CLAUDELL WASHINGTON HAS DIED

Sad day in the baseball world and it involved a journeyman and a solid baseball guy and former New York Yankee.  There's no doubt Claudell Washington will be missed as he was always described as a great teammate.  Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle put this out on Twitter:

Claudell Washington was living in the East Bay and had been battling illness for several years. RIP to one of the 70s A’s more underrated players.

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 10, 2020

Yup. Underrated is exactly what I would call Claudell.  The New York Post writes:

"Washington spent three seasons with the A’s and played for the Rangers, White Sox, Mets (1980), Braves, Yankees, Angels and the Yankees again in 1990. He was an All-Star in 1975 at 20 and in 1984 for Atlanta. In 1,912 big league games, Washington batted .278 and was a .333 (13-for-39) hitter in 15 postseason games.

Washington’s best season with the Yankees was his last of the first stint. In 126 games in 1988, Washington tied a career high by hitting .308 with 11 homers, 64 RBIs and posting a .784 OPS.
He also hit the 10,000th home run in Yankees franchise history on April 20, 1988, when he crushed a pinch-hit blast off Twins closer Jeff Reardon."

And BYB friend Billy Sample tells this story of Washington on his Facebook:

No doubt Claudell will be missed. My heart goes out to his family.

Rest in Peace, friend.