Beloved Dodgers, Mets, Pirates coach dies at 84 after lengthy illness

Guy Conti, a longtime MLB coach who mentored Pedro Martinez early in the pitcher's Hall of Fame career, died Tuesday, Oct. 13. He was 84. "We lost a good one today," longtime Mets PR chief Jay Horwitz wrote on Twitter/X . "Guy Conti, our former bullpen coach and special adviser, passed away after a lengthy illness. Guy was a friend of Sandy Koufax and beloved by Pedro Martínez. No one had more stories than Guy. His knowledge reached people for decades.