Jason Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 @LanceMcAlister: Former #Reds INF/OF Ryan Freel commits suicide #Reds http://t.co/yv8twNRi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawgBengal Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Wow. Hope it's not true. Sad to hear. I always enjoyed the effort he put out every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorclaws Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Holy shit....really? How sad. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 From Wikipedia: [b] Farney[/b] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] Freel gained some notoriety in August of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_baseball"]2006[/url] when [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dayton_Daily_News"]The Dayton Daily News[/url][/i] reported that Freel talks to an imaginary voice in his head named Farney.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Freel#cite_note-3"][3][/url][/sup] Said Freel: "He's a little guy who lives in my head who talks to me and I talk to him. That little midget in my head said, 'That was a great catch, Ryan,' I said, 'Hey, Farney, I don't know if that was you who really caught that ball, but that was pretty good if it was.' Everybody thinks I talk to myself, so I tell 'em I'm talking to Farney."[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Freel#cite_note-4"][4][/url][/sup] Freel later said that Farney's name arose from a conversation with Reds trainer Mark Mann: "He actually made a comment like, 'How are the voices in your head?' We'd play around and finally this year he said, 'What's the guy's name?' I said, 'Let's call him Farney.' So now everybody's like, 'Run, Farney, run' or 'Let Farney hit today. You're not hitting very well.'"[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Freel#cite_note-5"][5][/url][/sup][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [sup] [/sup][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Damn. Looks like farney was actually schizophrenia.... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBacker Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Poor bastard. Loved how he played. What makes a guy with so much fight in him feel there's nothing left worth fighting for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Shocking and sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBlade Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 So sad. He was great to watch and played hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Ryan may not have had 5 star tools, but the guy had 5 star heart. One of my favorite Reds. Wish he could have fought off his demons. Rest In Peace, Ryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 he was a scrapper. this sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBacker Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/ryan-freel-found-dead-home-former-reds-utility-070021288--mlb.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] [url="https://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister"][b]Lance McAlister[/b] [size=3][s]@[/s][b]LanceMcAlister[/b][/size][/url][/background][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] Just found my interview w/ Freel May '10 when announced retirement. "My now goal is to be a good daddy and a husband. I'm at peace.[url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Reds&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Reds[/b][/url][/background][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] [url="https://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister"][b]Lance McAlister[/b] [size=3][s]@[/s][b]LanceMcAlister[/b][/size][/url][/background][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] Freel, May 2010, on Sports Talk: "If I didn't meet my wife I really thought I'd been dead or in prison." [url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Reds&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Reds[/b][/url][/background][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Lucid| Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 I know it may be unrelated, because no one knows for sure about these things.. But wasn't it concussions that finally put an end to his career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandJoeyV Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 [quote name='Lucid' timestamp='1356374160' post='1198709'] I know it may be unrelated, because no one knows for sure about these things.. But wasn't it concussions that finally put an end to his career? [/quote] Yup. Was taken off the field in an ambulance too one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 [quote name='Lucid' timestamp='1356374160' post='1198709'] I know it may be unrelated, because no one knows for sure about these things.. But wasn't it concussions that finally put an end to his career? [/quote] I think part of that was his reckless style of play. I remember reading something in an article where Griffey was quoted as saying something along the lines of needing a megaphone to get him to back off chasing balls that were the responsibility of the center fielder. I know that Ryan collided with other outfielders at least a few times for that very reason. This makes me really sad. Surely he had everything to live for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 From an article by Hal McCoy: [quote][size=5][color=#000000][font=georgia]His hell-bent-for-destruction style also lead to a long series on concussions, which he kept quiet as much as possible.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=georgia]After he dove for a ball in center field and cracked his head against the wall and suffered a concussion his father called me about his son’s concussion history and said, “He has had nine or ten concussions, going back to his high school days.”[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=georgia]WHEN I WROTE the story, Freel was incensed at his estranged father for telling me and at me for writing it, “Because you might be cutting my career short and baseball is all I have. And my father has never been part of my life and it isn’t his business.”[/font][/color][/size][/quote] Looks like concussions definitely played a factor... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 [quote name='Dalton4HOF' timestamp='1356724716' post='1200157'] jesus [/quote] WHERE!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Cat Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 So sad. Prayers for his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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