WOW! 1960 Yaz rookie PSA 9

[tedzan]

Hey guys,

This discussion is approaching the "ridiculous".

Forget the numbers, or whatever gobbly-gook some of you are saying against Yaz being a HOFer.

Yaz is one of only two post-WWII ballplayers who have stepped into the "footprints" of a legend and succeeded in Baseball.

The other guy is Mantle...... Incidently guys, I am not a Red Sox fan.

If you stop for a moment to consider the importance of what I am stating here, you will realize how significant this factor is
in sports. Many have tried, and failed. I cannot think of any other ballplayers having succeeded in this situation to the extent
that Yaz and Mantle did.







TED Z
.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey guys,

This discussion is approaching the "ridiculous".

Forget the numbers, or whatever gobbly-gook some of you are saying against Yaz being a HOFer.

Yaz is one of only two post-WWII ballplayers who have stepped into the "footprints" of a legend and succeeded in Baseball.

The other guy is Mantle...... Incidently guys, I am not a Red Sox fan.

If you stop for a moment to consider the importance of what I am stating here, you will realize how significant this factor is
in sports. Many have tried, and failed. I cannot think of any other ballplayers having succeeded in this situation to the extent
that Yaz and Mantle did.







TED Z
.

And while they overlapped with Yaz moving to first or DH, whereas Yaz never played with Ted, a pretty decent player named Jim Rice took over in left field in turn for Yaz.