Tuesday Nite Trivia.....Willie, Mickey, and the Duke ?

[oldjudge]

Wasn't trying to offend anyone. I will delete it. However, this was listed by Mickey as his most memorable moment at Yankee Stadium.

[tedzan]

Hey Jay

You appear to be suffering from the MM derangement syndrome.

Quit the crap !

[Peter_Spaeth]

In FB a couple of major success stories, Aaron Rodgers for Favre, and Steve Young for Montana.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

the Red Sox LF chain is pretty impressive, Williams, Yaz, Rice.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey Jay

You appear to be suffering from the MM derangement syndrome.

Quit the crap !

That was a quote from Mantle--I didn't make it up. If my memory is correct, Jane Leavy discusses it in her book. He was a great player, albeit one with a lot of warts. It's ridiculous to deify him.

[MVSNYC]

Ted, interesting "trivia" question...you might want to retitle this thread, "Tuesday Night Anecdote".

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

That was a quote from Mantle--I didn't make it up. If my memory is correct, Jane Leavy discusses it in her book. He was a great player, albeit one with a lot of warts. It's ridiculous to deify him.

In a way, it was better when it was against the journalistic code to write so frankly about players' personal frailties. There's a story about a group of sportswriters taking the train with the Yankees when a drunk Babe Ruth runs down the aisle chasing a young woman. Grantland Rice turns to the others and says, it's a good thing we didn't see that or we might have to write about it.