Joe Pelaez

Robextend · #1 05-12-2010, 03:04 PM

Seems like he was just posting yesterday....RIP Joe.

bijoem · #2 05-12-2010, 03:09 PM

sad news. RIP.

calvindog · #3 05-12-2010, 03:09 PM

My condolences to his family and loved ones.

slidekellyslide · #4 05-12-2010, 03:09 PM

Joe's last post to Net 54 was on April 25th. He let the whippersnapper from Chicago have it in Joe P style.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showpos...6&postcount=28

We're going to miss you Joe.

barrysloate · #5 05-12-2010, 03:09 PM

As many on the board know Joe and I simply did not get along. We were friends many years ago and then something just seemed to happen between us. That said, no disagreement is so important that it would overshadow this very sad moment. My condolences to his family and if Joe is somehow still watching over this board, there are no longer any hard feelings between us.

jimthorpe · #6 05-12-2010, 05:00 PM

Joe was a good guy and loved the Mono issue.

Does anyone know if he ever completed that set?

Deepest sympathy to him and his family.

Mike McKee

FrankWakefield · #7 05-12-2010, 05:17 PM

I enjoyed his posts here, agreed with most of them. I'll miss those, and his emails. He'd email whenever you guys got him stirred up, or when I was stirred...

Joe knew quite a bit about ball, and ball cards, especially the old stuff and the old ways. I liked that. His presence here was good for us, I don't doubt he was a noticeable presence in his family. I'm sure his family will miss him, as we will. I recall him mentioning his service to me, seems fitting he'll rest at Arlington.

FW

Al C.risafulli · #8 05-12-2010, 05:31 PM

Warm regards and condolences to his family.

-Al

Kawika · #9 05-12-2010, 05:33 PM

At first I didn't "get" Joe; thought he was a bit of a berserker the way he went after Barry. Gradually I got used to the obtuse nature of his posts and, being a bit obtuse myself, came to appreciate him for the way he rolled. His irascible ways were tempered with much aloha and came with the territory of being 79 years old. We should all live so long and become so curmudgeonly. I think of what those eyes saw, a Cuban boy in New York City in the Depression, the Polo Grounds in Play Ball days, the lay of hostile land as a Marine in Korea, and I say to myself, that was an all-American life, a good American has left us.
I regret that I never got to meet Joe in person but was the recipient of occasional e-mails from him. The last one, dated April 5, was pure Joe and read in part:

David, you're one of my favorites . . .
. . . Hang tough, and enjoy your cardoholic illness.
Joe

Thanks for the kind sentiments, Joe. You're going to be missed. May you rest in peace, compadre.

barrysloate · #10 05-12-2010, 05:37 PM

David- I know not everybody can like someone, and not everybody likes me, but I never understood the fierce animosity Joe had towards me. I guess I will never find out.

19cbb · #11 05-12-2010, 05:52 PM

My condolences to the family.

Rest In Peace.

3-2-count · #12 05-12-2010, 05:58 PM

Very sad indeed. My thoughts and prayers go out to Joe's family.
Rest In Peace Joe............

Rickyy · #13 05-13-2010, 01:56 AM

Condolences to his family and friends. I always liked that he was talking about the "old days" of the hobby when people met face to face and swapped cards for fun without the $ signs...

Sam523 · #14 05-13-2010, 01:27 PM

Joe was a family friend for a good 50+ years. I'm only 35, so I've known him all my life. I just found out this morning and I'm totally shocked. I googled him and found this board. Not surprised he hung out here ... he really loved those older cards. I tried to get him out to California for my dad's 60th birthday party a couple of years ago but it didn't work out.

I thought I'd drop a couple of Joe stories that were kind of funny.

When I was about 12 or 13 back in 1987, we went to a big card show in Anaheim. I'm an Angels fan and at the time, the hot card was a Wally Joyner rookie. We were at an auction they were having there and he bought something ... I don't remember what, but it probably cost around $10. At that time, I was totally into the value of every card. So in the car after the show, I asked him how much whatever it was that he bought was worth. Well Joe saw me as a fairly young kid and wanted me, above all, to have fun with the hobby. So he said, "Let me ask you, Sam, what price do you put on enjoyment?" I thought he asked what price I put on a Joyner. So when I answered, "I don't know ... about six bucks" ... he was pretty shocked. We cleared up the confusion and all was well.

For college, I went to Kansas State University. At the time, the football team was very good, like top 5 in the country. When he was young, he was recruited to play football there, but they were terrible, like 0-for-the-season terrible. He went in for his recruiting trip and saw the game film of KSU getting pummeled by Oklahoma. I remember talking to him for a couple of hours about his recruiting trip. He told me, "After seeing those films, I did something that I thought was safer than playing football at Kansas State ... I joined the Marines and went and fought in Korea!"

I know a lot of you met Joe or maybe only knew him via online. He was a super-nice guy and was always just a big kid, even when he was in his 70s. It doesn't surprise me at all that he got into it online with folks in debates, but if you ever met him, you would have really liked the time he spent with you. He was a super friendly guy.

Anyways, I just heard about this today and I'm pretty sad about it. When he didn't make it out to my dad's party, I knew I probably wouldn't see him again, and I was right.

I figure this is probably the best place to post this about him.

bijoem · #15 05-13-2010, 01:31 PM

thank you for that post Sam.
It is very nice to hear about Joe.

I've posted before in this thread - but again....
RIP joe.
My condolences to the family.

barrysloate · #16 05-13-2010, 01:35 PM

Thanks Sam for sharing those stories.

Tcards-Please · #17 05-13-2010, 01:35 PM

Sam,

Welcome to the board and sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing some of your stories. I will truly miss his contribution to the hobby and board discussions.

r/
Frank

Leon · #18 05-13-2010, 01:46 PM

Thanks for the warm memories you had of him, Sam. I especially like the value of enjoyment at $6

.

On another note I need to correct an earlier statement I made. It really does personify Joe. About the time this new board s/w was put into place Joe was at odds with a few board members. Now remember, I always liked Joe, regardless of the squabbles he got into on the board. I got emails from a few regulars saying that if Joe persisted then they would leave the board. Well, I had to ask Joe to stay away from those few folks on the board. Joe, in his ever direct way, told me "sorry Leon, I just can't do it". So, Joe left voluntarily for a while. He never was suspended from the board. He left for a while on his own. Then, several months later, he came back and was mostly very civil the second time around, especially with respect to those few people I had asked him to stay away from. I just wanted to clear up the point as I know Joe would have taken me to task for it. Good ole Joe. He was cosistent. I am so very sorry I didn't get to meet him in person but at least I got to have a few (lengthy

) phone calls with him. Bless his heart.

barrysloate · #19 05-13-2010, 02:17 PM

I was of course exhibit #1 among the people Leon asked Joe to stay away from. I tried recently to smooth things out with him on the board but I didn't stand a chance. I guess once Joe set his mind on something, that was it. I have to say it did upset me that he and I had such a poor rapport. Well, as I said earlier, I have no hard feelings any more.

ethicsprof · #20 05-13-2010, 02:15 PM

sam,
very moving stories.
many thanks for sharing.
my condolences,
barry

Jewish-collector · #21 05-12-2010, 03:09 PM

I'm so sorry to hear that. Joe was one of the first guys that I met when I started coordinating the Friday lunches before the Chantilly show. I always enjoyed seeing him in Chantilly.

Alan

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