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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

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

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