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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 12:55:17 GMT -5
5. Sidney Ponson
4. Jacoby Ellsbury
3. Kei Igawa
2. Carl Pavano
1. Tony Womack
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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 12:57:35 GMT -5
1. Mattingly
2. Munson
3. Jeter
4. Murcer
5. Piniella
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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 13:03:46 GMT -5
Favorite Yankee that I never seen play...No contest... By far and away...It's Babe Ruth.
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Post by bumper on Jan 6, 2024 13:09:38 GMT -5
Favorite Yankee that I never seen play...No contest... By far and away...It's Babe Ruth. add gehrig & joe d to that list.
agree w many of the faves listed here. as a kid, mantle was my hero. i used to try to swing and run like him when i played as a kid.
as much as i liked mo & jeter, the guy in your pic was probably my core four fave. the other guy "under the radar" was bernie. should been called the core five.
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Post by ypaterson on Jan 6, 2024 13:12:37 GMT -5
1. Yogi Berra
2. Bobby Murcer
3. Thurnman Munson
4. Ron Guidry
5. The 1998 roster
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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 13:24:43 GMT -5
Favorite Yankee that I never seen play...No contest... By far and away...It's Babe Ruth. add gehrig & joe d to that list.
agree w many of the faves listed here. as a kid, mantle was my hero. i used to try to swing and run like him when i played as a kid.
as much as i liked mo & jeter, the guy in your pic was probably my core four fave. the other guy "under the radar" was bernie. should been called the core five.
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 6, 2024 14:42:46 GMT -5
add gehrig & joe d to that list.
agree w many of the faves listed here. as a kid, mantle was my hero. i used to try to swing and run like him when i played as a kid.
as much as i liked mo & jeter, the guy in your pic was probably my core four fave. the other guy "under the radar" was bernie. should been called the core five.
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. I always heard great things about Gehrig and Ruth treatment of fans. Seems most players years ago appreciated fans more. Certainly not all, I know a few guys who said Whitey Ford was not particularly nice. |
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Post by bumper on Jan 6, 2024 15:18:50 GMT -5
add gehrig & joe d to that list.
agree w many of the faves listed here. as a kid, mantle was my hero. i used to try to swing and run like him when i played as a kid.
as much as i liked mo & jeter, the guy in your pic was probably my core four fave. the other guy "under the radar" was bernie. should been called the core five.
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. here's a sorta funny joe d story ... joe d was my dad's guy. he had a baseball with joe d's signature. so one day as a 9-11 yr old, guess i found it and decided to sign it. who knows why you do such things when you're a kid. certainly had no concept of it's value. when my dad saw it, he laughed it off and something to the effect, i have this baseball signed by joe d and this other famous guy. didn't get mad at all. he was the best ... i could still have it in a box or crate somewhere and bet w/o my signature, it would be worth a pretty penny  . |
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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 15:21:55 GMT -5
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. I always heard great things about Gehrig and Ruth treatment of fans. Seems most players years ago appreciated fans more. Certainly not all, I know a few guys who said Whitey Ford was not particularly nice. I heard great things about how nice many of the Brooklyn Dodgers were with their fan base. |
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Post by Max on Jan 6, 2024 15:25:33 GMT -5
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. here's a sorta funny joe d story ... joe d was my dad's guy. he had a baseball with joe d's signature. so one day as a 9-11 yr old, guess i found it and decided to sign it. who knows why you do such things when you're a kid. certainly had no concept of it's value. when my dad saw it, he laughed it off and something to the effect, i have this baseball signed by joe d and this other famous guy. didn't get mad at all. he was the best ... i could still have it in a box or crate somewhere and bet w/o my signature, it would be worth a pretty penny . Great story Bumper. Joe D. was my Dad's favorite too. |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 6, 2024 16:34:12 GMT -5
Yep, Joe D. and Gehrig would be on my top 3 favorite list too. Always loved Ruth, even more so when I heard that he always made time to talk to kids and sign autographs for them. My Dad met Lou Gehrig on a class trip. He couldn't believe how wide Gehrig's shoulders were. But what he remembers most was what a great guy Gehrig was and how nice he was to my Dad and his classmates. here's a sorta funny joe d story ... joe d was my dad's guy. he had a baseball with joe d's signature. so one day as a 9-11 yr old, guess i found it and decided to sign it. who knows why you do such things when you're a kid. certainly had no concept of it's value. when my dad saw it, he laughed it off and something to the effect, i have this baseball signed by joe d and this other famous guy. didn't get mad at all. he was the best ... i could still have it in a box or crate somewhere and bet w/o my signature, it would be worth a pretty penny . lol. Great story. Your dad seemed like a very cool guy. |
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Post by inger on Jan 6, 2024 17:06:21 GMT -5
Imagine that you spotted Mantle and you had your ten or twelve year old son with you and decided to ask for an autograph and were summarily dismissed with a few curt curse words. The way the press was and the non-existent social media swept it all under the rug. I was gonna bring this up earlier but was a bit reluctant to tarnish the image many have of him, but without going into detail...a friend of mine who idolized Mick had exactly the experience you described when he had the opportunity to meet and introduce his son to him. The way I see it, truth is truth. I loved watching Johnny Carson as a kid, but damn! They say he was a mean SOB in person. We have to choose whether to let that tarnish the image or to enjoy the talents presented for what it is, and separate the two. I met Bill Bergey the old Philadelphia Eagles linebacker in odd circumstances. Sold him an out of state fishing license when he was obviously drunk and bragging about how they’d been fishing without one for a week or so and figured he’d better get one. He wasn’t really nasty or anything, but rather entitled… |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 6, 2024 17:47:01 GMT -5
I was gonna bring this up earlier but was a bit reluctant to tarnish the image many have of him, but without going into detail...a friend of mine who idolized Mick had exactly the experience you described when he had the opportunity to meet and introduce his son to him. The way I see it, truth is truth. I loved watching Johnny Carson as a kid, but damn! They say he was a mean SOB in person. We have to choose whether to let that tarnish the image or to enjoy the talents presented for what it is, and separate the two. I met Bill Bergey the old Philadelphia Eagles linebacker in odd circumstances. Sold him an out of state fishing license when he was obviously drunk and bragging about how they’d been fishing without one for a week or so and figured he’d better get one. He wasn’t really nasty or anything, but rather entitled… For those who want another unvarnished perspective on Mantle, google what he wrote as his favorite memory of YS1. Caution...not for those easily offended. |
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Post by inger on Jan 6, 2024 18:42:01 GMT -5
The way I see it, truth is truth. I loved watching Johnny Carson as a kid, but damn! They say he was a mean SOB in person. We have to choose whether to let that tarnish the image or to enjoy the talents presented for what it is, and separate the two. I met Bill Bergey the old Philadelphia Eagles linebacker in odd circumstances. Sold him an out of state fishing license when he was obviously drunk and bragging about how they’d been fishing without one for a week or so and figured he’d better get one. He wasn’t really nasty or anything, but rather entitled… For those who want another unvarnished perspective on Mantle, google what he wrote as his favorite memory of YS1. Caution...not for those easily offended. I found an actual photo of the letter on Reddit. If Kaybli dares to post it for me, all can see. I’m going with the story that this was written as a joke. Mantle is said to love to joke around and I can imagine hime wanting to shock a strait-laced member of the front office… |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 6, 2024 19:09:33 GMT -5
For those who want another unvarnished perspective on Mantle, google what he wrote as his favorite memory of YS1. Caution...not for those easily offended. I found an actual photo of the letter on Reddit. If Kaybli dares to post it for me, all can see. I’m going with the story that this was written as a joke. Mantle is said to love to joke around and I can imagine hime wanting to shock a strait-laced member of the front office… I'll post it with a warning that's its vulgar. Don't want to offend anyone including our new women posters:
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