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Al Widmar, who pitched 15 seasons in the minor leagues, including three seasons in the Coast League, and four seasons in both the Texas League and American Association, died on October 15, 2005 in Tulsa, OK. He also managed Tulsa in the Texas League.
Widmar was the pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays for 10 years, and later Special Assistant to the GM.
posted by Carlos Bauer at 1:39 PM
Publisher of Baseball Press Books & former Society for American Baseball Research Minor League Committee Chair. He attended Columbia University, and then went to work for the Spanish Film Company Emiliano Piedra Producciones as special assistant to the producer during the period the company produced the flamenco trilogy of Carlos Saura & Antonio Gades. After the death of Franco, he translated four works of Henry Miller & Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "A Coney Island of the Mind."
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