jeter and mo as my two favs. i loved donnie baseball growing up and he was one of the few bright spots that made me want to watch the yankees during their rough patch, but i think jeter and mo overtook donnie over the past 14 years
it is truly amazing how time flies...I was in high school when Jeter was a rookie...
it feels like yesterday everyone was talking about how the kid Jeter was going to have a good, long future...and the 3 young SS were going to take over baseball...Jeter, A-Rod, and Nomar...
By the way, very little seems to being made of the fact that Mo is only 1 save away from 500.
In a game that has taken abuse for all the bad in the game, the moron commish obviously doesn't think it would be a good idea to celebrate a milestone of the one of the games greatest players.
Hey Yankeeboy, we were all 13 year old Yankee fans once. When I turned 13, the Yanks had just won their first World Series in a long time and went on to win another while I was still 13. (77 / 78)
It's good to be a kid and root for the greatest team in sports history, isn't it?
As a kid, my hero was Mickey Mantle, but I never saw him in his prime. He put on a great show for 2 months in 1966, and that was the best I ever saw him. (I just looked it up-- 6/23-8/29/66, 47games, 17HR, 34RBI, .336/.430/.697)
After that came Bobby Murcer, who I will always consider 'special'.
The tough Yankees teams of the late 1970s had Thurman Munson, who stirred the drink just fine.
After that, you had Donnie Baseball, to this day the best overall baseball player I ever saw on an everyday basis.
Since the Yankees became a great team again, it's been Jeter and Mo.
Mantle Murcer Munson Mattingly Mo Jeter
All are equal to me. I guess I've been pretty lucky, just like the original Sweet Lou said.
I know crossfire, I have been mentioning it a lot, Mo is just 1 save away from 500. Shouldn't they have something at Yankee Stadium, like they did for Ken Griffey Jr. (600 Hrs) and Barry Bonds (HR record) at their home parks, like a countdown thing?
I think that's a pretty big milestone for a player as great as him.
My first year was 1960 - the Yanks lost the WS and I thought they were the underdog team (I was 7) The 1961 team was my childhood favorite and Mantle was the man. I loved Maris too (he played the game hard) but back then all the player played the game right.
When we were kids we would argue Mantle v Mays and through 1966 it was a race. My father and his friends would tell us "you kids never saw DiMaggio" and he was a NY Giant fan until they left. He was born in 1917 and was 10 when Ruth was hit 60 HRs but he said DiMaggio did everything right.
My list of players who I enjoyed watching:
Mantle
Maris Berra Clete Boyer (great fielder) The original Moose Munson Winfield Mattingly O'Neill Williams Tino Jeter ARod Mo
After Mantle the list could be in any order.
As an adult, the 98 team became a close second to the 61 team.
The way Torre brought class back to the image of the franchise. After Mantle retired in 68 it was rough. The 70s were brutal even with 2 championships and the 80s were a joke. The championship teams under Torre showed a lot of class and did things right. Even if the front office didn't always do the same. George could never leave well enough alone (Giambi for Tino).
Derek Jeter turns 35-years-old today. ... Wow, I can't believe he's that old already. 
For me, Jeter is #3 on my favorite player list, right behind Moose and The Warrior.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit though, Teix is already finding his way up there.
Damn... 35 already. Seems like just yesterday he was playing his first game.
ReplyDeleteNo player has played the game with more integrity. He is the face of baseball.
And he nails a lot of hit chicks! LOL
Happy Birthday Captain!
Jeter is #1, Donny Basebal#2, Marian #3
ReplyDeleteAs for favorite player list, Jeter ranks up there but the three faves of my generation were:
ReplyDeleteMunson
Mattingly
O'Neill
Rivera
Jeter
Murcer
Mattingly (childhood hero)
ReplyDeleteMariano
Bernie
Jimmy Key
Jeter
Moose
-G
1. jeter 2. jeter 3. jeter
ReplyDeletehes the best! happy birthday
jeter and mo as my two favs. i loved donnie baseball growing up and he was one of the few bright spots that made me want to watch the yankees during their rough patch, but i think jeter and mo overtook donnie over the past 14 years
ReplyDeleteit is truly amazing how time flies...I was in high school when Jeter was a rookie...
ReplyDeleteit feels like yesterday everyone was talking about how the kid Jeter was going to have a good, long future...and the 3 young SS were going to take over baseball...Jeter, A-Rod, and Nomar...
unreal...
1) Mattingly
ReplyDelete2) O'Neill
3) Mariano
I don't know where Jeter ranks after that because I alternate between loving and hating him almost daily.
I'm also not a teenage girl or gay, so I can't put him up that high on the list.
Let's just say he's ahead of Jesse Barfield and we'll leave it at that.
And Felix Heredia is my least favorite player of all time.
My list: (I'm only 13 but I do know a great deal of Yankees)
ReplyDeleteJeter
Teixeira
O'Neill
Moose
Bernie
Giambi
Damon
Tino
A-Rod
By the way, very little seems to being made of the fact that Mo is only 1 save away from 500.
ReplyDeleteIn a game that has taken abuse for all the bad in the game, the moron commish obviously doesn't think it would be a good idea to celebrate a milestone of the one of the games greatest players.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/mlb/events/rivera500/index.jsp
Hey Yankeeboy, we were all 13 year old Yankee fans once. When I turned 13, the Yanks had just won their first World Series in a long time and went on to win another while I was still 13. (77 / 78)
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be a kid and root for the greatest team in sports history, isn't it?
As a kid, my hero was Mickey Mantle, but I never saw him in his prime. He put on a great show for 2 months in 1966, and that was the best I ever saw him. (I just looked it up-- 6/23-8/29/66, 47games, 17HR, 34RBI, .336/.430/.697)
ReplyDeleteAfter that came Bobby Murcer, who I will always consider 'special'.
The tough Yankees teams of the late 1970s had Thurman Munson, who stirred the drink just fine.
After that, you had Donnie Baseball, to this day the best overall baseball player I ever saw on an everyday basis.
Since the Yankees became a great team again, it's been Jeter and Mo.
Mantle
Murcer
Munson
Mattingly
Mo
Jeter
All are equal to me. I guess I've been pretty lucky, just like the original Sweet Lou said.
Jeter
ReplyDeleteO'Neil
Gehrig
Mariano
I know crossfire, I have been mentioning it a lot, Mo is just 1 save away from 500. Shouldn't they have something at Yankee Stadium, like they did for Ken Griffey Jr. (600 Hrs) and Barry Bonds (HR record) at their home parks, like a countdown thing?
ReplyDeleteI think that's a pretty big milestone for a player as great as him.
Yeah, it sure is crossfire.
ReplyDeletefavorite pitchers (in their prime years, of course):
ReplyDelete1. david cone
2. el duque (orlando hernandez)
3. mariano
favorite AL-batting players (again, in their prime):
1. bernie
2. jeter
3. o'neill
4. tino
5. teixeira
1. Jeter
ReplyDelete2. Soriano
3. Melky
If Mo was on the Red Sox there would be a temporary station dedicated to him reaching 500.
ReplyDeleteMy first year was 1960 - the Yanks lost the WS and I thought they were the underdog team (I was 7)
ReplyDeleteThe 1961 team was my childhood favorite and Mantle was the man. I loved Maris too (he played the game hard) but back then all the player played the game right.
When we were kids we would argue Mantle v Mays and through 1966 it was a race. My father and his friends would tell us "you kids never saw DiMaggio" and he was a NY Giant fan until they left. He was born in 1917 and was 10 when Ruth was hit 60 HRs but he said DiMaggio did everything right.
My list of players who I enjoyed watching:
Mantle
Maris
Berra
Clete Boyer (great fielder)
The original Moose
Munson
Winfield
Mattingly
O'Neill
Williams
Tino
Jeter
ARod
Mo
After Mantle the list could be in any order.
As an adult, the 98 team became a close second to the 61 team.
The way Torre brought class back to the image of the franchise. After Mantle retired in 68 it was rough. The 70s were brutal even with 2 championships and the 80s were a joke. The championship teams under Torre showed a lot of class and did things right. Even if the front office didn't always do the same. George could never leave well enough alone (Giambi for Tino).