Talk:Tug McGraw

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Needs references, but otherwise a B.
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 13:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: There needs to be a section talking about Tug being the father of country music star, Tim McGraw.
*It's already mentioned throughout the article. Besides, all Tim McGraw really did was perform the song "Live Like You Were Dying", probably chose to use it because it sounded like it could fit his father's case. It was written my Craig Wiseman & Tim Nichols, so Tim McGraw did not write the song about his father, or even write the song. Zchris87v 16:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: ....First off, uhhhhhh, I KNOW those are the Phillies colors, that's the point!  Second, just Google Tug McGraw and see how many searches, pictures, etcetera, come up of him in a Phillies uniform.  Like I said, if we're going to have this silly convention of infobox colors, at least make them neutral.  But the REAL point is, that you're in your element again.  I see that you make ZERO edits on Mets who are unequivocal, such as Darryl Strawberry or Dwight Gooden.  You find EVERY LAST borderline case, then instigate trouble.  You are *one sick fuck*.  Googie man (talk) 18:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The only reason you find more photos of him as a Philly is because that part of his career was more recent and camera technology was better (resulting in a great deal more photos available on the internet.) OlympianX  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.43.127 (talk) 22:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And perhaps because Tug McGraw threw the last pitch in the 1980 World Series?  Some World Series, people more or less forgetten about, like the 1983 WS, or the 1990 WS.  The 1980 was pretty well known at the time.  It was an exciting series, and made national stars out of Mike Schmidt, and Tug McGraw. Yes, McGraw's peak as a pitcher was as a Met, I'm not disputing that.  However, the total disavowal of his time on the Phillies on the infobox shows bias.  Googie man (talk) 03:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

text: PS You said yourself you live in a city of 18 million people. Jesus Christ, go to a restaurant, see a show, feed pigeons in Central Park.  The last thing *I'd* being doing if I lived in the best city in the world is fucking around on Wikipedia.  Googie man (talk) 18:41, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Brilliant edit, for which I give my unqualified support. Googie man (talk) 18:23, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

text: I think he's more known as a Met. Rbc224 (talk) 23:36, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Banned IP address 68.173.209.19, Jjj22, Gmh224, JoeIdaho, and Pascack

message: Is Tug McGraw any relation to old-time baseball great John McGraw? There should probably be a mention in the article of whether he is or isn't, as that's probably a common question for anyone who's heard of both. -- CWesling (talk) 22:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Any relation to John?

message: How about a new picture without the belly? --Npnunda (talk) 23:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it back to the hall Of Fame Plaque. --Npnunda (talk) 23:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Hall of Fame plaque is not a good one because it overemphasizes his time with the Phillies at the expense of his career with the Mets, which is just as well known (if not more so) than his time in Philly.  The point of getting rid of the infobox colors was to eliminate the association of players with one team over the other, especially in close calls such as with Tug.  Keep the belly picture or something else more neutral.Rbc224 (talk) 04:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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message: Tug left up coming superstar and son Tim be hind.tim never new his father that well. 
At the age of 11 Tim found his birth certificate by accident. 
At the age of 18 his mom took him to meet his father.tug later engaged him as his son. 
After tugs death in 2004 tim wrote the hit song live like you were dying. 
the lyrics match up really well. after reading the bio. of tug look at these lyrics.
He said I was in my early forties 
with a lot of life before me 
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime 
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays 
Talking bout the options 
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in 
that this might really be the real end 
how�s it hit you when you get that kinda news 
man what�d you do 
and he said
I went sky diving 
I went Rocky Mountain climbing 
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu 
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter 
and I gave forgiveness I�d been denying 
and he said someday I hope you get the chance 
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband 
that most the time I wasn�t 
and I became a friend a friend would like to have 
and all the sudden going fishin 
wasn�t such an imposition 
and I went three times that year I lost my dad 
well I finally read the good book 
and I took a good long hard look 
at what I�d do if I could do it all again 
and then 
I went sky diving 
I went Rocky Mountain climbing 
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu 
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter 
and I gave forgiveness I�d been denying 
and he said someday I hope you get the chance 
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about 
what�d you do with it what did you do with it 
what did I do with it 
what would I do with it? 
Sky diving 
I went Rocky Mountain climbing 
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu 
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter 
and I watched an eagle as it was flying 
and he said someday I hope you get the chance 
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying 
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying 
To live like you were dying  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.186.213 (talk) 00:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: leaving behind

message: On behalf of the Tug McGraw Foundation, there seems to be a consistent entry from an individual claiming that Tug fathered twins under his personal life.  This is simply untrue. False statments will be reported to wikipedia if this entry continues.  The Tug McGraw Foundation  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.122.254.209 (talk) 17:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal Life

message: I've searched the internet, and found no source at all that McGraw was ever a marine. I will continue to look, but if I don't find anything, I'm removing it.--Johnny Spasm (talk) 16:44, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: Can someone get these sourced and cited?? Eric Statzer (talk) 07:33, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Career Stats

message: I moved this paragraph by 69.114.172.154 from the article: 
In late September/ early October 1981 Tug McGraw was participating in a promotional advertisement. The promotion was to benefit the neo-natal center located at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. At the time my daughter was a patient in the neo-natal center and was filmed with Tug for that promotion.
Miniapolis 01:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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message: Can someone rewrite this section? It looks like it was copied/pasted directly from the web site, and therefore looks and sounds promotional in nature. 64.134.242.147 (talk) 15:25, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
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message: Someone needs to change this.  Back in those days they were the Jacksonville Expos. 2600:1700:60F0:2360:397B:BB37:950C:6837 (talk) 12:29, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The sources describe the late 1960s / early 1970s team as the Suns, even when they briefly had an affiliation with the Expos in 1970. They weren't the Jacksonville Expos until the mid-1980s as far as I can tell. Larry Hockett (Talk) 13:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
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