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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
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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.