Baseball writer John Brattain dead

Shocking. I've enjoyed Brattain's articles over at The Hardball Times for a long time, good writer.

8 months ago t ball 7 comments 0 recs |

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RIP John

Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."

by boomer1 on Mar 24, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Mar 24, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Far too reminiscent of Doug Pappas's sudden passing

One of my favorite THT writers. RIP.

Baseball Time in Arlington

by Joey Matschulat on Mar 24, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's what I thought, too.

Always seemed to have a great sense of humor from his posts at BTF.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine.

by Requiem on Mar 24, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Total bummer.

I really enjoyed his stuff. He will be missed.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 24, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice little tribute

over at Baseball Digest Daily by Joe Hamrahi:
http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/03/24/bdd-loses-one-of-its-ownfarewell-to-our-good-friend-john-brattain/

The thread over at Baseball Think Factory is closing in on 500 comments.

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by t ball on Mar 24, 2009 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

As I said on the THT internal mail, on my best day I’m not half as smart or funny as Brattain was on his worst. I didn’t have a lot of personal dialogue with him, but whether it was on internal discussions, on BBTF/Primer, or in his articles, I always admired him and valued his abilities. The world is less interesting and funny today.

The people who have had longer, more active tenures at THT than I are absolutely torn apart. People who are never lacking for things to say are speechless.

The guy endured agonizing illness for quite a long time now as his body actively worked against its own self and he never complained and in fact actively found humor in it.

Mourn for his family and his friends. He leaves behind a lot of people.

Best Regards John,
Sincerely, the OTHER John

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

by JM Barten on Mar 25, 2009 12:25 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs