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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Tommy Henrich earned the nickname of "Old Reliable" for being a tremendous clutch hitter for 11 seasons |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: john/z28jd
Ted,don't shortchange Billy Werber who played for the Yankees in 1930 and 1933,he's got 4 1/2 years on Mr Henrich. Billy is also the oldest living former major leaguer at 100 years of age. Also slightly older than Henrich is Lonny Frey who played for the Yankees in 1947-48. As the 3rd oldest living major leaguer,Frey about a month or so ago turned 98 years old. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
We already had several threads on Billy Werber....I don't recall any other threads on Tommy Henrich. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: john/z28jd
I wasn't trying to change the subject,I just meant that I've heard other places as well that Henrich is the oldest living former Yankee player and the other 2 guys are still alive. They obviously didnt contribute to the Yankees history like Henrich did,but they still played. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Fred Y
--in Major Lg baseball. In 1949, at age 9, I watched the 1st game of the World Series w/ my Dad on a small round screen TV. I asked my Dad who he was rooting for and he said "the Yankees"! That was it for me--I was a Yankee fan from then on! |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
I wasn't as fortunate as you to have a few beers with Tommy, "talking baseball" for 2 hours. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Fred Y
My wife was w/ me on that trip to Stratford (from Providence), as she was quite often when I did out-of-town weekend shows to help me man the tables. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: barry arnold
great stories, Trex et al. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Great story, guy. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Fred Y
Now that I have thought about it for a while, the yr of that show might have been 1991, the 50th Anniv. of the passed ball incident. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Hugh Casey managed to stand out as a very unique individual on a team comprised mostly of eccentric charaters! Apparently, he had no concept of how to save money or travel properly. He started out each road trip packing only his toothbrush. He would buy his clothes every day as he needed them, before giving them away to whoever wanted them! The next road trip would start the cycle anew! Needless to say, I think financial, along with marital problems, contributed to his suicide. I hate to get overly detailed on this, but it's been published before--Casey actually called his wife and was on the phone with her when he pulled the trigger. Excuse the morbidity, but I just write that to illustrate that Casey's mental faculties were certainly not running at full capacity at the time of his self-inflicted demise. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
JODI B |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Papa and Hugh, two very talented, but troubled men. I have both read and heard first-hand accounts of the one infamous drunken boxing match between the two in Hemingway's Havana cabana. Mrs. H was in hysterics about the broken porcelain and furniture! Quite a funny tale! Glad I had the chance to know someone who was an actual witness to the event. I would have paid money for a ringside seat, though! Oh well. I'm more of a Steinbeck connoisseur, anyhow. |
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Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich....1941
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
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