Do any of you remember......

[Rick2583]

watching the way Mantle went out in his final season? All year long when Jeter was a consistent 270+ hitter all I kept thinking was, "At least he's not going out like Mantle" who finished his last season hitting a lowly 237. But as this slump of Jeter's continues (now 0-24) he very well could be right around the same average.

Not the way I wanted to see him finish out.

 

[Messiah717]

I mentioned in my other thread that he's getting simple outmatched at this point. Part of it is that his age has caught up to him and he's not as quick with the bat. I also think part of him has checked out of the game.

 

[totus44]

Time to emulate the Iron Horse and take himself out of the lineup? I think maybe he doesn't play the last 3 games in Bahstan.

 

[yankeesince59]

...not driving the ball.

 

[Messiah717]

Jeter hit .207 in August and he's hitting .116 in September. Yikes!

 

[totus44]

Jeter hit .207 in August and he's hitting .116 in September. Yikes!

The only thing Jeter is hitting is Hannah Davis right now.

 

[Pastafazul]

he needs to approach the ball like norton..... HELLO BALL

 

[Rick2583]

Time to emulate the Iron Horse and take himself out of the lineup? I think maybe he doesn't play the last 3 games in Bahstan.

No, he's about the only thing the Yankee fans have left to cheer for. I'm still hoping he's got a few more hits left in him.

 

[Messiah717]

Yeah at this point he's going to play out the string. I just hate seeing him look so bad doing so.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Given the quality of pitching and general lack of hitting in the 1968 season Mantle at .237 was only 13 points lower than Reggie Jackson who was number 25 at .250. Yastremski won the batting title at .301, and the Mick did get 18 bombs. Jeter is slumping badly, but you know he wants to be in there , he can remove himself from the lineup and Ryan would be better defensively but would suck at the dish. The people are paying to see him play, money talks, bullshit walks. What I would like to see is the Yankees go into Tropicana, sweep the Rays, with the crowd shouting Jeters name and watching Maddon sniffle about it.

 

[blgridesagain]

Mantles final years cost him his .300 career BA .....a number he really wanted to maintain.
Mentioned it a couple of times.
In fact, his FINAL season cost him the lifetime .300 BA., would've finished at .302 if he quit a year earlier. yeesh
He looked horrible in his final couple of seasons. He ran like Walter Brennan walked in The Real McCoys.

I just wonder...haven't done the math- If Jeter goes into a total freefall in these final games...how much lower can/will his (over.300) lifetime BA dip?

 

[yankeesince59]

...one point.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

I once heard Mickey Mantle state that in all World Series in which he participated felt that each Yankees series win or loss was deserved. The one exception was the '60 World Series with the Yankees having a huge run differential but ended up losing game 7 by one God Damn Run. I would imagine he may have felt the same way about .300 lifetime but shit happens. Still can't take nothing away from him. Mantle was number 7 on the field but in my time as a fan he's number one. In the case of Jeter they will let the boy boogie woogie till the end. The only thing we had to cheer for last year was Mo and Andy, this year it's Jeter.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Still got my "Day to Remember" buttons, and program book, which accompanied the button, for every Fan in Attendance....

Only a couple weeks left-and-
Regardless of his light hitting, not driving the ball, like he used to....its still an Honor to Watch Jeter, Our Captain, and recall better years. Gotta' hand it to Derek, he didn't win 5 World Series Rings by sitting on his hands....

Mick was utterly painful to watch Run. As a kid watching Mick was a big question, why, how did those legs get so bad, tho' we all knew why and how. Now as an old Man, I can't run any better than Mick, and I know now exactly how he must of felt on the ball field.

 

[yankeesince59]

I once heard Mickey Mantle state that in all World Series in which he participated felt that each Yankees series win or loss was deserved. The one exception was the '60 World Series with the Yankees having a huge run differential but ended up losing game 7 by one God Damn Run. I would imagine he may have felt the same way about .300 lifetime but shit happens. Still can't take nothing away from him. Mantle was number 7 on the field but in my time as a fan he's number one. In the case of Jeter they will let the boy boogie woogie till the end. The only thing we had to cheer for last year was Mo and Andy, this year it's Jeter.

...for me, as a kid, Mantle was the reason I became a Yanx fan in the first place.

 

[Rick2583]

...for me, as a kid, Mantle was the reason I became a Yanx fan in the first place.

Same here.

 

[blgridesagain]

I once heard Mickey Mantle state that in all World Series in which he participated felt that each Yankees series win or loss was deserved. The one exception was the '60 World Series with the Yankees having a huge run differential but ended up losing game 7 by one God Damn Run. I would imagine he may have felt the same way about .300 lifetime but shit happens. Still can't take nothing away from him. Mantle was number 7 on the field but in my time as a fan he's number one. In the case of Jeter they will let the boy boogie woogie till the end. The only thing we had to cheer for last year was Mo and Andy, this year it's Jeter.

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Mantle had this special "thing" about him..even in his final years.

I think His record 18 career WS homers will never be broken- and he hit them at a better AB Ratio than his career HR numbers. His fabulous Triple Crown, for BOTH leagues, which is still the last time it's been done.
His excellent speed when he was younger...these are the things which really tell what kind of player Mantle was when he was at the top of his game.

 

[totus44]

Wait, I thought Mike Trout was Mantle reincarnated?

 

[cagedlion]

Mantle was "magic". In my youthful eyes, he could do
no wrong. He could do it all. Beat out bunts, sped from
first to third, hit mammoth HRs, raced to make outs in
the old Yankee Stadium centerfield. Threw out baserunners
with his powerful arm. He knew the basics of hitting
and of defense. He was serious about playing the game,
but most of all.....he had fun doing it.
And I had fun watching him do his thing.

Yankees have never struck gold as they did when
an Oklahoma scout (forget his name) signed The Mick.

 

[Rick2583]

Mantle was "magic". In my youthful eyes, he could do
no wrong. He could do it all. Beat out bunts, sped from
first to third, hit mammoth HRs, raced to make outs in
the old Yankee Stadium centerfield. Threw out baserunners
with his powerful arm. He knew the basics of hitting
and of defense. He was serious about playing the game,
but most of all.....he had fun doing it.
And I had fun watching him do his thing.

Yankees have never struck gold as they did when
an Oklahoma scout (forget his name) signed The Mick.

Hell if you remember Mantle when he had speed you've got to be old, hell I don't even remember that & I'm 60

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...for me, as a kid, Mantle was the reason I became a Yanx fan in the first place.

Same here.

Me 3, plus i loved Yogi alot too, Maris, Ford, Howard, and a few others, hell even Ryne Duren. The Yanx were the bomb in our young years.

Same reason as a kid, I came to love watching Willie Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Bob Gibson, Carlton, Koufax, Drysdale, Kaline, Hodges, Catfish Hunter, et al. (tons of others too)...

As kids in the 50s-70s, the game was so much different, when ushers didn't keep kids from getting autographs, and players had not began to charge big bucks for their signatures in decades to follow....half the fun of the pre-game back then.....

Truly the GOLDEN YEARS OF MLB....

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Hell if you remember Mantle when he had speed you've got to be old, hell I don't even remember that & I'm 60

Wait a minute Rick, I have drawings on papyrus, before Cleopatra was born, of you building the pyramids....and receiving your Lava Rock Birthstone as a gift from the Pyramid Egyptian Union......

I've also read, you were an apprentice to Galileo and DaVinci.....when I was tutoring under Tesla....all those years gone by and you've forgotten, but then what are friends for, but to remind you or your own greatness....LOL..

 

[Rick2583]

Wait a minute Rick, I have drawings on papyrus, before Cleopatra was born, of you building the pyramids....and receiving your Lava Rock Birthstone as a gift from the Pyramid Egyptian Union......

I've also read, you were an apprentice to Galileo and DaVinci.....when I was tutoring under Tesla....all those years gone by and you've forgotten, but then what are friends for, but to remind you or your own greatness....LOL..

AH, the good old days, takes me back, the good times I had with.......................I'm beginning to tear up just thinking about it, I'm sorry, I can't continue.

 

[blgridesagain]

Bobby Richardson used to amaze me when he turned the DP at 2nd base...to this day, I still can't see how anyone can turn it any faster than Bobby...and Hector Lopez was a slow runner...lol
Clete Boyer was real good with the glove and his brother Ken was a borderline case for the HOF (3B) in my eyes.