HailToTheDeacons
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I've got one up the road from me that is Cowboys, Duke, Red Sox.
You know my BIL? That shit is reprehensible.
I've got one up the road from me that is Cowboys, Duke, Red Sox.
That is true and the aging Mick was exactly why I first became a Yankee fan. Sure was tough sledding for awhile after that, though. Joe Pepitone was supposed to pick up the mantle, so to speak, but that didn't really pan out.
CBS owned the Yankees for the 1965-1972 seasons. While the Yankees never went to the WS during that period, they were televised into homes around the country every Saturday. While it may be hard for the younger folks among us to realize, often there was only one game televised nationally each week. ESPN, FoxSports, etc did not exist. Superstations and cable did not exist. The Internet was still just a figment of young Al Gore's imagination. You received CBS and NBC in most markets. There was this fledgling network called ABC, but it was not very good and some markets didnt carry it. In the 60s, Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese brought the Yankees to us every Saturday afternoon. In areas such as NC, there was no hometown team. The Senators in DC were terrible, and the Braves had just relocated from Milwaukee in 1966. For many young NC boys during those formative years, the Yankees became a surrogate "home" team because they were broadcast to us on a regular basis. There was no frontrunning back then either. The Yankees had a losing record from 1965-67 and in 1969. It wasnt all that easy being a Yankees fan during the Horace Clarke years.
It is easy to overlook how much things have changed with technology, 24-hour sports, MLB Network, etc. in a lifetime.
God, I suddenly feel old!
Mantle wasn't even the best centerfielder in the town he was playing in.
Who would you say was better, bkf? (Not arguing, just curious)
Disagree. I grew up in NJ and have been a life-long Yankees fan. I've never heard anyone (other than yourself) say that Pepitone was going to "pick up the mantle". Bobby Mercer was expected to be the next great Yankee CF by many.
Weird that most of Texas are Red Sox fans los:
Weird that most of Texas are Red Sox fans los:
CBS owned the Yankees for the 1965-1972 seasons. While the Yankees never went to the WS during that period, they were televised into homes around the country every Saturday. While it may be hard for the younger folks among us to realize, often there was only one game televised nationally each week. ESPN, FoxSports, etc did not exist. Superstations and cable did not exist. The Internet was still just a figment of young Al Gore's imagination. You received CBS and NBC in most markets. There was this fledgling network called ABC, but it was not very good and some markets didnt carry it. In the 60s, Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese brought the Yankees to us every Saturday afternoon. In areas such as NC, there was no hometown team. The Senators in DC were terrible, and the Braves had just relocated from Milwaukee in 1966. For many young NC boys during those formative years, the Yankees became a surrogate "home" team because they were broadcast to us on a regular basis. There was no frontrunning back then either. The Yankees had a losing record from 1965-67 and in 1969. It wasnt all that easy being a Yankees fan during the Horace Clarke years.
It is easy to overlook how much things have changed with technology, 24-hour sports, MLB Network, etc. in a lifetime.
God, I suddenly feel old!
There might not be, but apparently there are more people in W-S who "like" the Yankees on Facebook than who "like" the Braves.
haha yea, strictly product on the field-wise, that is
their stadium is awful, fan support awful, etc.
You're kidding, right? ...because the answer is obvious. Willie Mays is the best baseball player that I've ever seen during the roughly 60 years I have been following baseball.
Mickey Mantle was a great player....but he wasn't as good as Willie Mays. Mays beats him in runs, hits, doubles, triples, homeruns, RBIs, stolen bases & batting average. And Mays was one of the best...if not the best....fielding centerfielders in baseball history.
Are you ten years old?
Oh I do believe the myth that Mantle would be the GOAT if he wasn't such a alcoholic. He was the 5 tool player.