Paul Splittorff

Tough blow to baseball with the passing yesterday of former Royals lefty and broadcaster Paul Splittorff at the age of 64 from skin cancer.
The Royals all-time leader in wins with 166, I remember Splittorff for two things. He was always really tough on the Yankees. I hated seeing him and Larry Gura pitch against the Yanks because lefties caused them problems. He was real good on the hill.
The other thing I remember him for was my one and only meeting with him in 1999 at the old Denver Fieldhouse. He was there to broadcast a basketball game for Missouri-Kansas City against the DU Pioneers, the team I was announcing for at the time. Talking to him prior to the broadcast, we exchanged basketball information before the conversation turned to baseball. He was awfully nice and friendly and it was easy to see why he was so well liked in Kansas City.
I never heard him broadcast but I understand he was just as good an announcer as he was a pitcher. Crummy news indeed.