July 31, 201510 yr Danny Ecker @DannyEcker 2m2 minutes ago White Sox say team legend Billy Pierce died this morning at age 88 after a battle with gall bladder cancer. RIP
July 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) Room on the uniform for his number for the rest of the year? There's room below the Minoso patch. Or on the other sleeve.
July 31, 201510 yr I'm stunned right now. Billy was a good friend, we spent a lot of time talking about baseball and the old days. I've got to write an obit piece for the Chicago Baseball Museum, I'll post the link here when it is published. Just a bad day but Billy lived a long time, had a great life. I will miss my friend. Mark
July 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) Room on the uniform for his number for the rest of the year? I'm sure they'll find room. In 2012 they had patches for both Kevin Hickey and Moose Skowron on one sleeve.
July 31, 201510 yr When the Sox play the cubs in August wasn't one team going to wear banks number and the other Minnine's? Hopefully Sox change and have the pitchers wear Pierce's number.
July 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) When the Sox play the cubs in August wasn't one team going to wear banks number and the other Minnine's? Hopefully Sox change and have the pitchers wear Pierce's number. The Cubs wore 14 for the last game at Wrigley. The Sox are wearing 9 for the August 14 game. I like your idea, but I doubt they change anything.
July 31, 201510 yr On the day the Yankees come to town, those old enough to remember who could ever forget those classic Billy Pierce-Whitey Ford match-ups? Rest In Peace #19.
July 31, 201510 yr RIP Billy. I had the fortunate opportunity to caddie to Billy at golf outing in the 90s. He was a class act and as a Sox fan I enjoyed listening to old baseball stories in the down time of the round, which in an outing there is plenty of. We lost one of the great ones today.
July 31, 201510 yr RIP Billy the Kid. He was one of my dad's favorites, right up there with Minnie and Nellie. I met Pierce briefly a couple of times and he was a really classy guy...loved the organization through and through.
July 31, 201510 yr RIP Billy. A family friend always spoke highly of Mr. Pierce and he even signed an old card I had when she met him for lunch. That made his name recognizable and meant the world to me as a kid.
July 31, 201510 yr He came to Sox in 1949 for an obscure catcher named Aaron Robinson. Perhaps the greatest Sox trade ever. His big disappointment was not playing in the 1959 World Series; never understood Al Lopez' logic on that one. He did appear in 1962 WS with Giants. Class act.
July 31, 201510 yr My interview with Billy: http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/rwas/in...=11&id=1546 Mark Edited July 31, 201510 yr by Lip Man 1
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