RIP John Marzano

by PLU Tim on Apr 19, 2008 1:39 PM PDT

Oh man, what a sad event.

I guess he was found at the bottom of the stairs in his home. It's unclear as to whether it was the fall or something else. One of the great moments in M's history when the scrappy catcher stood up for the diminutive Tim Davis as the assbag Paul O'Neil threatened to charge the mound and beat of a guy 1/3 of his size only to have a haymaker from Marzy land upside his dome.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/sports&id=6091020

Rest In Peace my man.

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Marzano punching O'Neill is one of my favorite baseball moments.

Rest in peace, dude.

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 19, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions

It was one of mine for about 3 hours

until I got home and saw that he whiffed on that punch. I still loved him for it though, and he was a nice backup catcher.

by discovolante on Apr 19, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Sasaki didn't die when he fell down stairs

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Apr 19, 2008 2:03 PM PDT reply actions

Marzano was awesome

He definitely belongs in that tier of Mariners who didn’t necessarily put up great numbers, but who were still legit regardless.

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by Katal LM on Apr 19, 2008 2:04 PM PDT reply actions

Jason Ellison syndrome

by qrsouther on Apr 20, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Dude

We’ll miss you, Airtime.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 19, 2008 2:04 PM PDT reply actions

Unfortunate.

He was also a close friend of Lou Piniella and Junior, among others.

by ryanhealy on Apr 19, 2008 2:20 PM PDT reply actions

Before my time as a fan...

Can someone tell me his story, especially this punching incident?

And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...

by EnglishMariner on Apr 19, 2008 2:50 PM PDT reply actions

No problem...

The M’s had a tiny lefty named Tim Davis. He was a little dude. Looked like the wind could blow him off of the mound. One day he was pitching vs. the Yankees and Paul O’Neill, who, if you ever ask him, never let a pitch go by that was actually in the strike zone. Pauly didn’t like the fact the Davis threw a couple of inside pitches to him and started barking out at the mound. Marzano, who was the Sunday catcher at the time, decided that he didn’t like O’Neill’s tone and that he was picking on a guy that was tiny compared to him and took matters into his own hands and threw a legendary haymaker to the head of O’Neill which led to a bench clearing melee. What made it great was that O’Neill was significantly taller than Marzano by Marzy didn’t back down one bit. Instantly made him a fan favorite.

It was a great moment.

by PLU Tim on Apr 19, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

no video of it anywhere?

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by LantermanC on Apr 19, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been trying to find it

and I can’t find it anywhere.

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by pdb on Apr 19, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 19, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha, that's awesome.

I would like to see a game thread for that game!

I also want to see this punch.

And I’d love it if Burke punched Torri Hunter in the fucking FACE this sunday.

And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...

by EnglishMariner on Apr 19, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I mean...

Hunter ripped our hearts out last night for sure, but comparing Paul O’Neill to Torii Hunter is a little too far I think.

by brayden04 on Apr 19, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, O'Neill's a hell of a lot uglier

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by pdb on Apr 19, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I mean, have you seen Torii's cheek bones???

Hot Damn!

by brayden04 on Apr 19, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Any chance I get to mock Paul O'Neill

and his ugly, stupid face, I will.

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by pdb on Apr 19, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Paul O'Neill is a very special man to me.

No Major Leaguer has flipped me off or yelled at me more than him. I must have dumped a metric ton of angst on that Asshat over the years.

I lost my voice yelling at him after the Marzano incident.

RIP John.

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by Sec 108 on Apr 20, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Hahahaha

I remember this, and if I recall correctly the M’s and Yanks were legit rivals at the time.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 19, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

He will be missed

Marzano was one the most well liked back-up catchers we had. He made us forget about Chad Krueter and Chris Widger in a hurry. He was eventually replaced with Tom Lampkin (whom people also liked).

My mom says I'm cool

by aestivalis on Apr 19, 2008 3:35 PM PDT reply actions

That's too bad

And only 45….R.I.P. Marz

by OlSalty on Apr 19, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply actions

Johnny Bravo

I loved that Disco Night nickname.

by david h on Apr 19, 2008 6:23 PM PDT reply actions

Wow

Didn’t expect this.

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Apr 20, 2008 1:15 AM PDT reply actions

Class act

My son spent time with him and arod and my son like Marzano but thought arod was a jerk. He was seven. Good judge of character. RIP John, you are missed.

I killed a 12 pack just to watch it die...

by Dollar97 on Apr 20, 2008 9:28 AM PDT reply actions