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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 13, 2024 9:13:43 GMT -5
Howser was a really good guy and a good manager too. I was so happy for him when he won that ring for the Royals in 1985. How tragic he died less than two years later. When I was a kid and he was still an active player with Cleveland I got him to sign an autograph at a game at Yankee Stadium. He was very good-natured and approachable. Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. Hmmm. I hadn't thought of that. |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2024 9:17:35 GMT -5
Howser was a really good guy and a good manager too. I was so happy for him when he won that ring for the Royals in 1985. How tragic he died less than two years later. When I was a kid and he was still an active player with Cleveland I got him to sign an autograph at a game at Yankee Stadium. He was very good-natured and approachable. Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… |
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Post by azbob643 on Jun 13, 2024 9:21:21 GMT -5
Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… So sorry to hear that. Brain cancer also took Bobby Murcer. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 13, 2024 9:24:43 GMT -5
566 wins as a manager and some good games as a player in the World Series was all it took for Billy Martin to get his number retired by the Yankees.   His .594 winning percentage puts him at number 7 on the list just .003 behind the great Miller Huggins. Interestingly, Dick Howser has the highest winning percentage of .632 as a Yankee manager but for only one season. What did that get him? He was fired by George after the Yanks were swept by the Royals in the post season. By all accounts Howser was a really decent guy who stood up to George when told he had to fire one of his Coaches or be fired himself. He had a short successful managing stint with the Royals after his one season with the Yanks until he unfortunately died from drain cancer. Miller Huggins inherited a bad Yankee team in 1918 and was starting to turn them around even before The Babe arrived in 1920. He was a bright guy who had a law degree from the University of Cincinnati. He meshed perfectly with Jacob Ruppert, a little less perfectly with The Babe, but they obviously made it work. Both Miller Huggins and Dick Howser died at the age of 51. There used to be a clip on YouTube from 1929 where you could hear Huggins speaking, but I haven't been able to find it in years. It's the only time I ever heard him talk. For the record, the other Yankee managers ahead of Boone: Joe McCarthy -- 1,460-867 .627 Joe Torre -- 1,173-767 .605 Casey Stengel -- 1,149-696 .623 Miller Huggins -- 1,067-719 .597 Ralph Houk -- 944-806 .539 Joe Girardi -- 910-710 .562 Aaron Boone -- 568-382 .594 |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jun 13, 2024 9:24:46 GMT -5
Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… I lost my Mom to brain cancer. |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2024 9:25:21 GMT -5
The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… I lost my Mom to brain cancer. ❤️… |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 13, 2024 9:28:22 GMT -5
Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… Yes a terrible disease indeed inger. Hugs. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 13, 2024 9:29:05 GMT -5
The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… I lost my Mom to brain cancer. Sorry to hear, 1955fan. My deepest condolences. |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2024 9:41:08 GMT -5
The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… Yes a terrible disease indeed inger. Hugs. After watching the three of them get experimented on for months if I draw that card I don’t see myself extending my life. It was t worth it for any of them, I’m sure. I’m convinced my brother only took the treatments because as a Vietnam veteran he received it all for free… he liked free things… |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jun 13, 2024 12:07:31 GMT -5
Dan Quisenberry, who was on that '85 team, also died of brain cancer. The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… So sorry to read this Inger! I pray the happy memories you have of them far outweigh the sad! |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jun 13, 2024 12:11:01 GMT -5
The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… I lost my Mom to brain cancer. So sorry to read this 55. Losing a loved one is never easy, but certain circumstances make it even more difficult.  |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2024 13:55:57 GMT -5
The Beoblastoma brain cancer is an awful death that I saw take my father, a brother, and a sister… So sorry to read this Inger! I pray the happy memories you have of them far outweigh the sad! There are some things that don’t require being maudlin. There’s nothing I can do to bring them back. They just happen to be three people that got a terrible break in life. Not a pretty way to die. You need so much help that you lose every measure of dignity and your modesty is invaded. My older brother was 69 when the cancer was discovered. Treatments killed certain parts of the brain and he was talking and acting like a 14-15 year old for a while. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jun 13, 2024 15:56:36 GMT -5
I lost my Mom to brain cancer. So sorry to read this 55. Losing a loved one is never easy, but certain circumstances make it even more difficult. My brother had a cancerous tumor removed from his brain that was the size of a lime. He was awake as they were removing it and being asked questions to gauge how much could be removed without causing too much brain damage. They weren't able to get it all and they gave him a prognosis of a couple years. That was nine years ago and I just got off the phone with him. |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2024 20:42:23 GMT -5
So sorry to read this 55. Losing a loved one is never easy, but certain circumstances make it even more difficult. My brother had a cancerous tumor removed from his brain that was the size of a lime. He was awake as they were removing it and being asked questions to gauge how much could be removed without causing too much brain damage. They weren't able to get it all and they gave him a prognosis of a couple years. That was nine years ago and I just got off the phone with him. Very different cancer from Beoblastoma. From a side view beo looks like a squid with tentacles going through the brain tissue in random directions. There’s no was to operate on it. Congratulations sis to your brother though. He drew a bad card, but it wasn’t the old maid… |
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Jun 20, 2024 19:39:52 GMT -5
Well, here we are in the wake of back to back series losses to AL East rivals including some very ugly games. To quote one of my favorite "The Sopranos" characters, Little Carmine Lupertazzi, the king of malopropisms - "we're at the precipice of an enormous crossroads." Does it drop off significantly like 2022 or can they find a way to right the ship? I'm not throwing in any towel yet because there's a lot of runway left on the season and we have built a nice cushion. However, what exactly do we have with this team...
- We have three superstars in Soto/Judge/Cole. Them staying healthy is crucial to any chance this team has at winning anything. Losing either of Judge or Soto would be catastrophic. Losing Cole would be very bad, too, but we did quite well without him for two months. Problem is, it seems incredibly unlikely Gil comes anywhere close to what he was until last week and I have real concern that he's falling off a cliff. The rest of them have had some rough outings lately, too.
- After our 2 and 3 hitters, Volpe is progressing pretty well in year two and Verdugo is a nice complementary piece. Stanton is the ultimate feast or famine guy. He'll get hot for a couple of games, then he's a black hole for a few. Gleyber hasn't been himself and the longer that goes on, it looks like more than a "slump." Is he putting too much pressure on himself in his contract year? He ain't getting paid big if he doesn't snap out of it.
- The corner IF spots are a problem. Even before his injury, Rizzo wasn't providing much. DJLM looks like a dried up husk since he came back and Oswaldo isn't good enough to play regularly.
- Offensively, I think we've been fine behind the plate, but Trevino worries me when runners are on. He's been tap danced on lately. And if we're surrendering baserunner by the gallon that's really bad.
- The bench is comically thin. Grisham can't keep his avg above .100, Jones doesn't belong in MLB and anybody else they could call on will be a AAAA player tops. Any injury to a key player turns his spot in the lineup to a wasteland.
- This brings us to what I feel is our truly fatal flaw, the bullpen. Aside from Weaver, I trust no one out there. Tonkin was a revelation for a few weeks, but he seems to be coming back to reality the past couple of days. Holmes has been very shaky after a terrific start, and IMO has never been a really good closer. Everyone else out there are really guys that shouldn't be on a good MLB roster. Or at least not guys that you need to rely on to hold a lead regularly. It's really bleak.
So here we are approaching the halfway point. Fortunately a lava hot start has given us a nice cushion, but several upgrades are needed if they're serious about competing this year for the crown, which they should be with Soto staring at FA and a crop of teams eager to aim their money cannon at him. Cashman's gonna have to loosen the strings on his prospect purse or this will end up just another "what coulda been" year in the Bronx.
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