Munson's legacy remembered

[Ruth-Gehrig]

Thurman Munson may not make it to Cooperstown, but those familiar with the '70s Yankees, know he was their heart and soul before an after his tragic, untimely death.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080205&content_id=2365531&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Uh, Canton?

 

[deskslave]

Until I noticed your username, I really feared I'd missed something and ole' Larry had shuffled off.

 

[Ruth-Gehrig]

Pardon me, Cooperstown.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Heart and soul of the Yankees?
Maybe.
A complete and total ****?
Absolutely.

 

[cranberry]

He was a little rough around the edges.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

Heart and soul of the Yankees?
Maybe.
A complete and total ****?
Absolutely.

He was an unpleasant man but not a bad man.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Heart and soul of the Yankees?
Maybe.
A complete and total ****?
Absolutely.

He was an unpleasant man but not a bad man.

And not a very good pilot.

 

[ThomsonONE]

Heart and soul of the Yankees?
Maybe.
A complete and total ****?
Absolutely.

He was an unpleasant man but not a bad man.

And not a very good pilot.

Wow.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Too soon?

 

[poindexter]

Too soon?

Lots
O'
Laughs

 

[JR]

Too soon?

Given the direction of the thread, probably just about right.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Pretty bad guy with a lot of, ah, interesting opinions on Jews and black folk.

 

[JR]

Pretty bad guy with a lot of, ah, interesting opinions on Jews and black folk.

Oh, oh.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Pretty bad guy with a lot of, ah, interesting opinions on Jews and black folk.

Oh, oh.

What I've heard from other guys on those Yankee teams.

 

[jgmacg]

Say what you will, he had a first-ballot mustache.

 

[JR]

Lots of fun guys on that '77 team:

Munson

Jackson

Cliff Johnson (Mr. Miserable SOB)

Lou Piniella

Dave Kingman

Mickey Rivers

Someone said about Mickey Rivers (I'm pretty sure it was him): "He's turned his life around. He used to be miserable and depressed. Now he's depressed and miserable"

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Say what you will, he had a first-ballot mustache.

70's porn quality.

 

[mike311gd]

Say what you will, he had a first-ballot mustache.

70's porn quality.

"This is a 70s porn. You know how I know? The guy's **** has sideburns."

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

Pretty bad guy with a lot of, ah, interesting opinions on Jews and black folk.

Never heard that from him, but we didn't interact regularly.