My all time Yankee great Pics

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SuperMan to the rescue!

 

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Larry Hisle, Rod Carew???

 

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Cecil Cooper?

 

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That pictures was the grand slam off Kevin Brown right.
The bastard.

Javier Vasquez, actually. Three of the runs got charged to Brown though.

 

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Oh, I may have purposely forgot that week...........

But thanks for the memories.

 

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Hey, I'm just doing my part to help stop the Yankee fans from taking over the sports forum.





(and give us Sox fans a break...that's all we have)

 

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I actually started a Boston thread a while back, they have a rich history also.
I plan on doing some other teams in the future.

 

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you are fogetting one of the best!!

 

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Wasn't he from Cleveland?

 

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Wasn't he from Cleveland?

It is Thruman Munson.....From the NY Yankees! One of hte best Catchers ever.

I thought you were a fan.

 

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and last time I checked Cleveland doesn't play in pin stripes.

 

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No I meant born and raised.

 

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No I meant born and raised.

oh.....I don't know? I am not a Yankees fan so i don't know much about the history of the players. I do like Munson because he was a hard ass though.

 

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He was as tough as they come.

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]http://www.thurmanmunson.com/index.html[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Bio -[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Thurman Lee Munson was born in Akron, Ohio on June 7, 1947. He was a star football, basketball, and baseball player while attending Lehman High School and earned scholarships to various colleges. He attended Kent State University and earned All-America Honors. In the summers after '67, Thurman attended the Cape Cod League and played for Chatham. Yankees scout Harry Hesse took notice of Munson and during Munson's Senior year at Kent State, Gene Woodling began to watch him regularly and insisted that the Yankees sign him. In June of '68, Munson was the New York Yankees' Number One pick in the amateur Free Agent Draft and he received a $75,000 bonus. Munson played with Binghamton Triplets in the Eastern League for $500 a month and Syracuse during his short minor league career of 99 games. The Yankees called him up during the '69 season. Munson played so well during '69 season that he won the job of starting catcher in spring training.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]The '69 season was a dark spot in an otherwise glorious history for the Yankees. It was the year following the retirement of Yankee legend Mickey Mantle whose skills, along with the Yankees performance as a team, were in a steady decline. That decline hit rock bottom in the summer of '69 as the Yankees were without a true superstar for the first time in their existence. When Babe Ruth slowed down, Lou Gehrig was there to carry the torch, who passed it on to Joe DiMaggio, who had subsequently passed it on to Mantle. There did not seem to be a heir to the torch until a stocky young catcher from Canton, Ohio was called up from the minors during the tail end of that terrible season.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Munson won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1970. He was an excellent defensive catcher and won 3 consecutive American League Gold Glove awards in 1973, 1974, and 1975. He was brilliant in the physical as well as mental aspects of the game and could throw one of the fastest releases ever seen in baseball. Munson was the best clutch hitter in his prime and hit more than 100 home runs and batted better than .300 from 1975 to 1977. In 1976, Munson was named as the first Yankee team captain since Lou Gehrig and won the American League's Most Valuable Player award that year as well. He was no doubt the most respected man on the Yankee team and helped them win 3 American League pennants and 2 World Championships. Munson also was selected for 7 All-Star games during his 11 year career with the Yankees.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]On August 2, 1979 Munson died in a plane crash. He was practicing takeoffs and landings in his new twin engine Cessna Citation jet at the Akron-Canton airport. Something went wrong causing the jet to clip a tree and fall short of the runway on a landing attempt. The plane then burst into flames killing Munson who was trapped inside and injuring two other companions. His sudden death stunned the nation and especially sorrowed the baseball community. Munson's wife, Diana and three children survived him. The entire Yankee team attended his funeral in Canton, Ohio. Lou Pinella and Bobby Murcer, who were Munson's best friends as well as teammates, gave moving eulogies. That night the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in New York with Bobby Murcer driving in all 5 runs.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Although Munson has not yet been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame he is a likely candidate in the future. The Yankees have retired his No. 15 uniform and have placed a memorial plaque on the centerfield wall at Yankee Stadium. To this day, despite a packed clubhouse, Thurman Munson's locker remains empty as a subtle tribute to such a great player. Munson is buried at Sunset Hills Burial Park in Canton, Ohio.[/FONT]

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ah, Akron, OH....about 45min. south of Cleveland.

 

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Your also from Cleveland...right?

 

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Your also from Cleveland...right?

yep

 

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Carlton Fisk Heading home towards Thurman in 1973. "The Birth of a New Rivalry"

 

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How about a little Joltin' Joe

 

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in '77, Steinbrenner picked up free-agent Reggie Jackson for a five-year deal. This photo
was taken at the press conference to announce his signing. (from left to right) Yogi Berra,
Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, and Roy White. A rare moment with Munson and
Jackson close and friendly to each other.

 

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in '77, Steinbrenner picked up free-agent Reggie Jackson for a five-year deal. This photo
was taken at the press conference to announce his signing. (from left to right) Yogi Berra,
Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, and Roy White. A rare moment with Munson and
Jackson close and friendly to each other.

i wonder why it was a "rare moment" with Jackson and Munson being friendly towards eachother? Bad blood between them?