Topic: Thurman Munson
Friday 5:13 PM The Sports Xchange. . . . It was a big week of bookkeeping for the Yankees, who, in addition to putting on the Jorge Posada ...
One more scene from Tuesday's Jorge Posada retirement press conference: Posada always admired Thurman Munson and had for years a black-and-white...
It's the first full day of Yankee Fantasy Baseball Camp. Fast becoming a fantasy baseball camp connoisseur, contributor Roy Berger weighs in on his...
An AL MVP, a seven-time All-Star, and Yankee's catcher through the 1970s, Thurman Munson, 32, was in his prime on August 2, 1979, when the Cessna he piloted clipped a tree, missed the runway, crashed into a tree stump and burst ...
We've seen it happen all too often; players that are cut down early in their careers, in their prime, or even when they are approaching the twilight of their careers. Ray Chapman (8/17/1920) Shortstop Cleveland Naps (later Indians)
Born ...
Most baseball fans are aware of the recent tragedies that have ended the careers of pitchers Daryl Kile, Corey Lidle, and Josh Hancock. 9.Lyman Bostock Jr.- Lyman Bostock Jr. was the son of former Negro League star Lyman Bostock Sr. Lyman ...
Thurman Munson was an all-star catcher who played his entire career for the New York Yankees . He was the first Yankee to be named captain of the team since Lou Gehrig , and led the "Bronx Bombers" to two World Series titles and ...
On August 2, 1979, the 32 year old Yankee catcher and Captain Thurman Munson was lost to the world in a tragic airplane crash. Statistically speaking, at the plate Munson wasn't necessarily the best in his era at any one thing ...
The best American League catchers of the 1970's all had the ability to call a great game for their pitchers, were excellent defensively and in most instances were also outstanding at the plate. Thurman Munson - This New York Yankee great was ...
As a child I was introduced to baseball card collecting in the same manner many of us were, twenty five cents plunked down on the store counter and the mystery of what that pack of cards would contain. In those days the ...
