Philadelphia Athletics – Baseball by The Letters https://www.baseballbytheletters.com Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:06:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 22759191 A fond farewell to Skeeter Kell https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2015/06/01/a-fond-farewell-to-skeeter-kell/ https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2015/06/01/a-fond-farewell-to-skeeter-kell/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/?p=3818 KellSkeeterEverett “Skeeter” Kell is gone at age 85. Another alum from the Philadelphia Athletics has departed.

Previously, Skeeter wrote this moving letter about his Hall of Fame brother:

Bobby Winkles shared this memory of the Kell brothers.

Judge not on stats alone. Great storytellers remain. Here for a limited time only.

 

 

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