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NEW YORK -- Clarence Choo-Choo Coleman, a catcher on the expansion 1962 Mets who spent four seasons in the major leagues with New York and the Philadelphia Phillies, died Monday at age 80. Will Butcher Jersey .Coleman, who had been suffering from cancer, died at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina, according to a niece, Linda Hibbler. Coleman had lived for more than two decades in nearby Bamberg.Hibbler said he was born on Aug. 18, 1935. Baseballreference.com listed his date of birth as Aug 25, 1937.Coleman said he was given his nickname was when he was young.When I was 8 or 9, I ran around a lot, he told The New York Times in 2012. My friends called me Choo-Choo because I was fast.Coleman played with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro American League and signed with the original Washington Senators. He was released and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was selected by Philadelphia at the 1960 winter meetings draft and hit .128 in 47 at-bats over 34 games with the Phillies.The Mets took him in that expansion draft.He batted .250 with six homers and 17 RBI in 55 games for the `62 Mets, who went 40-120, the second-most losses in major league history behind only the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134). Coleman also played for the Mets in 1963 and 1966, finishing with a .197 career average, nine homers and 30 RBI in 462 at-bats over 201 games.After his baseball career, he owned and operated a restaurant in Newport News, Virginia, before retiring to Bamberg.He is survived by his third wife, Lucille; a son, Clarence Coleman Jr.; and a daughter, Elnora Vanessa Swint, according to Hibbler. A funeral is scheduled for Saturday at Greater Sidney Park Baptist Church in Bamberg. Ken Daneyko Jersey . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Taylor Hall Jersey . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. http://www.devilsjerseyscheap.com/?tag=travis-zajac-jersey . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak.DENVER -- Troy Tulowitzki homered early, then doubled to start a two-run rally in the eighth inning that sent the Colorado Rockies over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Sunday. Michael Cuddyer, Dexter Fowler and Corey Dickerson also homered for the Rockies, who salvaged a split of their 10-game homestand. Yuniesky Betancourt and Norichika Aoki homered and Carlos Gomez had two hits and scored twice for the Brewers. The Rockies had hoped to stay in the thick of the NL West race when they resumed after the All-Star break against the three worst teams in the NL. Instead, they lost three of four to Miami and were in danger of losing the series to Milwaukee before coming back against John Axford (4-4). Trailing 5-4, Tulowitzki led off with a double down the third base line and scored on Cuddyers double down the first base line. One out later, Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead single. Rex Brothers got the final three outs for his seventh save. The Brewers took the lead in the eighth when Gomez doubled and Betancourt homered off reliever Matt Belisle (5-5). It was one of five home runs hit in the thin air at Coors Field. The Rockies trailed 3-1 when Dickerson led off the sixth with his first career homer. One out later, Cuddyer hit his 17th to right to tie it. Ben Lovejoy Jersey. Fowlers two-out homer off reliever Michael Gonzalez in the seventh gave Colorado a 4-3 lead. It was his 12th of the season. Jhoulys Chacin was in line for the win before Betancourts homer in the eighth. Chacin allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out four in seven innings. Tulowitzki gave the Rockies a 1-0 lead in the first with his 19th home run of the season off starter Donovan Hand. The Brewers tied it in the second on a bases-loaded infield single by Jeff Bianchi. Aoki made it 2-1 in the third with his sixth homer, and Bianchi gave the Brewers a two-run cushion with an RBI single in the fourth. Hand was making six innings, his longest outing of the season in just his fifth start. He allowed three runs on eight hits and didnt walk a batter. NOTES: Brewers SS Jean Segura was given the day off after getting hit in the right forearm with a pitch Saturday. Manager Ron Roenicke said Segura is fine and he just kept him out for rest. ... Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez (sprained right middle finger) was out of the lineup for the third straight day. ... Colorado LHP Jorge De La Rosa (10-5) will start Monday in Atlanta. ... Milwaukee RHP Kyle Lohse (7-7) will open a four-game series at the Cubs on Monday. Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Stitched Jerseys NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys Store Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Jerseys NFL China NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '
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