Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 24, 2004
Oates Passes

Johnny Oates succumbed to brain cancer today at the age of 58. It must be a very sad holiday in the Oates family. My sympathies go out to his family and friends.

Ken Rosenthal remember Oates this way:

Johnny Oates was only supposed to live one year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

He lived three.

Oates' brave fight was a testament to the power of his faith. Rangers manager Buck Showalter has called Oates the most ethical and moral man he has ever met. I would echo that sentiment, and so would virtually everyone else who knew him.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:12 PM | Deaths | TrackBack (0)
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-----"Johnny Oates was only supposed to live one year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
He lived three.
Oates' brave fight was a testament to the power of his faith. "

No disrespect to Mr Oates, but those comments are BS. The estimates the doctors give are just averages. As we all know from studying baseball, there is a lot of error in projections. To attribute his extra longevity to his faith rather than luck or other unknown factors is the height of silliness. There are better ways to respect the good qualities of Oates than this BS.

Posted by: jerk at December 26, 2004 08:08 PM

Not only are those comments BS, but comments like those are disrespectful to other families where loved ones have died of disease faster than doctors predicted or didn't outlive the prediction by 2 years. Essentially the comments suggest that if those other people had had more "faith" and been better, more "moral" people, then they would have lived longer too. What a crock.

Posted by: Bob at December 28, 2004 02:05 PM

Wow, you people are harsh. Someone says something nice about a friend after he dies. What's so unusual about that? People even said nice things about Nixon after he died! I hope you two don't speak at my funeral.

Posted by: David Pinto at December 28, 2004 02:26 PM

You may not can prove that his faith sustained him or kept him alive longer than the prognosis, but neither can you disprove it. I'm with David... there was no cause for such harse remarks following the death of a man who was so passionate about both baseball and his faith.

Posted by: FTS at December 28, 2004 06:24 PM
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