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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 21, 2020 14:20:20 GMT -5
My mom just bought me a book about Billy Martin (didn't know he was one of us). Gonna start reading it tonight. I'd vote Torre for the manager. Joey D the great Italian baseball player ever? Sierchio, I hope your bio is the one I read a few years ago. Of fairly recent vintage, and it is very balanced in its approach to Martin's life. A deeply flawed and troubled human being who nevertheless generated fierce loyalty from many of his colleagues. As well as a heaping helping of animosity. Wish I could recall the author, but I'm away from my stuff. Joe D. has to be the greatest Italian baseball player ever. Yogi is up there. Mike Piazza, Craig Biggio, Joey Votto, no shortage of great ones. Joe's brother Dom was an outstanding player as well. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 21, 2020 14:23:26 GMT -5
Good stuff. Every team needs one like that. Maybe not two, but definitely one. |
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Post by greatfatness on Feb 21, 2020 16:59:16 GMT -5
Good stuff. Every team needs one like that. Maybe not two, but definitely one. My favorite story about him was that they were in Oakland playing in front of a half empty stadium and someone (forget who) was up and they could hear him yelling and heckling them while they were up at bat even though they were 450 feet away with him in the bullpen. |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 21, 2020 18:01:13 GMT -5
I'm just going to leave this here with no comment:
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Post by sierchio on Feb 22, 2020 9:31:23 GMT -5
Looks like the beginning of a porno... mmm... Meredith...
Pipps, the book is called Billy Martin Baseball's Finest Mind.... by Bill Pennington
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Post by inger on Feb 22, 2020 11:05:59 GMT -5
Is she flicking his nipple with that pointer?
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Post by kaybli on Feb 22, 2020 11:21:23 GMT -5
Best comment on the pic from Twitter:
"Yet another case of a woman deciding men aren't worth it and deciding to rely on a machine for pleasure"
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 22, 2020 13:05:53 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 22, 2020 13:34:53 GMT -5
Looks like the beginning of a porno... mmm... Meredith... Pipps, the book is called Billy Martin Baseball's Finest Mind.... by Bill Pennington That's the one I have, Sierchio. Except the title was changed from the original, which was "Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius." I think you will really enjoy reading it. I have to admit, Billy Martin was one of my least favorite Yankees ever, but this was a rare case where a balanced account of a person with both serious vices and undeniable virtues made me more sympathetic to him, and I did not think that would be possible since so much of his public persona was the antithesis of what I respect in a person. It's a well-crafted biography of a complicated man. I will be interested to hear your reaction. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Feb 22, 2020 16:08:02 GMT -5
That was kind of a snoozer of a debut game.
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Post by kaybli on Feb 22, 2020 17:01:31 GMT -5
That was kind of a snoozer of a debut game. I missed it but was following on my phone. Definitely a snoozer. |
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Post by greatfatness on Feb 22, 2020 17:15:28 GMT -5
That was kind of a snoozer of a debut game. It was but good to see baseball anyway. Pretty lousy TV broadcast. Kay seemed intent on rehashing the Astros story even though he had nothing new to share, they frequently didn’t even mention who was at the plate. They didn’t bother to explain who the subs were when they got into the games. If the broadcast had taken the game more seriously it would have been more entertaining. |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 22, 2020 17:34:17 GMT -5
A little preview for Monday's game:
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 22, 2020 17:39:45 GMT -5
That was kind of a snoozer of a debut game. It was but good to see baseball anyway. Pretty lousy TV broadcast. Kay seemed intent on rehashing the Astros story even though he had nothing new to share, they frequently didn’t even mention who was at the plate. They didn’t bother to explain who the subs were when they got into the games. If the broadcast had taken the game more seriously it would have been more entertaining. Kay was definitely in radio talk show host mode in the second half of the game and it was annoying. I'm used to the other team's announcers ignoring the Yankee's substitutes during preseason telecasts, but Kay should have been better. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Feb 22, 2020 18:13:52 GMT -5
It was but good to see baseball anyway. Pretty lousy TV broadcast. Kay seemed intent on rehashing the Astros story even though he had nothing new to share, they frequently didn’t even mention who was at the plate. They didn’t bother to explain who the subs were when they got into the games. If the broadcast had taken the game more seriously it would have been more entertaining. Kay was definitely in radio talk show host mode in the second half of the game and it was annoying. I'm used to the other team's announcers ignoring the Yankee's substitutes during preseason telecasts, but Kay should have been better. Ok great I thought it was just me I got the same impression I didn't even know who was up sometimes. |
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