# Goodbye, Oscar Gamble

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045 "2018-02-02T16:37:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045/1 "2018-02-02T16:37:43Z")

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[He was taken from us too soon.](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22275377/former-major-league-outfielder-oscar-gamble-dead-68) Not a great ballplayer, but a pretty good one. Still, Oscar’s greatest contribution to the game was his baseball card photos, like [this one from 1976.](https://theundefeated.com/features/oscar-gamble-1976-baseball-card/) Why can’t more athletes forget those dreadlocks and grow righteous Afros these days?

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045/2 "2018-02-02T16:51:31Z")

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His brother, Proctor N, can carry on his legacy. ☹

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045/3 "2018-02-02T18:17:02Z")

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RIP Oscar. Thanks for the hits, the hair, and one of baseball’s greatest quotes.  
“People don’t think it be like it is, but it do.”

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045/4 "2018-02-02T18:36:04Z")

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Don’t forget “When I’m at bat, I’m in scoring position.”

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-oscar-gamble/808045/5 "2018-02-02T18:41:41Z")

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He had an amazing ABPA Baseball Game card for 1979, when he hit .358 with 19 home runs in only 100 games.

And, of course, that amazing Afro.