Legendary Yankees Hall of Famer Whitey Ford died at age 91. RIP.
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Whitey had the hardest time vs Tigers (21-13), while going 32-10 against the Twins (and 0-0 vs the Yankees).finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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Originally posted by Judge Jude View PostWhitey had the hardest time vs Tigers (21-13), while going 32-10 against the Twins (and 0-0 vs the Yankees).I'm just here for the baseball.
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Originally posted by chancellor View PostAnd used a cut fastball. Well, not like today's cut fastball, but still....and I think his nickname remains one of the greatest ever.---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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I had to come pay my respects.
Mickey Mantle was a childhood hero, so I became familiar with the Mantle, Martin, Ford trio. Billy Martin was current news as a manager, which helped. The fact that Whitey was a lefty was cool to a primary school kid. I didn't figure out til later that he had been retired for decades. Whitey was always the third of three for me, so it's sort of fitting that he is also the third to leave.
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a college friend of mine had a father who helped all of those classic Yankees, including Whitey, build houses just across the GW Bridge in New Jersey in the 1950s. so all of the guys mentioned above used to come by his house all the time (as did legendary boxer Rocky Marciano) while my friend was growing up, though they had retired by then.
but my friend's favorite of them all was "Uncle Yogi," who got him first row/first base line tickets to the 1973 World Series (he was the Mets manager). pal has a pre-game photo of him sitting in the dugout with Mets owner Joan Payson.
I still find it unfathomable for any kid to have been that lucky.
then his neighbor across the street, famous sportswriter Dick Young, got my pal tickets to the 1986 World Series - and I have mentioned before how that landed me in the loge section behind home plate for Game 7.
this left other pals finding it unfathomable that I could be that lucky.
finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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and Al Kaline in the springfinished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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flat out stolen from Baseball Think Factory but at least I'll credit the author
32. Steve Balboni's Personal Trainer Posted: October 12, 2020 at 03:26 PM (#5982618)
On a different note, is this the most Hall of Famers to die in one calendar year? I took a quick look at it via baseball-reference, and although I couldn't easily sort it within the site, I was able to do a quick count with some Excel help. It appears this is how it breaks down:
Most Hall of Famers to die in a calendar year:
2020 and 1972 - 6
1948 and 1993 - 5
1951, 1954, 1963, 1971, 1984, 1989, 1999 - 4
20 years have seen three HOFers pass away, most recently 2017.
21 have seen 2 pass away, most recently 2018.
48 have seen one pass away, most recently 2019.
2008 was the last year to not have a HOFer pass away. Actually, from 2004 to 2009, a total of only three Hall of Famers passed away. That appears to be the quietest stretch since the 1930s.
There are now 68 living Hall of Famers.
I decided to list the players who passed away in the four years that had 5 or more HOFers pass away. Before I did this, I thought it would be clear that 2020 would have the most "star-power lost" of any year, if you will. I would argue that 2020 has had the most evenly-impressive group...but when you look at the list below, you may agree with me that it actually not so clear:
2020: Seaver, Morgan, Ford, Brock, Kaline, Gibson
1972: Clemente, Jackie Robinson, Zack Wheat, Gabby Hartnett, Pie Traynor, Dave Bancroft
1948: Babe Ruth, Hack Wilson, Three-Finger Brown, Herb Pennock, Joe Tinker
1993: Gehringer, Bill Dickey, Roy Campanella, Johnny Mize, Don Drysdalefinished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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