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Tim McCarver, who parlayed his lengthy baseball career into a similarly long stint in the broadcast booth, died Thursday of heart failure at the age of 81, Major League Baseball announced....McCarver, a catcher, was one of only a few major league players to appear in games over the span of four decades. His MLB career began in 1959 with St. Louis, with whom McCarver earned two World Series rings and his only two all-star nods and finished second in the 1967 National League MVP voting. From there, he became something of a journeyman, with stints in Philadelphia (twice), Montreal, St. Louis a second time and Boston. His final seasons were spent helping the Phillies win three straight NL East titles from 1976 to 1978 as ace Steve Carlton’s “personal catcher” before McCarver retired after the 1979 season.
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