RIP Sal Bando

[markedman5]

https://twitter.com/brewers/status/1616873843360174081?s=61&t=JDzUV5F8Kl0l-VFE_y9-Jg

[LaprilOne]

RIP, he was a good Brewer, enjoyed watching him play.  General management was not his strong suite, but he did his best.

[clancyphile]

It is a shame, in a sense, that a decision as GM overshadowed his playing time in Milwaukee.

[StearnsFTW]

Met Sal and Sandy many times over the years. Sal was always a humble, down-to-earth guy.  

 

RIP

 

 

 

 

[homer]

I wonder how he could have done under different ownership? I always felt he was hamstrung by the Seligs. 

[Jimbo]

At the time, his FA signing was a huge deal.  Obtaining a member of the Amazing A's three-peat team.  This signaled the transition for the Brewers from being a struggling expansion team to a legitimate team.

 

[JimH5]

2 hours ago, Jimbo said:

At the time, his FA signing was a huge deal.  Obtaining a member of the Amazing A's three-peat team.  This signaled the transition for the Brewers from being a struggling expansion team to a legitimate team.

 

Indeed.  It was a BIG deal for the lowly Brewers to land a star player like Bando.

I was impressed that he lived out the rest of his post-Brewers days in the area.  That's meaningful.  

He was involved in a lot of charity work, and by all accounts, was an upstanding guy.  

[Ulice Payne]

The Brewers signing Bando legitimized the franchise. 

And certainly I have no way of knowing, but I always believed that Bando went out of his way to take the heat for unpopular decisions that were more likely coming from Bud and Wendy.