Dickie thon is the latest big league player to attempt a comeback. Anne jeffreys, who plays dick tracys girlfriend, later played marion kerby, one of the two ghosts in the tv series, topper. The opposing pitcher in the astros fifth game of 1984 was mike torrez of the mets. Join facebook to connect with tom dickie and others you may know. Thats impressive when you get on base by beaning more than you walk. View dickie trants profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Dickie thon society for american baseball research. Thon s son, dickie joe thon, was selected by the toronto blue jays in the 5th round, 156th overall in the june 2010 baseball draft and played the 2016 season for the dunedin blue jays.
Apr 27, 2015 the game went to a whopping 16 innings, with the visitors finally plating a pair. Jeff dickie senior technical sales stimwrx production. Dickie thons career altering injury the pecan park eagle. His career would come to a temporary halt early in 1984 when he was. The houston astros shortstop, attempting to come back from a severe beaning last season by new yorks mike torrez, is encountering difficulty, and there is talk that the. It was the most shocking and sickening moment that some of us will ever likely have again at any ballpark, anywhere. A tragic beaning ruined the career of shortstop dickie thon, but. It was a pitch that turned the tables on his predicted hall of fame future.
Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Touted by some as a future hall of famer, his career was permanently altered on april 8, 1984, when he was hit in the face by mike torrezs fastball. Dickie trant ownerdirector benbole management limited. Thon was struck in the left eye by a fastball from mets pitcher mike torrez. It was a pitch that cost him his vision in one eye. My affordable rates, high quality, and quick turnaround earn praises from my clients. Decons stars and stripes charity softball classic tickets on. Associated with he played in the 1983 mlb allstar game, where angels center fielder fred lynn famously hit a grand slam. Dickie thon beaned in head in astros loss to mets this article was written by bill mccurdy righthanded hitting dickie thon of the astros didnt move from his stance at the plate. View mike tuchens profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Dean dickie phone, address, background info whitepages. The beaning of ray chapman was one of the most tragic moments in baseball history, as he passed away after he was hit in the head by a fastball. Dickie thon remembered that then he was on his back, the baseball hero.
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The crack of his bat resounds in the cavernous grand slam, and he. Touted by some as a future hall of famer, his career was permanently altered on april 8. Hes the third catcher the astros have drafted in 2010, and all three were at one time on the johnny bench award watch list. Dickie thon is knocked down by a mike torrez fast ball that hits him square in the face and changes the course of his baseball future. Homelight has data on 16 transactions mike has done in modesto. This dickie looks stunning under a black or a gray hunt seat coat. Touted by some as a future hall of famer, his career was permanently altered on april 8, 1984. Thons greatgrandfather moved to puerto rico from bavaria and married a puerto rican girl. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey.
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View jeff dickies profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Dickie thon was born on june 20, 1958 in south bend, indiana, usa as richard william thon. Her translations have been published in the washington post online and are forthcoming from modern poetry in translation. Richards mid1980 stroke during a pregame sideline tossing, no other onfield tragedy has struck the houston astros as hard as the horrific beaning of ss dickie thon a handful of games into the 1984 season. Fast company, indeed, but, said rosen, when i see dickie thon, i see a future hall of famer. Mike mazurki, who plays splitface, is a character actor who plays a heavy in scores of bmovies.
April 8, 1984 dickie thon beaning in 1983 24 yearold dickie thon. All professional baseball statistics for dickie thon. For the lugnuts, they were led by rowdy tellez, who went two for seven with three rbis in the game, and dickie joe thon who went three for six at the plate. Dunedin blue jays activated 2b dickie joe thon from the temporarily.
Righthanded hitting dickie thon of the astros didnt move from his stance at the plate. In 1984, a very good major league baseball player named dickie thon was hit in his face by a fastball thrown by mike torrez. In his sleep, dickie thon actually felt himself move out of harms way. While pitcher darryl kiles untimely june 2002 passing from coronary disease happened while he was property of st. Dick tracy 1 hours and 45 minutes movie 1990 all tess trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective dick tracy. See full bio no need to waste time endlessly browsingheres the entire lineup of new movies and tv shows streaming on netflix this month. The pitch broke the orbital bone around his left eye and ended his 1984 season.
View the profiles of professionals named mike thoennes on linkedin. The rising fastball from mets pitcher mike torrez sailed. When they tested thons vision after the beaning, it was measured at 20300. The actor playing dick tracy, morgan conway, sounds just a bit like humphry bogart at least in this film.
Sadly, the beaning by mets pitcher mike torrez created serious permanent damage to dickie thons sight in his left eye. Mlbs worst hitbypitch moments ever bleacher report. In the first inning, facing the new york mets mike torrez, thon had. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mikes. Mike dickie head of pmo cwm taf morgannwg university. Media availability for the deacons stars and stripes charity softball classic will be released at a later date. View the profiles of professionals named tom dickie on linkedin. In addition to the sources cited in the notes, the author also benefited from the dickie thon file at the baseball hall of fame library, cooperstown, new york. How much damage would a 100 mph baseball do to your body. The night dickie thon went down the pecan park eagle. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world.
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