It is rare enough that a gentleman of such senior status as Frank would be active in the blogosphere, and then to be such a vital participant here in particular, where much of the goal is to approach baseball from fresh perspectives — Mr. Clingenpeel was truly a remarkable presence. Although we interacted with him only in this narrow context, I can only imagine, given his lively role here, that he must have been a spirited and engaging man. I’m so glad I had a chance to read his words.

I’ve been following this blog for a little while now but I haven’t been very active in the comment section. In fact this is my first contribution. I always noticed and read Frank’s comments. It was great hearing his stories of the baseball eras long past and his knowledge of the game today was superb. I loved reading his banter. He seemed like a very kind man and he brought a special character to these sites that I will surely miss.

Many have already eloquently summarized the great credit Frank was to our community, and the pleasure his posts always were to read.

Not yet mentioned but distinguishing was Frank’s marvelous ability to add any wry observation or ancient anecdote without ever derailing a thread. No matter how personal or drawn from the dim mists of his personal Wayback Machine, they always added color, depth, perspective to a discussion, singularly tinged with humanity.

Long will he be missed.

Sorry, that SHOULD read “most of ALL your sense of humor.

But maybe Frank would have got a chuckle out of what I wrote the first time…

As a part-time, casual reader of this blog (and the two that came before it), I was well aware of the name Frank Clingenpeel as one of the frequent commenters. I don’t pay enough attention to the bevy of comments to get a read on most of the people here, but I did seem to recall picking up that he was an older gentleman (Though I’m surprised to see he was 84). I am much better at remembering things with the visual part of my brain, and my first thought when I saw this sad announcement was “Oh no, that… Read more »

Frank will be greatly missed. His stories are something that couldn’t even remotely be replaced by SABR stats. Prayers to his family and friends.

Frank’s insight and humor will be missed. Sometimes, when a thread seemed too long to read everything in one sitting, I’d skip to any of his remarks.

That’s really sad news. My condolences go out to Frank’s family. I always enjoyed reading his posts, it was great fun to hear stories from him about baseball’s past. I remember in one post of his he said that he saw Pie Traynor play! All of Frank’s comments were filled with humor, kindness, and a true love for the game of baseball-which makes me think he must have been a pretty great guy.