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Marichal, Roseboro

Gwen Knapp writes a nice article about the Marichal - Roseboro relationship 40 years after Marichal beat Roseboro with a bat. From the article:

Over the years, the two had transcended the moment that linked them in baseball infamy. They had become friendly, genuinely respectful. In the 1980s, as a gesture of goodwill, Roseboro and his family flew to the Dominican Republic for a charity golf tournament hosted by Marichal. "It doesn't surprise me that he would do something like that,'' said John Werhas, a former Dodger who is now a pastor in Southern California. "John Roseboro was probably as nice a human being as you'd ever meet.''

I always thought of Marichal as a jerk who beat John Roseboro with a bat. If the Roseboros can get beyond, perhaps I should too.

posted by Dave @ 11:20 AM