Storm Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Just heard from my wife that Joe Knuxall passed away this morning, this is a sad day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Indeed it is. The old left hander is headed for home. Rest in peace. And for God's sake, give him the Frick award this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 [quote name='Jason' post='593908' date='Nov 16 2007, 11:51 AM']Indeed it is. The old left hander is headed for home. Rest in peace. And for God's sake, give him the Frick award this year![/quote] Rarely do I ever shed a tear for a death to someone who isn't close friends or family but my eyes are teared up as I write this post, Joe deserves the Frick award and I just wish he could have personally savored the moment of getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 RIP "Old Lefty" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 [quote name='Storm' post='593909' date='Nov 16 2007, 06:54 AM']Rarely do I ever shed a tear for a death to someone who isn't close friends or family but my eyes are teared up as I write this post, Joe deserves the Frick award and I just wish he could have personally savored the moment of getting it.[/quote] To anyone who is a long time Reds fan, Joe is family. Or at least a dear friend. I agree, it's a shame he couldn't live to see his induction. Marty, give a good speech for him in Cooperstown this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nati Ice Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 rest in peace stud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULLY Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Wow, that sucks. I know we all have to go sometime but it really sucks hearing something like this. R.I.P., Joe. MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LudwigVan Kubrick Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Man... What else can you say? We have lost a legend to a higher place. RIP Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Dey Forever Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Wow..I'm about to tear up at school.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorclaws Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Joe will be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Entertainer Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 [quote][size=3][b]Nuxhall dies at 79[/b][/size] BY KEVIN KELLY | KKELLY@ENQUIRER.COM Hamilton native Joe Nuxhall, who as a 15-year-old in 1944 made history by pitching for the Reds and later became a fixture in the Reds radio booth, died at 10:55 p.m. Thursday night at Mercy Hospital-Fairfield. He was 79. One of the most beloved figures in Cincinnati’s rich baseball history, Nuxhall was admitted to Mercy Hospital-Fairfield on Monday for pneumonia, a low pulse rate and low white blood count. Thursday morning, doctors postponed surgery to insert a pacemaker because of Nuxhall’s low pulse, his son Kim Nuxhall said. . The Ol’ Left-hander, as he came to be known to scores of Reds fans, spent six decades with the team as a player and radio broadcaster until retiring after the 2004 season. Working under a personal services contract with the Reds, he broadcast selected games during the 2007 season. "He’s one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever met,†former Reds first baseman Sean Casey said in 2004. “He’s humble. He always thinks of others first. I know he was a great pitcher and he’s done a lot of other things. But I think everything else is second to him being a great human being." During a major league playing career that began in 1944 and ended after the 1966 season, Nuxhall appeared in 526 games with the Reds, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels. At 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old, he made his major league debut with the Reds on June 10, 1944 and pitched two-thirds of an inning in an 18-0 loss against the Cardinals. Signed to help fill out the Reds’ roster during World War II, he remains the youngest player ever to appear in a Major League Baseball game in modern history. Nuxhall returned to the Reds’ roster in 1952, was an All-Star during the 1955 and 1956 seasons, and remained with the team until being traded to Kansas City before the 1961 season. Nuxhall pitched in 37 games with the Athletics that year. The Orioles signed him as a free agent and released him before the 1962 season. Nuxhall quickly signed with the Angels only to be released by Los Angeles after five relief appearances in 1962. Nuxhall rejoined the Reds shortly thereafter and pitched in 146 games for Cincinnati before retiring at age 37 in 1966. In all, he compiled a 130-109 record and a 3.80 ERA in 484 games with the Reds. In 1968 he was elected to the team’s Hall of Fame. At the urging of former Reds general manager Bob Howsam and Wiedemann Brewing -- then a sponsor of the Reds radio broadcasts -- Nuxhall moved to the broadcast booth alongside Claude Sullivan and Jim McIntyre in 1967. From behind the microphone in the Reds radio booth, Nuxhall witnessed and then shared some of the most pivotal moments in team history with his listeners. He first teamed with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman for the 1974 season and the pair remained inseparable for 31 seasons on the Reds radio network. “(Partners) Jim McIntyre, Al Michaels and Marty helped me a lot,†Nuxhall said in 2002. “I know they give me credit for helping them. But, brother, they helped me a lot. My English was pretty bad. I know it hasn’t improved a lot. But it has improved -- simply from working with those guys.†The public grew to know, and treasure, Nuxhall over the airwaves. In December 2003, before his final full season in the broadcast booth, and again in December 2006, Nuxhall was placed on the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award. The National Baseball Hall of Fame gives the annual award to a broadcaster “for major contributions to the game of baseball.†“Joe is baseball in Cincinnati,†former Reds manager Sparky Anderson once said. “For myself, personally, if he doesn’t go in the Hall of Fame, they shouldn’t have one.†A 38-year run as one of the team’s primary radio announcers ended in October 2004, but Nuxhall had remained visible around the team and broadcast booth since then. “I think the anticipation of semi-retirement is worse than the reality,†Phil Nuxhall, Joe’s eldest son, said in 2004. “I think he’s going to be fine. “He’s starting to realize we can take a family trip for the first time since we were kids. We can do things. We can go to a show or something. I think when that sets in, he’s going to be fine.†An Ohio General Assembly resolution proclaimed Aug. 18, 2006 as “Joe Nuxhall Day†across the state. The longtime Fairfield resident was honored before the Reds’ game against the Pirates that evening at Great American Ball Park. A change in the team’s ownership structure before the 2006 season meant a higher profile for Nuxhall. Reds chief executive officer Bob Castellini made tapping into the team’s tradition a priority, and as a result Nuxhall was extended a personal services contract and broadcast selected games last season. He worked alongside Marty Brennaman and his son Thom on Opening Day and, later in the season, broadcast from the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis. It was the 59th ballpark he had played in or broadcast a game, including each of the existing major league stadiums except the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Safeco Field in Seattle and Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Outside the gates of Great American Ball Park, on the Crosley Terrace, Nuxhall is one of four “Crosley Field†era players immortalized with a bronze sculpture. The statue of Nuxhall was unveiled in July 2003. “From the first day I walked on the field at spring training in Tampa, Joe was always there to help with whatever,†Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench said in 2004. “He just oozed Reds baseball.†Nuxhall had battled cancer and heart problems for several years. In 1992, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and suffered a heart attack in December 2001. In 2003, he underwent a 3½-hour surgery to remove a cancerous lump on the side of his face near his ear. In May 2006, Nuxhall was admitted to Mercy Hospital-Fairfield to receive treatment for a lump on his tonsil and pneumonia in both lungs. The lump was a recurrence of the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma first detected in September 2003. He was released from the hospital after a seven-day stay and back at the ballpark soon after. Nuxhall is survived by his wife of 60 years Donzetta, and two sons, Phil Nuxhall and Kim Nuxhall.[/quote] [url="http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/SPT04/311160012/1062/SPT"]Enquirer.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BengalsFREAK| Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 R.I.P. Joe.....you were loved in Cincinnati. I miss the ol' left hander already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Goodbye Joe. Marty and the rest of us will be lesser for your passing. It's always Spring where you are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 He made it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Alan Cutler had seg denison on his show this morning and listening to him had me tearing up a little on the way into work. Gonna be weird not hearing Joe this spring. Mary and Joe were baseball to 5 generations of my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Damn good announcer even in his later years... Never got tired of listening to him .. Get otta here get otta here! lol Bastards should have seen to it that he received the Frick award while he was alive.. Its all good though.. He'll allways be a legend and HOF to Reds and baseball fans alike.. RIP Lefty..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Rest in peace Joe. We'll miss you, ...a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Oh man what a shame. I grew up on Marty and Joe. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 [quote name='Jamie_B' post='593942' date='Nov 16 2007, 08:48 AM']Oh man what a shame. [b]I grew up on Marty and Joe[/b]. RIP.[/quote] Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 oh man, and they were just about to put a pacemaker in him. RIP Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PizzaMAN!!! Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 RIP Lefty. We will miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoBengal Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 This was mentioned on the big news radio station up here in their short bi-hourly sports blurb report. I was actually bummed when I heard this...still am. A voice of my youth is gone. RIP Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farbeyonddriven Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 [quote name='ChicagoBengal' post='593964' date='Nov 16 2007, 09:35 AM']A voice of my youth is gone.[/quote] x2 R.I.P Joe, you won't be forgotten. -E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USN Bengal Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 My dad grew up worshipping Joe as a player, and then passed that love to me when he began broadcasting. I am obviously one of the many thousands who were blessed to have that simple childhood memory of listening to the little transistor radio under the pillow to the Ole' Lefthander. Part of my childhood is now gone... Thanks for the memories Joe, and for letting us share your passion for the game of baseball for these many years past. God Bless and God Speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 There will never be another like him. Rest In Peace, to a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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