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'77Cubs
 Post subject: Frank Deford
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 12:37 pm 
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Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 11m11 minutes ago

Frank Deford, legendary sports writer and commentator, dies at 78
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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That sucks. Always liked him.
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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Great writer
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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A young Matches loved reading "The National."
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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Seemed like a good guy.
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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'77Cubs wrote:
Seemed like a good guy.

Bought drinks?

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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Darkside wrote:
'77Cubs wrote:
Seemed like a good guy.

Bought drinks?


LOL. Didn't seem like a pompous ass.
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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 1:17 pm 
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Shame. Good reporter.

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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I think years ago,they made a TV movie about his relationship with his sick daughter. I guess I'll google it. I didn't realize he was that old.

RIP

That didn't take long:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/ ... 69d873cc7b

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Matches Malone wrote:
A young Matches loved reading "The National."

I feel like I'm the only person in the world that remembered that paper. That as a must-buy every day along with the Trib. I think I kept nearly every issu but due to circumstances they were tossed earlier this year.

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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Don Tiny wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:
A young Matches loved reading "The National."

I feel like I'm the only person in the world that remembered that paper. That as a must-buy every day along with the Trib. I think I kept nearly every issu but due to circumstances they were tossed earlier this year.

I really liked The National. Good writing and layout.

Deford also wrote a pretty good baseball book (The Old Ballgame) which was about Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, and the deadball era.

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 4:23 pm 
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If I ever was on the train coming out of the Loop back then, I had to pick up a copy of the National.

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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I also read The National. I can remember a time when Chicago had 4 dailies,different editions on the same day. Those were the days.

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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I read The National, though I preferred The Sporting News since I wasn't reading The National every day.

Good publication, though.

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 Post subject: Re: Frank Deford
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The national was great but I remember it being hard to get a hold of for me as I wasn't driving st the time. Was bummed when I found out it closed shop.
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