Bob Boone Passes Away

Longtime MLB catcher/manager Bob Boone passed away yesterday at 78, according to a family announcement. Boone was a baseball lifer who spent over five decades in the game in various capacities. He was also part of a three-generation family of big leaguers, the son of a 13-year MLB veteran and father of two All-Stars.

Bob Boone was born in 1947, at a time when his father Ray Boone was playing in the Cleveland farm system. Ray would reach the majors a year later and had a couple All-Star selections and a few down ballot MVP seasons among a career that spanned until 1960. While Ray Boone was a multi-positional infielder, Bob moved behind the plate after being drafted by the Phillies in the…