Ralph Kiner was known as one of baseball’s genuine and most charming gentlemen to ever play the game. Kiner was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, and raised in Alhambra, California. He was of Pennsylvania Dutch and Scots-Irishancestry. Kiner served as a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II.He passed away at age 91 yesterday. Not only was he a great baseball player but he spent 53 years in the broadcast booth for the New York Mets. The unforgettable two lives of Ralph Kinerwp.me/p14QSL-28Sv
