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Let's All Remember Thurman Munson Today
Clear as day I still remember coming home on that hot August day in 1979 and being greeted by my brother with tears in his eyes who told me The Captain had died in a plane crash. That utter despair is still burned into my soul 35 years later. What a terrible, terrible shame.
I was a Mets fan who became partial to Reggie Jackson on the Yanks, but I loved Thurman Munson's grittiness as a player and his leadership of a team that was seemingly always awash in strife. What a clutch player he was!! Rest in peace, Thurm.
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Same here.......
Red Sox fan myself and the neighborhood in Vermont was half Yankees and half Sox fans but we were all friends.
I was in my kitchen at a robust 12 years old and the phone rang. It was my buddy telling me the news. I always respected his game and the heated rivalry he had with Fisk. I truly believe he belongs in the Hall. I would have no issues with that. Mike |
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I to remember that day like it was yesterday. My favorite player of all time. I think that is why I could never sell his Jersey!
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His case for Hall of Fame induction should be strong based on comps with Campanella if you ask me.
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+1 I agree!
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'71 Topps
Thurman was a throwback. His '71 to me is one of the greatest Topps cards ever made. The photo defines baseball.
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It's a terrible shame he died young, but let's not kid ourselves about the Hall of Fame.
Hall Of Fame StatisticsPlayer rank in (·) Gray Ink Batting - 46 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 90 (195), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 29 (346), Average HOFer ≈ 50 Hall of Fame 1981 BBWAA (15.5%) 1982 BBWAA ( 6.3%) 1983 BBWAA ( 4.8%) 1984 BBWAA ( 7.2%) 1985 BBWAA ( 8.1%) 1986 BBWAA ( 8.2%) 1987 BBWAA ( 6.8%) 1988 BBWAA ( 7.5%) 1989 BBWAA ( 6.9%) 1990 BBWAA ( 7.4%) 1991 BBWAA ( 6.3%) 1992 BBWAA ( 7.4%) 1993 BBWAA ( 9.5%) 1994 BBWAA ( 6.8%) 1995 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
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Campanella was a star in the Negro Leagues for seven years before the big leagues were integrated, won 3 MVPs, and had twice as many HR as Munson.
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Unfortunately IMO, you don't get any extra HOF consideration for dying young while playing great. Joss and Youngs are the only two exceptions I can think of and their elections came decades after their deaths and in Youngs' case, during what is generally considered to be the apex of veterans committee cronyism. I don't see it happening.
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Why don't you two take your soap boxes somewhere else. Jesus!! Have some class.
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This from a Red Sox Fan, but I do think Munson has HOF chops. Campanella played 500 games in the negro leagues and started playing at 16 but reasonably speaking how many extra mlb seasons would Campy have had? His accident occured when he was 35, Munson's when he was 32, so if you consider that 3 years difference and comp Campanella those years on the front end it's a wash. Munson had less power but better average, both were winners on winning teams. If I look at it from a yankee perspective, how is Joe Gordon in and Munson not? What about a Lou Boudreau? My argument really is less about whether Munson belongs in the Hall on a stand alone basis. It's more about the fact that the Hall sometimes seems to be about pure excellence, and other times about politics, popularity and emotion. If it is the latter, and it is, then what harm to the "integrity" of the hall is it to add a guy who was 10 years in and on his way and killed through no fault of his own?
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I was 10 at basketball camp....
He was my favorite player and my mother went to high school with him at Canton Lehman High in Canton as well as his sister Darla Munson.
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Re: Let's All Remember Thurman Munson Today
I was 11 in 1979. I vaguely remember the day his plane crashed.
I cut out the pictures from the newspaper that day. I have a picture printed in the newspaper of his burnt plane, but I don't know if it's appropriate to post it on a public message board like this. ErikV I do remember one week after Munson's death, Dodger owner Walter O'Malley passed. Last edited by ErikV; 08-02-2014 at 03:30 PM. Reason: Additional |
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