Double Duty Dead

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Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe died today at 103.

 

CHICAGO -- Former Negro Leagues star Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, died Thursday. He was 103.

 

Radcliffe, given his singular nickname by sports writer Damon Runyon after catching Satchel Paige in the first game of a doubleheader in the 1932 Negro League World Series and pitching a shutout in the second game, died from complications after a long bout with cancer, the Chicago White Sox said.

 

http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2005/0811/2131415.html

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I remember reading an article about him a few years ago, I believe in SI, and being struck by this man's life - he was a remarkable person, and baseball is less for his loss.

 

RIP Mr. Radcliffe