Lip Man 1 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 February 13, 1970 - Tragedy struck the White Sox as promising young pitcher Paul Edmondson and his girlfriend were killed in an accident on US-101 near Santa Barbara, California. On a rain slicked highway, Edmondson’s car skidded into on-coming traffic and was struck by another vehicle. In his Major League debut in Anaheim on June 20, 1969, Edmondson fired a complete game two-hitter beating California 9-1. It would be his only Major League win. He also had two hits, scored two runs and drove in a run in it. He would appear in 14 games that season starting 13 of them. In six contests he’d pitch at least seven innings giving up three runs or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Damn, you have to wonder about 1972. One more quality starter might have done it. A's beat us by 5 games. Then they blew everyone else away in the playoffs. Wilbur Wood RIP started almost 50 games that year and faded in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 17 hours ago, zisk said: Damn, you have to wonder about 1972. One more quality starter might have done it. A's beat us by 5 games. Then they blew everyone else away in the playoffs. Wilbur Wood RIP started almost 50 games that year and faded in the second half. To me the biggest issue was losing A.L. Home Run champ Bill Melton in June for the season with a herniated disc. He suffered the injury the previous off season when he fell off his garage roof that he fixing. His caught his son who was up on it, started sliding off it and fell directly on his lower back while holding on to the boy. Typical White Sox luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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