Marzano was a backup major league catcher for 10 seasons, then became a local radio personality and a sports analyst for Comcast and MLB.com, doing color and commentary for both organizations. He was a very smart, outgoing guy and was very generous with his time whenever you needed a good quote or an honest game-inside the game perspective.

The above photo was taken during a '96 Mariners-Yankees series where Marzano went at it with the Yankees Paul O'Neill. You can take the boy out of South Philly...

Funeral services for Marzano will be held this Friday.

Marzano Brought South Philly To The Game [Inquirer]

Taylor "did not make it through the night;" his femoral artery had been severed, and the bleeding "could not be stopped, just curbed." Michael Wilbon wrote yesterday that, "Taylor grew up in a violent world, embraced it, claimed it, loved to run in it and refused to divorce himself from it. He ain't the first and won't be the last." Taylor was shot after leaving the bed of his fiancee with his 18-month-old daughter just down the hall.

Taylor was 24 years old.

Sean Taylor Dies In Miami [Washington Post[