Wake Up and Smell The (Bitter Cup of) Coffee!

August 11, 2010 by Doug Gladstone · Leave a Comment

Former Pittsburgh Pirates player and broadcaster Nellie King passed away yesterday at Family Hospice Center in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.Â Nellie was 82 years old. Signed as an amateur free agent in 1946, King didnâ€™t make his major league debut until 1954. Three years later, at the age of 29, he was out of baseball because […]

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