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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