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Originally Posted by packs
I never discount people's opinions who saw someone play because it is really annoying to talk to someone about X player and hear a bunch of stats being quoted by the person who didn't spend every day of their life watching a guy play. I get into it all the time with Yankees and players like Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams (criminally underrated and ignored by HOF voters). It's hard to point to some stat that will tell you Bernie was the man when it came to winning and needing to get the big hit. But that's exactly who he was. So I get it completely.
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Packs
I really appreciate your comments here.
In the same vain......I think you'll find this interesting. Back in the mid-1980's, I'm watching Monday nite BB (ABC-TV). Yankees were
featured, and Howard Cosell was "ragging" on Butch Wynegar to the effect that he "was not worthy of wearing the Yankees uniform".
In the prior week, Wynegar's Dad had passed away. Listening to Cosell got me so ticked-off that the next day I called the ABC sports
department. And told them how disgusting Cosell was on the Monday nite broadcast. My call was on speakerphone at the ABC station.
Suddenly, I'm listening to Cosell's "ugly" voice, as he picked up the phone. He was obnoxious as usual, telling me that "I was a typical
Yankees fan who is prejudiced". I responded by telling him in effect that "he should hang it up". He slammed down the phone.
Butch Wynegar went on to have a great week at bat (hitting HR's, driving in Runs). By that Friday, Cosell went on his usual 5:30 PM
(5-minute) ABC Radio broadcast and apologized for his negative comments on Wynegar earlier that week on Monday nite BB.
TED Z
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