Where Are They Now?

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Where are they now? Mets who've died recently:

Ed Bouchee, died January 23, 2013
Jim Fregosi, died February 14, 2014
Jeff McKnight, died March 1, 2015
Mario Ramirez, died February 22, 2013
Ray Sadecki, died November 17, 2014
Tom Veryzer, died July 8, 2014
Charlie Williams, died January 27, 2015
Don Zimmer, died June 4, 2014

I have a couple, though: Whatever happened to Todd Zeile and Ross Jones?

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Josh Stinson signs with KIA Tigers of Korea:

https://twitter.com/GSIntegration/status/549752557917442049

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Jason Pridie signs with SK Wyverns in the Korean League:

https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/544545820864167936

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Leroy Stanton

Anybody who was a Mets fan in the '70s will remember that this outfielder went to the California Angels along with Nolan Ryan in that infamous trade (New York also included Don Rose and Francisco Estrada).

Stanton spent five seasons with the Angels, two of which were pretty good. He had his career year with the expansion Mariners in 1977 but was finished in the majors after 1978. He played in Japan in 1979 and Mexico in 1980.

Stanton coached in the minors in the late '80s and early '90s. He lives today in Florence, South Carolina. That's about half an hour from his birthplace, Latta, SC.

Stanton coached

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Here's one from the early Mets: Choo Choo Coleman

He moved to Orlando after his baseball career and ended up marrying into a family who owned a Chinese restaurant in Virginia. For over 20 years he helped run the restaurant and sometimes served as a cook. He retired to South Carolina, where - per Wikipedia - he lived in obscurity until he was invited to the Mets' 50th Anniversary celebration in New York in 2012. He still roots for the Mets.

How about a completely random name who played in nine games for the Mets over two seasons: What became of Leroy Stanton?

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Duaner Sánchez

I noticed his name pop up on this board recently, so I thought I'd see where he is now.
His injury in 2006 made a difference as to how that season turned out.

I had not been aware that he'd pitched in the Can-Am League and in Mexico in 2010.
His last professional action that I can see came with the Long Island Ducks in 2011 (I'm trying to find out if he's remained active in Dominican winter ball).

I have a notion that Duaner is living in Mexico the days, because he's married to a Mexican morning-show hostess called Natalia Garduño. They have three kids.

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VI Baseball,I heard that Bobby Klaus and Chris Cannizzaro are still close friends to this day.Can you please tell us what
Bobby Klaus is doing these days? I really appreciate it.

This sounds extra believable, Joe, because Bobby Klaus has also been in San Diego for a long time. According to The Amazing Shea Stadium Autograph Project (fun Mets site, for those of you who don't know it), he worked for a biotech company there called Gen-Probe and that's still where he makes his home now that he's retired.

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VI Baseball,I heard that Bobby Klaus and Chris Cannizzaro are still close friends to this day.Can you please tell us what
Bobby Klaus is doing these days? I really appreciate it.

[Joe Rigatoni]

Duke Carmel

Carmel lives in Coram, New York (that's in Suffolk County). After baseball, he was a liquor salesman.

I met Duke Carmel's son Kenny Carmel as he used to work at Chess King(which no longer exists)in Mid Island Plaza
(now known as the Broadway Mall)in Hicksville LI in 1981.In 1981 I was in the mall stopping by Chess King to say
hello to a friend of mine who also worked there at the time.When I was in there I overheard one of the people who
worked there talking to somebody about Duke Carmel the ex-Met and ex-Yankee which was odd in 1981 as he wasn't
exactly a household name.So I said to the guy who worked there "Excuse me,I couldn't help but over hear that you were
talking about Duke Carmel the ex-Met and ex-Yankee?" And the guy said to me:"Wow,you heard of him? He's my father."
I said to him:"Wow,that's really cool.I have a baseball card of him as a Met at home and I would have loved to have him
sign it." And he said to me: "My father was just in here a few minutes ago.If you had it on you and if you had saw him he
definitely would have signed it for you." So a few times after that I would stop in and bring the card but his father wasn't
there during those times.It never occured to me to leave the card with his son and have his son get his father to sign it
and then go pick it up after he signed it.Well,eventually Kenny Carmel quit Chess King and I never saw him again and I
never did get that card signed.Well,maybe someday at an autograph signing I'll eventually get him to sign the card.Well,
easy come,easy go.(lol).

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Craig Anderson

Here's a nice article about Anderson from 2012, with a photo. These days he lives in Dunellon, Florida (north of Tampa and northwest of Orlando).
For 34 years (starting in 1966), he worked for his alma mater, Lehigh University.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/07/amazin_met_craig_anderson_stil.html

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Larry Burright

Burright lives in Glendora, California. That's in Los Angeles County. He went to high school and college in the L.A. area too.

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Duke Carmel

Carmel lives in Coram, New York (that's in Suffolk County). After baseball, he was a liquor salesman.

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Chris Cannizzaro

The catcher had his best years in San Diego, including a spot on the NL All-Star team in 1969 (somebody had to represent the expansion Padres).
Cannizzaro has been residing there for a long time. Since 2006, he has been Director of Baseball Operations for the University of San Diego.

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George Altman

He lives in O'Fallon, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
His chapter in the 2005 book Where Have All Our Cubs Gone? tells you a lot (even though you can't see it all on Google) about this interesting and intellectually inquisitive man.

http://books.google.com/books?id=8UEmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=george+altman+O%27Fallon&source=bl&ots=ouQH-9oAzT&sig=FYb7LgLH5lxLog2T_k8Y5TehjHM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T7qAU5GSEMfNsQT90YBQ&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=george%20altman%20O'Fallon&f=false

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How about a few early Mets - what are George Altman, Craig Anderson, Larry Burright, Chris Cannizzaro and Duke Carmel up to these days?

I updated the Index for those interested.