Tributes pour in after four-time MLB All-Star, manager dies
Immediately after news spread of Davey Lopes’ death at 80, tributes poured in from the baseball community in remembrance of the four-time MLB All-Star and former Milwaukee Brewers manager. According to TMZ , Lopes died April 8 following complications from Parkinson’s disease and had been in hospice care in his native Rhode Island. MORE: Dodgers announce death of former World Series champion, coach, 4-time All-Star “Sending heartfelt condolences to Davey Lopes’ family,” former Philadelphia Phillies manager and shortstop Larry Bowa wrote on X.
“He was one of the greatest competitors I had the privilege to play with in Chicago, and against when he was with the Dodgers. RIP my friend. ” “Davey was tough, honest and a terrific athlete,” Hall of Fame sports writer Ross Newhan, who covered Lopes’ playing career with the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times, wrote on Facebook.
“Visited with him a few times in retirement and saddened to think those visits are no more. ” MORE: Georgia two-sport star, top-5 MLB draft pick, dies asdf “Davey Lopes, the best base stealing coach we’ve ever had,” former Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. wrote on X.
“And a great base stealer in his own right. So sad to hear of his passing. God bless the Lopes family that has had to endure so much heartache.
Thank you, Davey, for bringing joy to all of us. RIP” More to come on this story.