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wadesworld

Died at 58.  Crazy.

One of my roommates junior/senior year at Marquette was from Chicago and moved back there after college.  Big Cubs (and Chicago sports in general) fan.  Pedro was covering an ESPN game a year or two after the Cubs won the World and was on the train when my roommate tried to pretend he was on his phone and took a picture over his shoulder of Pedro on the train.  Pedro caught him taking it and tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Let's get a good one," and they took a picture together.  Pedro then ended up giving him some of the corks from the champagne bottles from Chicago's locker room celebration and some of his notes from the series.

cheebs09

Very sad. Seems to have made quite an impact on many media members by the outpouring by of tweets.

Here is a good one from Howard Bryant.

https://twitter.com/hbryant42/status/1358655706283573250?s=21

I'm fairly certain I saw him at Caffrey's after the Nyjer Morgan walkoff in Game 5 of the NLDS.

MU82

I have been in a Facebook thread discussing Pedro all day.

Truly a good guy. He was a peer (we are about the same age) and we spent a decent amount of time in ballparks together. Great guy to have a conversation with; he lived a very interesting life before he became a sportswriter.

Pedro never "big-timed" anybody, even after he went to ESPN. I often saw him make time for local broadcasters and writers from community newspapers.

Very sad to see such a nice guy, and a pro's pro, die. Especially so young.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

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During Bonds' heyday, Pedro Gomez was the only guy who could get any info on him. RIP

dgies9156

Quote from: BLM on February 08, 2021, 09:40:21 AM
Died at 58.  Crazy.

One of my roommates junior/senior year at Marquette was from Chicago and moved back there after college.  Big Cubs (and Chicago sports in general) fan.  Pedro was covering an ESPN game a year or two after the Cubs won the World and was on the train when my roommate tried to pretend he was on his phone and took a picture over his shoulder of Pedro on the train.  Pedro caught him taking it and tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Let's get a good one," and they took a picture together.  Pedro then ended up giving him some of the corks from the champagne bottles from Chicago's locker room celebration and some of his notes from the series.

This is a great story. Thanks for sharing it, Brother BLM.

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