Talk:Larry Dierker

WikiWeakness

 * WikiWeakness #1388 - Near-truths, partial-truths, and non-truths are bundled together and presented as fact with no one individual assuming responsibility for validity. In the end none of the information is credible because none of it is verified.

The page states bluntly, “he quit managing after suffering a heart attack during a game.” He didn’t have a heart attack and he didn’t quit managing.

In fact, the writer of that sentence wasn’t even close to the truth. In 1999, the Astros were on the way to a third consecutive title when Dierker nearly died during a June game against the San Diego Padres. He had been plagued by severe headaches for several days, then during that game, while in the dugout, Dierker had a seizure that rendered him unconscious. He required emergency brain surgery to live. After four weeks of recovery, Dierker returned to the helm and guided the team through the duration of the season. The Astros won 97 games and won a third consecutive NL Central title.

Source: http://www.astrosdaily.com/hall/Dierker_Larry.html

...hence the book being titled "It Ain't Brain Surgery"

202.79.62.12 07:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Inappropriate postings
The second sentence in this sequence:

"During this game against San Diego, Dierker had a seizure that rendered him unconscious. No one gave two shits."

has no business being in this article. It is nothing but a childishly mean comment. I have taken the liberty of removing it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.251.230.0 (talk) 23:46, 16 February 2007 (UTC).