RIP John Cerutti

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Obit by the Toronto Star's Dave Perkins
I'm sure most of you heard about this by now, but I wanted to pay tribute to a fine man and an excellent colour analyst.
To my knowledge, there aren't any other Toronto-area fans posting here, so perhaps nobody other than me ever heard him in the booth. When he started a few years ago he was shaky, but he blossomed into a confident, but never arrogant analyst, developed impeccable timing with his comments, and was one of the most insightful TV commentators I've ever heard on Blue Jays telecasts.
All that might seem a bit pedantic in light of his passing, but I will miss his work very much. And my deepest sympathies are with his friends and family.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

That's horrible.

He had a couple good years in the late '80s, didn't he? (I'm pretty sure I saw him pitch at some point.) Bounced between starter and relief? He was a Tiger briefly as well.

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

There's me, david.
I considered starting a thread about this but thought no one would know or care, really. Again my theory is confirmed: if I think about starting a thread, but decide to wait, within 2 days the thread is started by someone else.

Cerutti's death came so completely unexpectedly - I saw him on the TV just last week and he looked fine. I mean he was ONLY 44! Last I heard it was natural causes - I've not heard what exactly happened though (I blame the J's record this season for doing him in).
He was a helluva broadcaster, he gave the J's some good years and was very much liked and respected. He will be missed.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Er.... I mean Barry. Sorry!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

thermo dude, don't be afraid to dive in. we've got all of like 4 posters here and 3 of them are actually me.

― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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