From The Pittsburgh Trib. There's a nice story here about reconciliation involving Dick Groat. (Maybe an illustration in search of a sermon)
His father was a famous entertainer, and he succeeded a baseball legend. But Joe L. Brown ended up making his own name, putting his stamp on three Pittsburgh Pirates world championship teams during a span of 20 years.
The Pirates' general manager from 1955 through 1976 and again briefly in 1985, Brown died Sunday in Albuquerque, N.M., after a long illness. He would have been 92 on Sept. 1.
Brown, the son of Hollywood actor and comedian Joe E. Brown, replaced Branch Rickey with the Pirates. It was Rickey who started baseball's farm system, helped integrate Major League Baseball when he brought Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and began restocking the Pirates.
But it became Brown's team, and the Pirates won the World Series in 1960 and 1971. After he retired, the Pirates won it all again in 1979 with many of the players he had acquired.
News of Brown's death, which first came to light yesterday in a statement by team President Frank Coonelly, circulated while fans and former players and officials were still mourning the loss of Nelson J. "Nellie" King. A popular former pitcher and broadcaster, King died Wednesday at 82.
Noting that Brown, who used a wheelchair, attended June's celebration of the 1960 team at PNC Park, Coonelly wrote, "He was a great man and a true Pittsburgh Pirate." Brown received a hearty ovation when introduced.
More here-
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_695193.html
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