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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 30, 2023 4:11:12 GMT -5
We’ve either started hitting… or maybe we just played the A’s… Even then, we only scored one run in the first game of the series. Keep that in mind before you get tickled… and the A’s played some kick ball on defense that helped us… They did beat the rangers and mariners before this Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 30, 2023 6:47:13 GMT -5
They also cut the gap with the orioles from 5.5 to 4 i the last day so this weekend series is crucial. Really need to sweep this weekend so they aren't not any more than 4 behind them going into that series next week.
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 30, 2023 8:12:18 GMT -5
They also cut the gap with the orioles from 5.5 to 4 i the last day so this weekend series is crucial. Really need to sweep this weekend so they aren't not any more than 4 behind them going into that series next week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The Yankees played in St. Louis last year and had a miserable weekend, a sweep is going to be tough. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 30, 2023 9:59:04 GMT -5
...with a 56 OPS+ that decreased today. The 1961 Yankees had the backstop embarrassment of riches with three catchers that hit 20 or more homers each.  Mike Stanley, Butch Wynegar and Ron Hassey were three more Yankee backstop acquisitions who could inflict some damage with the bat. Joel Skinner not so much. A long-time Yankee catcher whose name rarely pops up in these pages is Jake Gibbs. He was with the Yanks for at least a part of ten years, starting as a backup to Elston Howard and ending as a backup for Thurman Munson while starting for a few very dark years in between. He couldn't hit a lick, although his defense was okay. He probably had more fame as a QB at Ole Miss. He later became a very successful baseball coach there, winning two College World Series.
bearman sent me these pictures of Jake Gibbs' baseball card. Check them out. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks bearman.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 30, 2023 12:53:25 GMT -5
Mike Stanley, Butch Wynegar and Ron Hassey were three more Yankee backstop acquisitions who could inflict some damage with the bat. Joel Skinner not so much. A long-time Yankee catcher whose name rarely pops up in these pages is Jake Gibbs. He was with the Yanks for at least a part of ten years, starting as a backup to Elston Howard and ending as a backup for Thurman Munson while starting for a few very dark years in between. He couldn't hit a lick, although his defense was okay. He probably had more fame as a QB at Ole Miss. He later became a very successful baseball coach there, winning two College World Series.
bearman sent me these pictures of Jake Gibbs' baseball card. Check them out. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks bearman.
Definitely cool. Thank you bearman and kaybli. I have a vague memory of that card -- I was winding down my card buying about then -- but I do remember the other prospect on there, Tom Metcalf. The year before the Yankee Rookie Star card guy was pitcher Jack Cullen, who some of the elders on here might remember. Then as now, teams over-hyped their prospects. Metcalf, Cullen, Rich Beck, Thad Tillotson, Gil Blanco, Billy Short (the Next Whitey Ford) -- all of them "can't miss" Yankee pitchers of the 1960s. The difference then was that a lot of them actually did have productive careers -- Mel Stottlemyre, Al Downing, Bill Stafford, Jim Bouton, Fritz Peterson, Stan Bahnsen among them. Ironically, Jake Gibbs also had a Topps Rookie Star card in 1962! He must be one of the few players to get rookie star status two years apart. Gibbs was QB on either one or two Ole Miss squads that were voted national champs in some of the polls. Perhaps of interest to Rizzuto, he was the punter on the ball that LSU's Billy Cannon returned for a touchdown in a legendary 1959 Halloween matchup between what were then the number one and number two teams in the country. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 30, 2023 19:44:51 GMT -5
bearman sent me these pictures of Jake Gibbs' baseball card. Check them out. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks bearman.
Definitely cool. Thank you bearman and kaybli. I have a vague memory of that card -- I was winding down my card buying about then -- but I do remember the other prospect on there, Tom Metcalf. The year before the Yankee Rookie Star card guy was pitcher Jack Cullen, who some of the elders on here might remember. Then as now, teams over-hyped their prospects. Metcalf, Cullen, Rich Beck, Thad Tillotson, Gil Blanco, Billy Short (the Next Whitey Ford) -- all of them "can't miss" Yankee pitchers of the 1960s. The difference then was that a lot of them actually did have productive careers -- Mel Stottlemyre, Al Downing, Bill Stafford, Jim Bouton, Fritz Peterson, Stan Bahnsen among them. Ironically, Jake Gibbs also had a Topps Rookie Star card in 1962! He must be one of the few players to get rookie star status two years apart. Gibbs was QB on either one or two Ole Miss squads that were voted national champs in some of the polls. Perhaps of interest to Rizzuto, he was the punter on the ball that LSU's Billy Cannon returned for a touchdown in a legendary 1959 Halloween matchup between what were then the number one and number two teams in the country.
Wow! What an amazing call back, Pipps! For so many years - and still may be - definitively LSU's greatest sports moment ever. I'll never forget Jake Gibbs again! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 30, 2023 20:01:58 GMT -5
Definitely cool. Thank you bearman and kaybli. I have a vague memory of that card -- I was winding down my card buying about then -- but I do remember the other prospect on there, Tom Metcalf. The year before the Yankee Rookie Star card guy was pitcher Jack Cullen, who some of the elders on here might remember. Then as now, teams over-hyped their prospects. Metcalf, Cullen, Rich Beck, Thad Tillotson, Gil Blanco, Billy Short (the Next Whitey Ford) -- all of them "can't miss" Yankee pitchers of the 1960s. The difference then was that a lot of them actually did have productive careers -- Mel Stottlemyre, Al Downing, Bill Stafford, Jim Bouton, Fritz Peterson, Stan Bahnsen among them. Ironically, Jake Gibbs also had a Topps Rookie Star card in 1962! He must be one of the few players to get rookie star status two years apart. Gibbs was QB on either one or two Ole Miss squads that were voted national champs in some of the polls. Perhaps of interest to Rizzuto, he was the punter on the ball that LSU's Billy Cannon returned for a touchdown in a legendary 1959 Halloween matchup between what were then the number one and number two teams in the country.
Wow! What an amazing call back, Pipps! For so many years - and still may be - definitively LSU's greatest sports moment ever. I'll never forget Jake Gibbs again! That moment was an instant legend when it happened Rizz. Even up in Yankee country we saw that clip on TV. Everyone knew Billy Cannon. And Paul Dietzel. And most knew Jake Gibbs and Charlie Flowers at Ole Miss. |
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