was more interesting was during the blowout games where they were still trying to keep the audience entertained when the game was clearly decided - they could go off on so many tangents. Uecker had a ton of stories, and kept me entertained for many a summer day. I knew his health was fading, as he had largely stopped doing away games, and fewer homes games the past couple of years, but it still stung to hear that he’d passed. 
Thanks for all the memories, Ueck! RIP.
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RIP Harry Doyle
RIP the wizard, Gus Williams, back when the NBA had a team in Seattle, won a championship for them…
They should have put a bunch of baseballs along the wall in the back
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