Bob Horner, the former Atlanta Braves slugger, All-Star and National League Rookie of the Year, has died at the age of 68, the club confirmed on Tuesday in a statement offering condolences to his family and friends. No cause of death for Horner has been made public, and nothing is confirmed yet, so everything should be taken with a grain of salt.
Horner had largely stepped away from the spotlight, living quietly with his family in the Dallas area following a brief but striking career in Major League Baseball and in Japan. A formidable right-handed hitter, he left the game with 218 MLB home runs and the lingering sense that, in a different labour climate, his story might have been very different.
