RIP Preston Gomez

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RIP Preston Gomez

#1 Post by mrkelley23 » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:43 pm

First manager of the SD Padres, and a career baseball guy.

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Re: RIP Preston Gomez

#2 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm

I'd forgotten about the Clay Kirby near no hitter.
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Re: RIP Preston Gomez

#3 Post by owenziligation » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:20 pm

Bummer.
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Re: RIP Preston Gomez

#4 Post by MarkBarrett » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:26 pm

I tried to find my old Astros pennant to take a photo of for a different avatar, but couldn't locate it.

My Preston Gomez story: I was 9 years old in 1973 when my dad took me (and others) to a baseball game. It was Astros vs. Giants at Candlestick. The Astros had a cooler looking pennant than the Giants and since my dad is originally from Cincinnati he didn't care if I had a souvenir from the road team.

We were early enough for batting practice. One of the Astros was signing autographs near the visitor's bullpen. I lowered my pennant and the guy signed it. I asked my dad who signed it and he told me it was Preston Gomez. That was the first autograph I ever obtained.

36 years later it's sad to see Preston Gomez passed, but he had a great career in baseball and he's not forgotten.
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