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R.I.P. Mickey Lolich: The Beer-Drinker’s Idol, the Workhorse Lefty, and the One-Year Met Who Wouldn’t Ice His Arm

R.I.P. Mickey Lolich: The Beer-Drinker’s Idol, the Workhorse Lefty, and the One-Year Met Who Wouldn’t Ice His Arm

R.I.P. Mickey Lolich: The Beer-Drinker’s Idol, the Workhorse Lefty, and the One-Year Met Who Wouldn’t Ice His Arm

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

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