tribute to Doug McMillan

My deepest sympathies.

Deemax,

I'm sorry to hear about your father's passing. My prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.

God bless,

OP

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Originally posted by deemax:
Many of you know bbscout the thread poster, scout, baseball man, and friend... I simply know him as Dad. My Dad passed away last night in his sleep. He loved his family, friends, career, and this website.

A sad day for baseball here on earth but a great addition to heavens roster. My thoughts go out to the McMillan family.

Deepest sympathy to those who knew and loved him.

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Originally posted by deemax:
Many of you know bbscout the thread poster, scout, baseball man, and friend... I simply know him as Dad. My Dad passed away last night in his sleep. He loved his family, friends, career, and this website.

Demax, Dale, Brett,
As you know first hand your father made friends everywhere he went, but nothing was more important than his family. We first met Doug in Oregon at the Area Code Tryout with our son, he was warm, friendly, great communication skills, organized and when the tryout was over he personally called our son and welcomed him to the WA Nationals Area Code Team. We saved the message for weeks. When we arrived in Long Beach, he spent such quality time with the players and always postive, helpful and full of great advice. What I liked was his ablity to treat everyone with such respect, not just the best players but the team as a whole.
When we spoke he ALWAYS brought the conversation around to how much he loved his family and about what he and his wife did with the grandchildren, about how education was so important to him for his children. Brett at UCLA. Our family is thankful we met Doug, and sad about his passing.
The Richardson's

Losing bbscout is a great loss to this site, but heaven's gain. His wisdom will be greatly missed. Our prayers for the peace that passes all understanding are with Deemax and the McMillan family.

Deemax,
Deepest sympathies from a random poster who never had the pleasure of meeting your dad. If you, and he only knew how many times I have read, reread, and referred to his posts concerning almost every topic, you'd know how much I will miss him.
Quentin Leggett
Rocky Mount,NC

Deemax,

Your father touched so many people: faceless people like me who read his words and took his advice forward to others. I can't even count the number of times I would start a sentence with.."I read on the HSBBW..." and shared something your dad had written.

I hope that you can find some comfort in the knowledge that he left a tremendous legacy.

You and your family are in our prayers.

Deemax,

Your dad ,you and all of your family will always be in my prayers.

What he contributed through his life's work to this world will be remembered for years to come.

I pray that through your sorrow of his passing that you never lose sight of your own life's passion and family.

May God bless all of you.

I was shocked when Gloveman text messaged me yesterday and gave me the news. I am currently out of town and touch.

Doug will be sorely missed. I will miss his advice and voice of reason. He was always quick to answer a call or pm and his advice was important to me and others. He did what he loved for a living and he was proud of his family and one of the good guys. Rest in peace.

Condolences to the family from the Rideners. He will be remembered

Eric Ridener

Deemax,
I did notknow your Dad but I did enjoy all of his posts. He was very insightfull. His spirit will live on at the hsbaseballweb. God bless you and your family in your time of need. Team heaven just got a whole lot better.

Jim Wiswall

He will be sorely missed on HSBBW.My condolences to the family!

I am deeply saddened to hear of your loss. I've known your father for years through this site and he was a most valued contributor here as i'm sure he was in life.

I am simply sick about this news...Praying for you and your family.

PAmom

My condolences to the family.

I was fortunate to spend some long days at the Area Code Games hanging out with Doug.

He was a special person and will truly be missed.

Condolences for your family and prayers for comfort in this tough time... he will be missed.

Heartfelt condolences to you and your family. Your father was one of the most respected baseball folks out here on the 'net that I've ever encountered. He was always so helpful to anyone, including PMs, emails, etc.. And unlike many, he always seemed to get his points in w/o belittling other posters. He was truly above that nonsense.

A couple years ago, I even spent some time on the phone w/ him, helping teach him how to post video clips to his webspace, and he was always sincerely grateful for that.

He often would bop into the threads I'd post of my son's (now 12YO) swing. Mostly he'd just say, "Mike, his swing mechanics are well within the guard rails to succeed... just keep throwing him BP and let him get bigger and stronger and he'll be fine". He certainly wasn't one to microanalyze the swing, and having played and scouted at the level he did, as well as the success his sons have had in baseball, I'd like to think he was truly onto something that a lot of us get lost in - keep it simple.

Even though I never met him in person, several times today since I learned of this, he has popped into my head. What a great loss of a great man.

I'm sure he's watching down on his grand kids and the rest of his family. Long live your proud memories.

Regards,
Mike

deemax
I am in Hagerstown, Md waching my son Marcos to play this weekend. Although, I noted that the first baseman of his team last name is Mcmillan, I didn't figured that he is your brother Brett. When Marcos told me that the first baseman was home attending his father funeral was when I learned that bbscout's son was my son team mate.
Please extend my condolences to Brett. What a great coincidence, if Shane that was recently signed by the National is asigned to Hagerstown, will be three related HSBASEBALLWEB members playing for the same team in the minorleagues.

I also send my condolences to you and your family. Although I never knew your Dad, he was one of the websters that you always read when he posted. Invaluable information and seemed like a heck of a guy. I am truly sorry for your loss.