Bronx Banter: Card Corner--The Forgotten Yankee
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| BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 5/9/2008 on bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com [flag] |
As impressionable youngsters growing up in Westchester County in the late sixties and early seventies, we reveled in imitating unusual batting styles and stances. Our favorite style to mimic was that of Willie Stargell, with his intimidating "windmilling" of the bat as he waited the next offering from a quivering pitcher. Then there was Joe Morgan s patented "chicken-wing"the repeated ...
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Bronx Banter: Markusen: Roy White: The Forgotten Yankee
Published 5/9/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Bronx Banter: Markusen: Roy White: The Forgotten Yankee Or as Alex Belth (see you at 6, Al!) sez in the comments..."I will never take a program like Yankeeography seriously until they do shows on Yankees like Roy White.” As overlooked as White was for most of his career, the view of his worth as a player has undergone a stark revision. Historians and analysts now recognize him as one of the finer multi-talented players of the 1970s. Durable and dependable, he featured speed (stealing an average of over 15 bases a season over a 15-year career), a modicum of power (160 home runs, ...
