Chelsea Janes Tweets on the passing of Nationals official scorer David Vincent:
RIP Dave. Told me he hoped to beat cancer long enough to score the 2018 All-Star Game at Nats Park. Put up a heck of a fight. https://t.co/IH718natVq
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) July 3, 2017
Vincent was also the keeper of the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, from which in 1996 became The Home Run Encyclopedia.
It’s one of my prized possessions. Vincent was very helpful to me during the 1990s when I needed help with research I could not glean from the book. I tried very hard to get STATS, Inc. and SABR to join forces on the list, giving STATS access and SABR updates, but SABR did not grok how much the internet might help. Eventually, the list did come into the possession of Baseball-Reference, where anyone can now use it for research.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends. Baseball researchers should be saddened today.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2uCBitp
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