Northwest Baseball Great Mel Stottlemyre Dead

Mel Stottlemyre, a Central Washington product who would go on to be an ace pitcher for the New York Yankees and later a pitching coach for teams including the Mariners has died after a long battle with cancer.  Stottlemyre's son, Mel Jr was later also a pitching coach for the M's.  Both Mel, Jr and brother, Todd, pitched in the major leagues.

Larry Stone, a Seattle Times columnist, was working in Yakima for the local paper when Stottlemyre owned a sporting goods store in that town.  Having crossed paths both here and there, Stone wrote this column. Click here.