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Maris made a point of it to appreciate and THANK Stallard for not pitching around him and challenging him.

Such a good down to earth regular guy.
We loved Roger Maris and of course The Mick was like a royal God. lol
Still remember looking at his autograph on those baseball cards and such...
...how he wrote the two "M"s of his first and last name.
 
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...I ran into Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, Billy Martin, Charlie Keller, and Gene Michael down in Fla several years ago....I got 5 of the 6 to give me their autograph on a paper place mat...guess which one I didn't get?

...yes, I still have the autographs framed.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I ran into Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, Billy Martin, Charlie Keller, and Gene Michael down in Fla several years ago....I got 5 of the 6 to give me their autograph on a paper place mat...guess which one I didn't get?

...yes, I still have the autographs framed.
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geez..... Mantle?
 
yankeesince59 said:
...if y'all are old enough to remember the HR race in '61, you may remember that virtually no one other than Maris himself wanted Maris to break Ruth's record. Most everyone else, including the press and yours truly, thought that privilege should belong to Mantle alone.

...after receiving a flu shot Mantle developed a festering hole in his hip where the needle went in, he fell out of the chase. He tried to play through it but ended up in the hospital and encouraged Roger through phone calls and watched from his hospital bed as Maris broke the record off of Tracy Stollard (sp?)


...even Yankee fans didn't care as much about the race anymore once The Mick was out of it. Only 23000 showed up for the final game of the season to see Maris do it...pretty disgraceful. Roger never got the recognition and adoration he truly deserved...he got screwed.

...but as far as I'm concerned, he's still the single season HR king.
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Rick2583 said:
And as I've mentioned a dozen times over the years, I was one of them. My older brother took me to my 1st game. I was 7 years old at the time & I had no idea why everyone was cheering until my brother told me. And yeah looking back 23000 fans in that stadium was a joke & an insult.

BTW: Even as a Giant fan I also think of him as the single season HR record holder & Ruth as the all time HR leader.
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Me 3.....

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yankeesince59 said:
...I ran into Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, Billy Martin, Charlie Keller, and Gene Michael down in Fla several years ago....I got 5 of the 6 to give me their autograph on a paper place mat...guess which one I didn't get?

...yes, I still have the autographs framed.
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Good stuff, these are the moments (like yours 59) which we all live for....!!! A true thrill that day had to be, with the best of those Yankee Greats....!!! :smile:
 
Maris made some nice contributions to the St Louis Cardinals 67' World Series, and '68 National League Champ Teams as well. August of '67 found me arriving at Fort Devens Mass back from 3+ years across the pond, and wondering what the hell happened to baseball. The Yankees were in their 3rd consecutive season of no World Series, Maris was a Cardinal, Elston Howard was a Boston. I was in Boston the day the Red Sox clinched the pennant which to me was really strange. Good World Series though, there was really some bad blood between the Red Sox and Cardinal Teams.
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Maris made some nice contributions to the St Louis Cardinals 67' World Series, and '68 National League Champ Teams as well. August of '67 found me arriving at Fort Devens Mass back from 3+ years across the pond, and wondering what the hell happened to baseball. The Yankees were in their 3rd consecutive season of no World Series, Maris was a Cardinal, Elston Howard was a Boston. I was in Boston the day the Red Sox clinched the pennant which to me was really strange. Good World Series though, there was really some bad blood between the Red Sox and Cardinal Teams.
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Yep, I remember reading way back then in 67-68, how Red Schoendienst said of Maris on those great Cards Teams, "Maris tho' no longer a HR threat or Hitter, did all the little things perfectly. Like executing the hit and run, or laying down a drag bunt to move the baserunner(s) over a base, into scoring position"....

Man I loved Bob Gibson as a kid, as far as a NL Team goes....not the earlier 60s Yanx, but still a damn good team. Gibson's 1.12 ERA, will perhaps never be broken, even if MLB raised the mound back.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I ran into Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, Billy Martin, Charlie Keller, and Gene Michael down in Fla several years ago....I got 5 of the 6 to give me their autograph on a paper place mat...guess which one I didn't get?

...yes, I still have the autographs framed.
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My guess would be Martin.
 
Gibson pitched on short rest in that series as did Lonborg with Boston getting the wrong end of the stick. We were on a FTX on game day but our Officer and Sergeant In charge were baseball fans so we plugged up a portable TV to the generators and watched the game.
 
Rick, concerning this Posts OP, what is the milestone with your ass, that 50 year old Hemorrhoid??? :lol:

Prep H, is predominantly Shark Oil base, but you can use Valvoline 10 W 40.... I wouldn't know, I read as much somewhere other than the Proctologist Office...:rotfl:
 
Rick2583 said:
My guess would be Martin.
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...he excused himself to go take a leak or whatever just as I got to their table...as the others passed this paper placemat around for each to sign I thought about catching up with Billy and asking him for his autograph...and if it had been any of the other guys, I probably would have. But knowing that they were all buzzed and knowing Billy's reputation as a hot head, I decided against it.

...if I remember correctly, this was around 1980-81-82.
 
Mattingly23NY said:
Rick, concerning this Posts OP, what is the milestone with your ass, that 50 year old Hemorrhoid??? :lol:

Prep H, is predominantly Shark Oil base, but you can use Valvoline 10 W 40.... I wouldn't know, I read as much somewhere other than the Proctologist Office...:rotfl:
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...I will never have to worry about getting hemorrhoids...because I've been told that I am "a perfect asshole".
 
...well, in my case, it was an accurate description...I guess.
 
Rick2583 said:
I pick Ruth as the ALL TIME home run champ because it took Aaron 800 more games & almost 4,000 more at bats.
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I'm aware of Aaron's extra At Bats. Hank never hit with a 8.XX Hr ratio to at bats. Mays either....both had more At Bats, as well as many other's.....with more at bats....hiccup...!~ :smile:
 
Aaron never hit 50 HRs in a single season. Kinda quirky.
But VERY consistent and VERY good - for a long time.

Mays hit 50 HRs in a season 10 years apart--unequaled by anyone.
He also did it for a very long time. Gotta give these credit just for being so good for so long...they took care of themselves- and with a little luck I guess.

Killebrew is an example of a great HR hitter who just couldn't do it for long as those two - but he WAS the better HR hitter for the decade of the '60s and hit 40 or more in eight seasons. Was a record for A.L. right handed hitters
 
...ARod should/could have easily broken that record...but I hope the colossal prick never hits another HR.
 
blgridesagain said:
Aaron never hit 50 HRs in a single season. Kinda quirky.
But VERY consistent and VERY good - for a long time.

Mays hit 50 HRs in a season 10 years apart--unequaled by anyone.
He also did it for a very long time. Gotta give these credit just for being so good for so long...they took care of themselves- and with a little luck I guess.

Killebrew is an example of a great HR hitter who just couldn't do it for long as those two - but he WAS the better HR hitter for the decade of the '60s and hit 40 or more in eight seasons. Was a record for A.L. right handed hitters
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Didn't he also hit 40 HRs when he was 40? I thought only Bonds was capable of that.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...ARod should/could have easily broken that record...but I hope the colossal prick never hits another HR.
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Yep - but if this guy is in good condition and shows he can produce some, he has a good chance of breaking Aaron's RBI record. Unfortunately, he's already broken a cherished HR record, held by a great Yankee captain-
Gehrig's career Grand Slam record.
 
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A-rod got caught refueling, nothing that butthead did will ever be OK with me, Nettles has always been # 1 at 3rd for me. Griffey probably also had a chance, maybe he ran out of fuel, crash landed and had all those injuries. I can't remember if he was on the "suspect" list or not.
 
Rick2583 said:
Didn't he also hit 40 HRs when he was 40? I thought only Bonds was capable of that.
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Aaron - no, hit 40 HRs when was 39.

If you're talking about Mays the answer is no, but Mays did steal 24 bases when he was 41years old which is a remarkable feat by itself.
He also stole 10 out of 10 when he was 42 yrs old with the Mets.
These are examples of how well conditioned an athlete he was AND his great baseball instincts.

His last big year was 1966, 37 HRs, 103 RBI, .288 BA when he was 36 yrs old.
After that, his highest seasonal HRs were 22,23,28 and a total of 118 HRs from 1967-73.
 
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blgridesagain said:
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Aaron - no, hit 40 HRs when was 39.

If you're talking about Mays the answer is no, but Mays did steal 24 bases when he was 41years old which is a remarkable feat by itself.
He also stole 10 out of 10 when he was 42 yrs old with the Mets.
These are examples of how well conditioned an athlete he was AND his great baseball instincts.

His last big year was 1966, 37 HRs, 103 RBI, .288 BA when he was 36 yrs old.
After that, his highest seasonal HRs were 22,23,28 and a total of 118 HRs from 1967-73.
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I wasn't talking about Mays & forgive for being off one whole year on Aaron's age. So mays hit 118 HRs between 1967 & 1973 ages 36-42 while Aaron hit an amazing 201 between the same 7 years 36-42 including 4 30+ seasons.
 
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Rick2583 said:
I wasn't talking about Mays & forgive for being off one whole year on Aaron's age.
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I know you were not talking about Mays.

Although I remember as much, when Mays was ahead of Aaron, quit a few decades ago...:smile:
 
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