A Good Man Died Today

[Perknose]

David Montgomery. For 17 years, he was President and part owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. He was a home town boy who rose through the ranks to get there, starting out as a ticket seller.

Montgomery, who turned his Phillies fandom into a job with the team’s sales department in 1971, worked his way up through the Phillies organization and ultimately bought the club along with co-owner Bill Giles in 1981. He became team president in 1997 and held that position until his initial cancer diagnosis in 2014.

I can't claim to have know of him in any depth, but, damn, watch this video of grown men high up in the Phillies organization openly cry at his passing.

It seems everybody truly loved him because he truly loved, and cared about, everyone he ever came in contact with. The stories today abound with how he knew the names of everyone in the organization, from the trainers and peanut vendors on down, AND the names of their wives and kids AND what sports those kids played . . . and it wasn't a public relations act.

From the broadcast booth, John Kruk said the he pulled off the almost unattainable act of being well known throughout the city but having no one ever having said a single bad word about the man.

So . . . a good life well lived but a truly good man. Godspeed, Mr. Montgomery.

 

[Perknose]

Here's an memorial article by Philly sports writer Jim Salisbury that multiple personages said today is well worth the read.

 

[JEDIYoda]

We need more good people like this man! Rip!!!

 

[BurnItDwn]

It's always sunny in Philadelphia, but, perhaps there are some clouds in the sky.

Sounds like the guy had a lot of love for a lot of people and was able to show it and live a good life. It is indeed sad when people leave this plane of existence. Their warmth and kindness fades.

 

[Captante]

RIP 🙁