Lyman Bostock Story Part 1
September 18th, 2009 by baseball
paid player in sports after signing with the California Angels in 1977 after leaving the Minnesota Twins.During the first month of the season and having a subpar performance, Bostock refused to take his salary and when the team would not keep it, he gave it to charity. Bostock was fatally shot in Gary, Indiana by a jealous divorcee while visiting relatives when playing the Chicago White Sox in the last weekend of the 1978 season. Bostock’s father, from Alabama, played in the Negro …
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September 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I know. If he wasn’t murderd, He would of had more than 2,500 hits, 400 or more home runs, 80 or more stolen bases, and 380 or more doubles. We’ll miss you Lyman, we sure will.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
a promising career cut short.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Thanks for posting- saw this on ESPN last year, and it was EXCELLENT. A real shame what happened.