• Happy Anny, Heathcliff!

    Posted by on June 30th, 2011 · Comments (3)

    Has it really been 34 years?

    Seems like it was yesterday. Oh, what fun it was to watch that whoopin’ at Exhibition Stadium on WPIX.

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    Comments on Happy Anny, Heathcliff!

    1. Raf
      June 30th, 2011 | 2:29 pm

      I was going to turn 3 in Sept. :-D

      Cliff was a very big dude. Big sleepy looking dude. And looking at his B-R page, a lot better than I remember him.

      Steve, it looks like he caught a few games as a Yank. How’d that look? I have a feeling Montero will look the same behind the plate (Maybe bigger and slower).
    2. Steve Lombardi
      June 30th, 2011 | 3:05 pm

      Johnson was a DH dressed as a catcher, no question.

      He probably should have been a 1B or a LF. But, he couldn’t handle that and the Astros forced him into catching.

      That said, he wasn’t terrible. Think: Matt Nokes or Victor Martinez in terms of defensive value/style.
    3. Raf
      June 30th, 2011 | 4:21 pm

      Memory may be playing tricks on me, but I don’t think Nokes nor Mike Stanley or even Don Slaught for that matter were all that bad behind the plate.

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