Message | i was born in 1965. as far as i can remember the first yankees I knew were Thurman, Murcer, Blomberg, Nettles, Horace clark, roy white, sparky lyle,Stottlemyer, even celerino sanchez. and ralph Houk,who we just lost was the skipper. they werent too good but they were my team and i rooted them on on channel 11 every night. Thurman was my favorite from day 1. some of my friends liked murcer the best but not me. Thurman just stood out. I remember a game vs. the O's where mike torrez hit him and later on Thurm grounded out but stopped runing to 1st and went after him. musta been scary for Torrez. I watched them thru the dismal early 70s til they put it altogether in 77. i was on vac. in Greece with my mom when my dad wrote to me in midsummer they were 14 gms out but were playing better of late. that sept. afternoon vs the sox we listened to the game on the radio and then watched it at home. unreal! I was in Fla at my aunts when the news reported about the accident. cried myself to sleep. Again, unreal! except it was real. if thurm had continued you bet he woulda padded his numbers nicely and been a cinch for the H.O.F. so i say put him in! hes deserving without a doubt. lemme know what else if anything i can do on this end to help make it happen. GO YANKS!! |