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P-funk said:
Yes, Thurman was a quiet blue collar hard nosed player, while Reggie was a self centered show off.
It's said that Thurman resented all the attention Reggie was getting and that he didn't hustle.
min0 lee said:
I see.
There have been so many great Yanks. I think Donnie Baseball was my favorite though. I would probably say Joltin' Joe or Lou Gherig but I wasn't around to see them play.
P-funk said:
1-Lou Gehrig
2-Babe ruth
3-Don Mattling
4-Mickey Mantle
5-Mariano Rivera
6-Joe Dimaggio
7-Yogi Berra
8-Casey Stengle
9-Ron Guidry
10-Goose Gossage
There's many more but I can't remember them.
yea. there are a lot of good ones. I just find it hard to list someone that I never grew up watching as a favorite. I mean, the Babe was great....on paper...But since i never got to experience it I can't say that he is one of my favs.
I thought you were in Queens? You are in the Bronx?
I thought you were in Queens? You are in the Bronx?
Thurman and Johnny Bench in 1972 at a Spring Training Game.
I have never seen Yogi Berra nor Bill Dicky play I did get to see Johnny Bench play...so the best catcher with respect to Thurman Munson I have to say Johnny was the best ever. Defensivly Munson was very good but as far as hitting I have to give the edge to Bench.
Jerry Grote of the Mets was also a good defensive catcher but couldn't hit worth a lick.
I have never seen Yogi Berra nor Bill Dicky play I did get to see Johnny Bench play...so the best catcher with respect to Thurman Munson I have to say Johnny was the best ever. Defensivly Munson was very good but as far as hitting I have to give the edge to Bench.
Jerry Grote of the Mets was also a good defensive catcher but couldn't hit worth a lick.
P-funk said:
I never did see them but I have been an avid reader on Yankee history, it's great.
I have to admit I am a Met fan since I can remember.....going back to the early 70's.
I was born in the Bronx then in 1970 I believe my parents moved out of the Bronx into Queens when the Bronx was burning.
Now I am back in the Bronx, about 7 years now.
I have been working in Queens for the last 20 years.
Tony Lazzeri
In 1927, the potent New York Yankees offense was nicknamed "Murderer's Row." Amid the big sluggers was a man they called "Push-'Em-Up Tony" Lazzeri. He knocked in 102 runs that year, one of seven seasons in which he drove in 100+ runs. Lazzeri had brief stints with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, but most of his 14-year career came donning the Yankee pinstripes.
While Lazzeri may not have been as outspoken as his teammates like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, he certainly was an integral part of the Yankee team. He was also a hero and role model to the Italian American audience. He was the first Italian American to rise to legendary baseball status.
However, Lazzeri's life was not without difficulty. He struggled with epilepsy throughout his life. Amazingly he never suffered a seizure while on the field. Lazzeri finished with a career batting average of .292, batted over .300 five times, appeared in seven World Series, and played in the very first All-star game. Lazzeri died in 1946 at the age of 42 from injuries due to an epileptic seizure.
In 1927, the potent New York Yankees offense was nicknamed "Murderer's Row." Amid the big sluggers was a man they called "Push-'Em-Up Tony" Lazzeri. He knocked in 102 runs that year, one of seven seasons in which he drove in 100+ runs. Lazzeri had brief stints with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, but most of his 14-year career came donning the Yankee pinstripes.
While Lazzeri may not have been as outspoken as his teammates like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, he certainly was an integral part of the Yankee team. He was also a hero and role model to the Italian American audience. He was the first Italian American to rise to legendary baseball status.
However, Lazzeri's life was not without difficulty. He struggled with epilepsy throughout his life. Amazingly he never suffered a seizure while on the field. Lazzeri finished with a career batting average of .292, batted over .300 five times, appeared in seven World Series, and played in the very first All-star game. Lazzeri died in 1946 at the age of 42 from injuries due to an epileptic seizure.
Lou Gehrig..Babe Ruth....Tony Lazzerri
QUOTES
By Lazzeri:
"They didn't get along. Gehrig thought Ruth was a big-mouth and Ruth thought Gehrig was cheap. They were both right."
About Lazzeri:
"We really put on a show. Lou and I banged ball after ball into the right field stands, and I finally knocked one out of the park in right center. Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri kept hammering balls into the left field seats."
-- Babe Ruth
"Unless I can break my record this year, I believe there are only two men in baseball who have a chance to do it. One of them is Lou Gehrig and the other is Tony Lazzeri..."
-- Babe Ruth in 1927 about the home run record.
"I've always heard how smart you are, and I just wanted to see what you'd do in that situation."
-- Lefty Gomez, after throwing Lazzeri the ball when he was in no position to make a play.
On May 24, 1936, Tony Lazzeri became the first player in history to hit 2 Grand Slams in one game. He did it against the Philadelphia A's in a 25-2 win. He drove in 11 runs that day, still an A.L. record.
Nicknamed "Schoolboy" during the early part of his major league career because of his baby face, Hoyt pitched one game for the NL's New York Giants in 1918 and joined the Boston Red Sox in the AL the following year. His chief claim to fame with Boston was that he replaced Babe Ruth in the starting rotation when Ruth was moved to the outfield in 1919.
Hoyt's best seasons were 1927, when he led the league in victories with a 22-7 record and in winning percentage with .759, and 1928, when he had a 23-7 record and a league-leading 8 saves in 42 appearances.
A very popular player, Hoyt went on the vaudeville circuit after the season. His lifestyle and the many innings he had pitched during the previous eight seasons then began to catch up with him. After a 10-9 record in 1929, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers early in the 1930 season.
He did a lot of traveling for the rest of his career, pitching for Detroit and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1931, for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants in 1932, for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933 through 1936, for Pittsburgh and Brooklyn in 1937, and finishing with an 0-3 record for Brooklyn in 1938.
Hoyt spent the next twenty-six years as a radio broadcaster, the first two with Brooklyn, the next twenty-four with the Cincinnati Reds. He retired in 1966, but returned to the microphone for one season in 1972.
In 21 major league seasons, Hoyt had a 237-182 record, with 26 shutouts, 52 saves, and a 3.59 ERA. He struck out 1,206 hitters and walked 1,003 in 3,762 innings.
Dimaggio with a Rookie named Mickey Mantle.....nice baseball name
He could move for a big guy.....safe!!!
Damn, he has a big nose. He must of picked his nose frequently as a kid.
Wow!
Nice pictures!
Lets take a stroll through Monument Park.
