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If baseball ever needed a poster child for the phrase “don’t judge a player by where he starts, or even where he’s standing today,” Phil Garner would have been the guy on the cover—probably wearing dirt, pine tar, and a look that suggested he’d just argued with gravity and won. Garner, who passed away on April 11, 2026, at the age of 76, was one of those players who seemed to collect positions the way some people collect frequent flyer miles. Second base, third base, shortsto

Some players wait for the game to come to them. Davey Lopes preferred to grab it by the collar, swipe second, and take third just to make a point. Lopes, who passed away at the age of 80, carved out a remarkable 16-year major league career, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he became the engine at the top of the lineup during one of the franchise’s golden eras. A late arrival to the big leagues, debuting at 27, he played the game with a sense of urgency that su

There are ballplayers you remember because they were stars, and then there are ballplayers you remember because they were part of the game’s fabric, the guys who somehow show up in all the right baseball stories, even if they weren’t always the headline. Doug Camilli was one of those guys. Doug, who passed away on March 17, 2026 at the age of 89, lived a baseball life that felt both inherited and earned. The son of Dolph Camilli, he grew up around the game at a time when club

At Kiner’s Korner we usually remember the men in uniform who swung the bats, toed the rubber, or chased fly balls into the gap. Today we remember the man in uniform who made sure they did it honestly, loudly, and within 17 uncompromising inches. Bruce Froemming passed away on February 25, 2026 at the age of 86. For 37 straight seasons, from 1971 through 2007, he stood where few dare to stand and fewer survive for long, squarely between a pitcher’s ego and a hitter’s paycheck.

Bill Mazeroski, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Hall of Fame second baseman and one of baseball’s most enduring figures, passed away Friday at age 89—just eight days after the passing of his 1960 World Series teammate Roy Face. While most fans will forever associate Mazeroski with his miraculous walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series against the Yankees, his career was defined by far more than that singular, electrifying swing. A ten-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Gl

Even before analytics baseball has always been a numbers game. Not the kind that requires spreadsheets and algorithms, but the kind where a handful of digits become shorthand for a life’s work. Say 60 or 714 and the mind drifts automatically to immortality. Mention 56, .406, or 511 and you don’t even need to attach the names. Numbers in this sport have a way of sticking to players like pine tar. Some careers are defined by one unforgettable line on a stat sheet. For Elroy “Ro

Terrance Gore was never the guy whose baseball card you bought for the home runs or batting titles. He was the guy managers quietly looked for when October tightened and ninety feet suddenly felt like a mile. And now, far too soon, he’s gone. News broke this weekend that Gore passed away Friday evening at the age of 34. Tributes quickly followed from across baseball — from organizations he suited up for and teammates who knew him — but the words that mattered most came from t

There are Hall of Famers, and then there are baseball lifers—guys who looked like they could’ve been sitting two stools down from you at the bar, but instead went out every fifth day and took the ball like it owed them money. Mickey Lolich was that guy. Lolich, who passed away on February 4, 2026 at the age of 85, described himself as “the beer-drinker’s idol,” and nobody ever accused him of false advertising. With his sturdy frame, soft belly (which he insisted was “all musc

Wilbur Wood never looked like a pitcher destined to be remembered. That may be the most fitting place to begin. He did not arrive early, he did not overwhelm hitters with power, and he did not follow a straight path to greatness. Yet when Wood passed away at 84, baseball said goodbye to one of its most unlikely and extraordinary careers, built on reinvention, endurance, and a pitch that defied convention. Before Mets fans marveled at R A Dickey bending time and logic with a

Dave Giusti, a name Mets fans may not immediately place on the all time villains list but one that somehow always feels familiar, passed away on January 11, 2026, at the age of 86 If you grew up watching the Mets in the late 1960s and 1970s, Giusti was not a headline name like Gibson or Carlton. He may have not scared you like they did. What he did do, reliably, persistently, and often, was show up. And very often, that meant showing up against the Mets. Giusti appeared in 6

Baseball lost one of its great travelers this week. And I don’t mean the “Edwin Jackson played for fourteen different teams” kind of traveler. I mean the “he basically was the poster child for TSA PreCheck for three different baseball worlds” variety traveler. George Altman — Negro Leaguer, Major Leaguer, Japanese baseball star, two-time All-Star, and possessor of enough passport stamps to make Rick Steves ask for travel advise, passed away at 92. Bob Kendrick of the Negro L

Randy Jones never threw a pitch that frightened a radar gun, but he built a career that could humble even the most electrified arms of his era. He grew up in southern California, a left-hander whose fastball wasn’t exactly the sort of thing scouts sprinted to see twice. What he did have—and what would eventually make him one of the great artisans of 1970s pitching—was a stubborn belief that there were other ways to get hitters out. When he talked about it, even decades later,

Baseball lost one of its quiet constants yesterday. Sandy Alomar Sr. the slick-fielding infielder, devoted baseball lifer, proud father, and one-time Mets coach passed away Monday in his native Puerto Rico at the age of 81. To most fans, the Alomar name brings to mind his two remarkable sons , Roberto, the Hall of Famer, and Sandy Jr., the six-time All-Star but before either of them was turning double plays or catching big league fastballs, there was the original: a 5-foot-9

The Mets family lost one of its elder statesmen yesterday, as Jim Marshall passed away at the age of 93. At the time of his death,...

Mets hearts are saddened by the loss of Davey Johnson at the age of 82. A great manager, a great ballplayer, a pioneer in the...

It’s a strange thing when history and heartbreak collide. Davey Johnson, who once stood at second base for the Orioles and lofted the fly...

If you grew up watching Mets games on Channel 9, or if you were the kind of kid who memorized the backs of baseball cards the way other...

Ryne Sandberg had a .279 batting average with 248 hits, 27 home runs, 122 RBIs, and 148 runs scored in 226 career games against the New...

Bill Denehy, the former Mets pitcher whose story was stitched together with promise, pain, perseverance, and redemption, passed away on...

Dave  Parker always swung the bat like it owed him money, and Mets pitching usually picked up the tab. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced...