Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Fallen

Over the weekend, John Marzano- aka: Johnny Marz-, added one more error to his lifetime stats. Marzano fell down a flight of stairs, but the precise cause of death has not been determined. Although Marzano was never a star player, he always exhibited a boisterous penchant for getting on camera with jokes and pranks.

While at Temple University, he earned a spot on the 1984 United States Olympic team as a catcher. Although baseball was still an Olympic demonstration sport at the time, with no medals awarded, that ’84 team included the future major league stars Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin and Will Clark.
John Robert Marzano was born in Philadelphia — “South Philly” he would have insisted, with an accent indicative of that part of town — on Feb. 14, 1963—he was 45 years old.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dude, easy on the rrro comment, i was a Johhny Marz fan, you sicko!

Anonymous said...

Make that the "error" comment

The Shepherd said...

You're right....it should have been a hit for the stairs. I don't make the news- I just report it.