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The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

One Foot in the Grave...The other on a Banana peel

Submitted by 000002 on November 25, 1999.

Score
4hits so far
25tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Ronald ReaganJun 5, 2004 Jun 5, 2004 93
9 Ted WilliamsJul 5, 2002 Jul 5, 2002 83
8 Charles Schulz hitFeb 12, 2000 Feb 12, 2000 77
7 Tom Landry hitFeb 12, 2000 Feb 12, 2000 75
6 Maurice Richard hitMay 27, 2000 May 27, 2000 78
5 Katharine HepburnJun 29, 2003 Jun 29, 2003 96
4 John O'Connor hitMay 3, 2000 May 3, 2000 80
3 Pope John Paul IIApr 2, 2005 Apr 2, 2005 84
2 Max SchmelingFeb 2, 2005 Feb 2, 2005 99
1 Edward TellerSep 9, 2003 Sep 9, 2003 95

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 2024

El Tiante pitched like a man trying to shake off a bee: twist around, stare at center field, then throw the ball from somewhere near his own back pocket. The Cuban right-hander won 229 games, carried the Red Sox to Game 7 of the 1975 World Series and smoked cigars in the shower, which is more than most of us can say. Boston lost that Series, naturally, because it was Boston. He died at home in Maine at 83.