****Official 2010 New York Yankees Thread***

Let's see if I can still recall:

Rickey Henderson
Willie Randolph
Don Mattingly
Dave Winfield
Don Baylor
Mike Pags
Ken Griffey Sr
Oscar Robertson


Ahh, cannot recall the catcher, and Baylor was traded to Boston for Mike "the hitman" Easler.

 

such a shame he couldnt last one more year. if anyone deserved a ring it was him

 

You mean realists.

 

That was sad, Donnie was something of a cottage baseball card industry, his 1984 topps rook card got up to like 100 bucks back in the day, he injured his back and that was the end of that one.

i would have liked to have heard the Scooter call a playoff game with that team, he was such a great, and under appreciated announcer.

Except for the "Tour of Italy" commercials..and the Ice Cream Cake ones..those used to kill me..even back then.

 

Munson is still my favorite. I was a catcher in little league because of him. I'll never forget the day I heard he died. I was 11. I cried like a baby

 

what i remember is having quite possibly the worst infield to ever play baseball in the history of all baseball at all levels (pros, minors, college, little league) Dale Berra Jr 3rd, Bobby Meacham SS, Len Sakata 2nd base. The three stooges

 

i cried too.

 

Dale Berra was despised by fans, sheesh..and a Pitcher by the name of Ed Whitson.

I don't recall Sakata, do recall Meachum, iirc he was in a car accident.

They came in second 4 or 5 yrs in a row, with the Mutts having a team packed with all stars and winning a WS, that was the beginning of a bleak time for the Yankees.

 

My senior year in college I got to see a lot of this team: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1989.shtml

Louis (I swear she said she was 18) Polonia. His glove was bigger than him.

 

Most NYers loved Thurman Munson but despised Reggie Jackson.

Sparky Lyle said that Jackson's candy bar tasted like cow flop.

Anyone else recall "Reggie Bars"?

 

the scooter was great. "he hit it deep! that could go out of here! and the shortstop makes the grab for the third out" "you huckleberry" "And a happy birthday to edith dipasquale who is 83 today. go have some birthday cannollis"

 

I was at a game when they had to delay it because the fans threw a ton of them on the field

 

actually thought the reggie bars were some of the best candy bars ever invented. surprised as hell

 

i was at that game. also the game where phil rizzuto got run over by the cow

 

Rizzuto, Messer and the black guy (why can't I remember his name?!) I loved that group of announcers. White! Wasn't his last name White?

 

How old are you? You must be around my age (42 soon to be 43).

 

This is the Scooter Phil Ruzzoto for Perello Tours of Italy..

Carvelle Ice Cream Cakes, custom made for your birthday celebration...

 

len sakata was a backup second basemen who came from the orioles. we played them when he was on the orioles and he comitted three errors in one inning against us that allowed us to win a game. next year he was a yankee those were dark times my friend. dark times

 

Bill White was his name.

 

Reggie didn't make any fans when he said, "Munson thinks he runs this team, but I'm the straw that stirs the drink."

I loved Munson, and that pissed me off. But at the end of the day I liked Reggie until he started missing every pitch that was thrown to him

 

yup 42

 

If you can find "The Bronx Zoo" I recommend you find it and read it, Sparky Lyle has tons of stories about the late 70's Yankees.

He said the Yankees played a game in MN and that was Free Reggie Bar night, so Reggie hits a home run and the fans just started throwing the candy bars out on the field, thousands of them were all over the place.

Eh, didn't mind them, tasted like a little debbie star crunch snack.

 

So you remember coming home from school for the Bucky Dent Yanks/Boston one game playoff? That season was unreal!

 

my guys on that team were guidry, munson, nettles and mick the quick

 

My twin brother was a Mick the Quick fan. Played center field in little league.

I loved how Rivers would walk to the plate like he was an 80 year old man with arthritis, and then bust it down the line like he was shot out of a cannon!

 

as great as that was my favorite memory was getting the ok from my mom to stay past my bedtime and watch chris chambliss on a black and white tv hit a home run against the royals. dont think i fell asleep till 3 am or 4am. was too juiced the rest of the night

 

Hmm:

Randolph
Chambliss
Nettles
Jackson
Dent
Munson
Pinella
Mickey Rivers
White
Mercer?

I liked Goose.

 

Come on Swish! At least get them over!

 

chicken legs

 

Holy sh!t! Me too! I remember jumping up and down and hugging my brother. That was unreal. Then they got swept by the big red machine. I think I was in 3rd grade.

 

Maybe not

 

goose was great. i was also a huge catfish fan but he wasnt really the same on the yanks as he was on the A's. (That 70s A's team was also one of the all time greats)

 

Hunter is not a DP ball type of pitcher though

 

Catfish had that one yr in 75 when the Yankees made it back to the WS.

That A's team was great, the fake pitchout to Tenace that caught Bench napping was the baseball equivalent to the Marino fake spike play..no one had ever seen it before.

 

Good move holding Arod.

 

Bases loaded, 1 out, call to the bullpen?

 

johnnny bench vs thurman munson. munson hated bench. munson had a great series. bout the only one

 

70s baseball was the best. the yankees, red sox, reds, a's, roberto clemente

 

I saw a great clip where they had Sparky Anderson miked as he was making a pitching change. He was talking about what a damn good hitter Munson was. I'd love to find that clip again.