Steve Maze will never forget the last time he saw Ray Cattaneo.
It was June 18 — a Tuesday — and Maze paid his 82-year-old former coach a visit in his Quincy home. Cattaneo was ailing, toward the end of a long battle with cancer, and Maze was there to catch up and update him on Morrisette Post 294 baseball, the American Legion team Maze has coached since 2006, and the team Cattaneo has been the coach or general manager of since 1970.
“Mr. C., “as nearly everyone knew him, died Sunday, bringing an end to a life dedicated to the sport, and the town, he loved. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
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