<![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45 - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45 - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @NJP: The M's announcers started the Saturday "Mariners Roundtable" saying "this is the saddest topic we've ever had to discuss on this roundtable." Then they said why, and I just sat there sadly nodding. Marzie was one of those guys who would have been perfect telling talltales of baseball well into his nineties.

IchiroSuzukiSamurai

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Doyle McPoyle: Or you Michael Kay...Seeeee Yaa!

Slick Rick's Bookie

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> As a Mariners fan from way back, I thought the world of John Marzano from his time with the team. He seemed like a great guy, and he decked Paul O'Neill! He was also responsible for my favorite baseball quote ever, when he said "Between Griffey and me, we've got 31 home runs, so we've got some power in the lineup". Of course, at that point in the season, Ken Griffey Jr. had 30 home runs and Marzano had 1.

NJP

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> I've only seen a little of his work but he seemed to really know his stuff. That is sad for his family.

André Roussimoff

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> They say the fall didn't kill so I guess that means it was the heart attack that did it. Apparently his father also died of heart attack when he was in his 60s. Sad.

Fugees-and-Funyuns

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> As a TV guy, a hell of a lot better than most. As a ballplayer, Sal Fasano before Sal Fasano was Sal Fasano. Godspeed, Johnny Marz.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> RIP good sir. You were a great guy with a wonderful personality. A man who lived for baseball and loved to share it with kids. You will be missed.

Please, no jokes.

Shakεy

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Anybody who smacks Paul O'Neill is okay in my book.

RIP, funnyman.

FredGarvin

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> RIP.
Should've been you, Joe Morgan.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> RIP Johnny Marz. He will be missed. He was the best part of the Morning Show on WIP. A true blue collar south Philly guy that came home after he left the MLB.

Packy

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @crazyjoedavola:

If only he could have fallen into Waldman and Sterling, brekaing his fall with their spines.

FredGarvin

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Slothrop: I thought about that possibility. But it was posed as an "either or" which sounded like an odd determination to be making.

Either way... tragic and unfortunate.

FightTiger

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> My fiancee, who knows nothing about baseball, informed me of his death this weekend figuring he was actually someone important that I knew about.

Oh yes, he was. RIP.

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> RIP

Jefferson Short Bus

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> LaTroy Hawkins framed this photograph.

The Sports Hernia

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @FightTiger:

I'm no medical examiner, but if he had a cardiac event on the stairs, the fall might've killed him before the heart attack.

/didn't know the guy; sorry he died.

Slothrop

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Loved Johnny Marz and Bob Charry on Saturday afternoons. He will be missed.

How do you spell retard?

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: No, the coroner in South Philly is just using the old mafia "Wheel of Death Excuses" and it stopped on the line in between "heart attack" and "fell down the stairs" and he just went with it.

Hit Bull Win Steak

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @EddieRebel:

Yes, and then he caught a ball in his cap.

Whitey Fisk

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Slothrop: Even money Waldman is the one to do it. There's a dark rage hidden in there. One that festers each time she listens to the biggest hack this side of Berman. It is high, it is far, it is manslaughter

crazyjoedavola

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> "It appears Marzano either had a heart attack or fell down the stairs"
You'd think authorities would be able to discern between those two causes.

My condolances to the Marzano family and the Philly community. Sounds like a great guy.

FightTiger

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> What the hell is that guy doing wearing LaTroy Hawkins' jersey number?

Kenneth Jackelen

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Any friend of a Pirates manager is a friend of mine

RIP, Marzano

[www.pittsburghlive.com]

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Shoulda been you Rocky...to fall down the stairs.

RIP Marzano.

The Fan’s Attic

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> there was a moment of silence before the National Anthem last night at the game. class move by the Phils. he'll be missed.

joe

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Spectacular Sam:

Just wait until a delerious Jon Kitna gets run over chasing Jesus balloons into traffic.

Gourmet Spud

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Did Daulerio just quote The Roots?

Definitely a loss for all of Philly. Marz will be missed.

Enrico

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: Well, his shoes fell off, which caused confusion.

blastitbiggs

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Dead Phillies and Steeler Dong, the Clinton campaign is trying to find away to blame all this on Obama

Steve Trachsel, Ace

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Geez, that sounds like an opening to an episode of Six Feet Under.

Spectacular Sam

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Who's that white guy wearing Paul Oneill's jersey number?!?! Boooooooo!!!

Oh wait.

SlantedAndDisenchanted

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Doyle McPoyle:

Sterling? Really, with Waldman sitting right there? "Oh my goodness gracious this is the most Gahaaa! ...."

Slothrop

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado: +1

Rob Iracane

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @EddieRebel: No, but tomorrow he has to catch a fly ball in his hat.

Carlton_Whitfield

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Johnny Marz was never afraid to call it like he saw it. I always liked him on the Phillies' post-game show.

Really, really sad.

Clare

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> @Brazil Thrill - Hawks Aficionado:

Now that is how you tastefully redirect towards snark.

Gourmet Spud

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Did Paul O'Neil hit two home runs for him while on his deathbed?

Artie Fufkin

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Terrible, and not just because he had the good sense to put Paul O'Neill in a headlock.

44 in a Row

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Shoulda been you, Sterling.

Doyle McPoyle

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Damn, I am at a loss for Snark.

I figured he was gonna make it onto a national TV team at some point..

Steve Trachsel, Ace

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> Marzano either had a heart attack or fell down the stairs.

Did they assign a trainee coroner to this case?

Brazil Thrill

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> One of the more notable alumns of my high school and a great baseball guy. Used to love listening to him on WIP.

R.I.P.

ArkansasFred

]]> <![CDATA[John Marzano Dead At 45]]> I've read about this in three different publications now and I still find it hard to believe. Sucks.

Chamomiles Davis

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