Somewhat inspired by Paul Vagnoni, here are my personal “non-star” favorites for Yankees uniform numbers:
#1 – Bobby Murcer (Yeah, I know, he was a star. But, I’m being loose and easy here.)
#2 – Wayne Tolleson
#3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #15, #16 and #23 – Gotta skip, for the obvious reasons.
# 6 – Roy White
# 9 – Graig Nettles
#10 – Rick Cerone (I am too young to remember the Scooter as a player.)
#11 – Fred Stanley and Toby Harrah (tied)
#12 – Ron Blomberg
#13 – Walt Williams and Bobby Brown (tied)
#14 – Lou Piniella
#17 – Gene Michael and Mickey Rivers (tied)
#18 – Claudell Washington and Randy Velarde (tied)
#19 – Dave Righetti
#20 – Bucky Dent
#21 – Steve Kemp and Dan Pasqua (tied)
#22 – Jerry Mumphrey
#24 – Otto Velez and Kevin Maas (tied)
#25 – Brian Doyle
O.K., that’s enough for now. Maybe I do more later. How about you for #1 through #25? What non-star Yankees do you think of for each number?
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August 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Just some other thoughts…
10-Will always be Chris Chambliss for me.
11-I loved Doc Gooden as #11
12-Jim Spencer
13-Jim Leyritz
17-Rickey Ledee (thought he had a bright future)
20-Mike Stanley
21-LaTroy Hawkins
22-Jimmy Key
24-Mike Torrez
25-Jim Abbott
August 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
29 Bob Shirley
38 Jason Grimsley
43 Tim Stoddard
45 Steve Balboni
That’s all I got off the top of my head that wasn’t mentioned already…
August 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Steve,
Rick Cerone???
C’mom! I don’t care if you’re too young not to have seen the Scooter, How can you, the author of WasWatching, name anyone BUT the Scooter!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
26-El Duque/The Count
27-Butch Wynegar
28-Sparky Lyle
29-Catfish (he’s a star, though)
30-Willie
33-Ron Kittle
34-Dick Howser
38-Carlos May
39-Straw
45-Rudy May
August 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
#13 Luis Sojo
August 25th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
~~C’mom! I don’t care if you’re too young not to have seen the Scooter, How can you, the author of WasWatching, name anyone BUT the Scooter!!!~~
FWIW, I always think of Scooter when I see a cannoli or drive over the GWB.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Here’s a few of my faves. And, yes, I’ve omitted the obvious one (#15).
#2 – Sandy Alomar, Sr. and Dale Berra. I’ve won a few beers on this one—name a father and a son who wore #2 for the Yanks.
#3 – Cliff Mapes. I believe he’s the last to wear #3 for the Yankees. If not, I owe drinks to an awful lot of people.
#5 – Nick Etten. He wore it when Joe D. was in the service in the 40’s.
#6 – Charley Smith. Yeah, I know.
#7 – Leo Durocher. I’m not kidding.
#8 – Benny Bengough began the backstop tradition in 1929.
#9 – Arndt Jorgens. He played on five World Championship teams, and never appeared in a single World Series game.
#10 – Celerino Sanchez. Good field, no hit.
#11 – Hector Lopez. Good hit, no field.
That’s enough for now.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Tresh Fan – gotta ask…
…when did you see your first Yankees game?
August 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Tresh Fan – gotta ask
…when did you see your first Yankees game?
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46 years ago this month. I was just about 7 years old. My uncle took me down to the game. He was born in 1912, had been a Yankees fan since 1920 (the year they acquired Ruth), and had the most wonderful scrapbook you ever saw—news clippings, pictures, scorecard sheets, ticket stubs. He used to enthrall me with stories of “Murderer’s Row” and could recall nearly every player who ever wore pinstripes. I would pick his brain for hours. Nothing delighted me more than watching a Yankees game with him; even on a dreary, overcast day like that one.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
You’ve got me by 11 years!
http://waswatching.com/2006/11/27/where-it-all-began/
But, I was ten at the time…not seven like you.
So, in the “overall” dept – you only have me by seven years!