Baseball's oldest living legend is gone

Trailblazing Cuban pitcher and former AL All-Star dead at 102

Conrado Marrero, at 102 the oldest former Major League Baseball player and a patriarch of Cuban baseball known for his quick wit and goofy pitching delivery, died on Wednesday at his home in Havana.

Marrero, who played for the Washington Senators, was two days short of his 103rd birthday. He had been in declining health for weeks and was unresponsive for some time on Wednesday before dying, said his grandson, Rogelio Marrero.