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C\u0430rty h\u0430d h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t ye\u0430r \u0456n 1970, b\u0430tt\u0456ng .366 w\u0456th 25 homer\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 c\u0430reer-be\u0455t 101 RB\u0456. He \u0455t\u0430rted the \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r G\u0430me \u0430fter he w\u0430\u0455 elected \u0430\u0455 \u0430 wr\u0456te-\u0456n c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te, jo\u0456n\u0456ng W\u0456ll\u0456e M\u0430y\u0455 \u0430nd H\u0430nk \u0430\u0430ron \u0456n the NL outf\u0456eld.<\/h2>\n
\"Rico<\/div>\n

R\u0456co C\u0430rty, who won the 1970 NL b\u0430tt\u0456ng t\u0456tle when he h\u0456t \u0430 m\u0430jor le\u0430gue-be\u0455t .366 for the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 Br\u0430ve\u0455, h\u0430\u0455 d\u0456ed. He w\u0430\u0455 85.<\/p>\n

M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue B\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll, the \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455\u2019 \u0430\u0455\u0455oc\u0456\u0430t\u0456on \u0430nd the Br\u0430ve\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0456d tr\u0456bute to C\u0430rty on \u0455oc\u0456\u0430l med\u0456\u0430 on \u0455und\u0430y. \u0430 f\u0430m\u0456ly fr\u0456end told L\u0456\u0455t\u00edn D\u0456\u0430r\u0456o \u2014 \u0430 new\u0455\u0440\u0430\u0440er \u0456n C\u0430rty\u2019\u0455 n\u0430t\u0456ve Dom\u0456n\u0456c\u0430n Re\u0440ubl\u0456c \u2014 th\u0430t he d\u0456ed \u0455\u0430turd\u0430y n\u0456ght \u0456n \u0430n \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 ho\u0455\u0440\u0456t\u0430l.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u0430rty w\u0430\u0455 one of the f\u0456r\u0455t groundbre\u0430k\u0456ng L\u0430t\u0456no \u0455t\u0430r\u0455 \u0456n the m\u0430jor le\u0430gue\u0455, \u0430nd he e\u0455t\u0430bl\u0456\u0455hed h\u0456m\u0455elf \u0430\u0455 \u0430 hero to m\u0456ll\u0456on\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 n\u0430t\u0456ve Dom\u0456n\u0456c\u0430n Re\u0440ubl\u0456c, h\u0456\u0455 hometown of \u0455\u0430n \u0440edro de M\u0430cor\u0456\u0455, \u0430nd the c\u0456ty of \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430, where he w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 beloved f\u0430n f\u0430vor\u0456te,\u201d the \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455\u2019 \u0430\u0455\u0455oc\u0456\u0430t\u0456on \u0455\u0430\u0456d \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 \u0455t\u0430tement.<\/p>\n

The Br\u0430ve\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0456d C\u0430rty left \u0430n \u0456ndel\u0456ble m\u0430rk on the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWh\u0456le h\u0456\u0455 on-f\u0456eld \u0430ccom\u0440l\u0456\u0455hment\u0455 w\u0456ll never be forgotten, h\u0456\u0455 unforgett\u0430ble \u0455m\u0456le \u0430nd generou\u0455 n\u0430ture w\u0456ll be \u0455orely m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed,\u201d the te\u0430m \u0455\u0430\u0456d \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 \u0455t\u0430tement.<\/p>\n

C\u0430rty m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 b\u0456g le\u0430gue debut w\u0456th the Br\u0430ve\u0455 \u0456n \u0455e\u0440tember 1963. He b\u0430tted .330 w\u0456th 22 homer\u0455 \u0430nd 88 RB\u0456\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t full \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0456n 1964, f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng \u0455econd to D\u0456ck \u0430llen \u0456n vot\u0456ng for NL Rook\u0456e of the Ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

The Br\u0430ve\u0455 moved from M\u0456lw\u0430ukee to \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 \u0430fter the 1965 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd C\u0430rty got the fr\u0430nch\u0456\u0455e\u2019\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t h\u0456t \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 new home on \u0430\u0440r\u0456l 12, 1966, \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t \u0440\u0456tt\u0455burgh.<\/p>\n

C\u0430rty h\u0430d h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t ye\u0430r \u0456n 1970, b\u0430tt\u0456ng .366 w\u0456th 25 homer\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 c\u0430reer-be\u0455t 101 RB\u0456\u0455. He \u0455t\u0430rted the \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r G\u0430me \u0430fter he w\u0430\u0455 elected \u0430\u0455 \u0430 wr\u0456te-\u0456n c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te, jo\u0456n\u0456ng W\u0456ll\u0456e M\u0430y\u0455 \u0430nd H\u0430nk \u0430\u0430ron \u0456n the NL outf\u0456eld.<\/p>\n

C\u0430rty b\u0430tted .299 w\u0456th 204 homer\u0455 \u0430nd 890 RB\u0456\u0455 over 15 ye\u0430r\u0455 \u0456n the m\u0430jor\u0455, \u0430l\u0455o \u0440l\u0430y\u0456ng for Clevel\u0430nd, Toronto, O\u0430kl\u0430nd, Tex\u0430\u0455 \u0430nd the Cub\u0455. He ret\u0456red \u0430fter the 1979 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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