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Preston Gomez Passes On

An accident victim at a gas station in Blythe at the conclusion of Spring Training 2008, Preston Gomez fought the good fight.

We at Halos Heaven offer our most sincere condolences to the family of this great man.

He was a 28-year employee of the Angels and had been serving as a special assistant to the General Manager.

Rest in peace, Preston.  God be with you!

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 GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON!  GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON!  GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON! GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON! GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON! GO ANGELS WIN IT FOR PRESTON!

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RIP PG....

12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 13, 2009 7:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Sad Obituary

Count on the LA TIMES there to overlook reporting the part of Preston’s story where the Dodgers unceremoniously dumped him to save a few bucks late in his career.

Mike Scioscia brought him over to the Angels and he was deep in clubhouse politics, widely credited with convincing Frankie to check his ego at the door.

by Rev Halofan on Jan 13, 2009 7:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

RIP

Rev—Did he have something to do with getting Arredondo in check, too?

Gomez will be missed!

Light Up That Halo!

by Clutch on Jan 13, 2009 7:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yup...

an article some time last year discussed PG’s discussion with Arredondo when the latter was screwing up in the minors.

by SactoFan on Jan 15, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Cool, thanks

Awesome guy. May never be replaced…Too bad he didn’t have a number (I don’t think?) so it could be retired, Jimmie Reese-style…after Timmy’s gets retired, of course.

Light Up That Halo!

by Clutch on Jan 16, 2009 1:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rip

preston was a great member of the halos, and had so much wealth in knowledge about baseball and life

Tex went to the dark side.

by vlad IS my man on Jan 13, 2009 8:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Just a huge figure in modern baseball history

We were honored to have him, and doing so was a sign of a class organization.

by mattwelch on Jan 14, 2009 12:54 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

RIP

Will be missed

-Zach Sanders
http://www.mlbnotebook.com

by mlbnotebook on Jan 14, 2009 7:21 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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