Eight minutes ago I had no idea Munson ever existed, but when the news clip came up, that hit hard. Wow. Great video, I love hearing about baseball mythology and legends.
@@thedeucemonkey2331 Easy. Munson has been dead for 40 years now. In order to remember seeing him, you'd have to be about 50. He was a very very good player, but around 40-50 years you start to forget about all but the iconic players, the Ruths and the Aarons. It's no dishonor to Munson - it's just not feasible to remember all the great players, and if we end up keeping one catcher of that era in our collective memory as an icon...well, no offense to Munson's memory, but it'll probably be Bench. Even Fisk's memory has faded a little bit.
@@roguishpaladin You are wrong dude. I am 56 years old, and I remember many catchers of the 1970's. One of my favs, Ted Simmons, finally made the HOF. Thurman Munson though, he was my baseball hero. If sportswriters were as knowledgeable about the game, as they were when Rick Farrell was inducted into the HOF, Munson would be in. But they are not, so he isn't. That, to me, is a crime.
Munson wasn't a huge stat man, he was a winning baseball man. He was deadly in the clutch, made countless big plays, and was a very intelligent player. He was a great hit and run man, a lost art, and could use the right side to advance runners as well. He knew which pitcher's to coddle and which ones to ride mercilessly like rented rules.
I’m a Red Sox Fan through and through. I also collected baseball cards back in the Day. I have to say though that one part of my collection that I am most proud of is all my Thurman Munson Cards. I just loved that Guy. One of the Few Yankees I respected. Maris , Mantle , DiMaggio , Gehrig , Ruth to name a few. My Father told me stories about these Guys. For some reason, Munson Cards just caught my eye. R.I.P. Thurman Munson.
This is a great story about a too-short rivalry between wonderful catchers and team leaders. A great telling. As someone said below: you're not John Bois but you are certainly welcome to stay.
Thurman was my uncle. The whole family fell apart when he passed. His last words were. " are you guys alright " he was more worried about the two piglets that were with them then himself. He saved their lives and lost his own. He was a amazing father and husband. I know the real story about the crash not was the paoers said
I know correlation isn't indicative of causation, but baseball certainly seems like it was more exciting when everyone was on stimulant drugs and there was lead in gasoline.
Yes, he was, but a lot of that has to do with the Big Red Machine. Was way too hard to pitch around that line up, except at the bottom. Bench saw a lot of fastballs, with guys like Morgan, Rose and Bobby Tolan on base all the time, and with Tony Perez batting behind him. Bench benefitted greatly from it. A less talented player would have done well, too.
The Avery-Brodeur video was great. They do such an amazing job at composing these videos, I just wish the content involved the sports I enjoy... Like hockey and hockey.
This was a tremendous rivalry. I'm a Sox fan and of course feel Fisk was the better of the two. I still vividly remember watching the game the day after Munson died in a plane crash. I welled up like millions of other Americans watching that broadcast. That was a sad day in my childhood and this is coming from a die hard Red Sox fan. RIP Thurman. 🕆
@@metadeth578 Baloney, game on the line Munson was the best by far and that's not by watching videos or news clips, that's from watching games and every important at bat Munson responded. He was clutch.
@@anthonya2349 i never said i would take fisk over Munson. I would still pick munson over fisk. i just got into the Yankees in the beginning of the 79 Season. i was 9 yrs old when he died. Thurman and Nettles where my fav. players
Recently I was looking through my baseball cards from my childhood... in the 70’s. The Red Sox was my team... the Yankees were and are my sworn enemy. I came across Thurman Munsons card... I had to pause for a moment. His was a promising life cut short. A cruel twist of fate.
This beef series is so well written and researched! Seriously. Also, this Fisk-Munson one is unexpectedly poignant (not knowing in advanced how their story ended) Well done.
Great little video. I am Yankees fan so of course I enjoyed the career of Thurman Munson and was of course upset by his tragic loss. Carlton Fisk was a fine catcher in his own right. 'Richard'
Being a die-hard Red Sox fan who grew up during that time as I mentioned above, I TOTALLY agree with you!!! I gave you a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" for stating that in your comment.
Well said by both of you. Obviously, I wish Fisk could have won a title in Boston, but sometimes, you make due. I think Fisk is a deserving Hall of Famer. Admittedly, I wouldn't quite put Munson in, largely because of the longevity, but I could also make an exception. Munson certainly should have gotten closer than the 5-10% he usually got on the ballots.
Greats, both. Born in 1967, these players, along with the Garveys, Roses, Fosters and on and on were the roster of my childhood. Great era! And Munson and Fisk!
HEY LAYOFF Gene Michael!! He was the one who built that LEGENDARY 1996-2000 Yankee team who won FOUR World Series when Steinbrenner was banned from baseball!!
Well done! I was a Yankees/Munson fan. My brother was a Red Sox/Fisk fan. I was 8, my brother was 13. That game at Fenway was the first MLB game we saw in person. It was a magical time back then.
Great video! I love old school baseball features, especially for some of those names that everyone knows but they get forgotten over time. I would love to see something on Jim Abbot, no one talks about him anymore. Crazy!
That was a great rivalry. As a kid growing up in the 70's in NYC, the Yankees were my team and Munson was our Captain. But l also respected and cheered for Carlton Fisk whenever the Sox were not playing the Yanks. Both guys were awesome! Thanks for the video.
This was my childhood man, I was a sox fan and they always lost but it was such a spectacle I never remember caring that they didn't win. It was so fn entertaining and that's all it is anyway. So awesome.
Excellent video and an excellent voice over. I liked the cutaways to your studio. Pudge Fisk was my favorite Red Sox player when I was growing up (only eclipsed later by Big Papi.) Thurman Munson's death was tragic and horrific. RIP.
Great video guys. I loved it. These are some of the examples of the incredible history that matters in sports. The more you can bring this to life the better. Thanks for making this. Well done.
The Reds and Dodgers were both in the NL West then, and had a bitter rivalry. After one of their brawls, the radio announcer said that there was "no love lost" between these teams. Iremember thinking, "That's very nice. I sure would hate for them to not have friendships anymore between these teams."
Thurman was my favorite player. I even got to shake his hand. But he wasn’t a friendly guy at that point in his life. And as time rolls on...it’s pretty obvious that Munson really pushed the rivalry more because he was jealous. He had no reason to be, he just made up his mind. Had he lived, I think he would’ve mellowed out and become more mature. The other thing I’ve just now realized is what a class act Carlton Fisk was and is.
Good timing on a day when these two teams are tied for #1 in baseball and playing again tonight and tomorrow. Last night's losing pitcher came off a 6 game suspension for the last benches clearing brawl between the Sox and Yanks a few weeks back.
I was a hardcore, heavy duty follower of the New York Yanks, and especially of my hero, Thurman Lee Munson. So back in 79’, as a precocious 12 year old lil’ guy, after hearing and learning that all Yankee fans heroic Captain was taken from this fallen society of ours…… I cried and continued to bawl so very much, just like a tiny, newborn Baby who just arrived into His Mothers arms. Thurman Munson was a Family man, first & foremost. He also was named the Yankees Captain for many a reason(s), above all he was a team member and especially a team leader. Thurman played for the fans. Carlton Fisk played only for him(his)self, was never a clutch player, and more importantly never a team leader. And later in his career, straight in the midst of the “home run ball”, Fisk truly enjoyed the luxury of his nice, lofty position as DH, designated hitter. Wonder who enjoyed the “Boston Massacre” more, back in the summer of 78’, which took place at Fenway Pahhk, Fisk or Munson. Look it up, and get back to me if ya like.
Maybe this is just me, but while Munson was underappreciated, he wasn't exactly a paradigm of virtue. In response to being called "moody," one of his own teammates said, "Munson's not moody, he's just mean. When you're mean, you're nice *sometimes."*
Spring training 1975 Munson came out of the locker room specifically to sign autographs for the few people that were there; he was very accommodating and spoke to us all. This after being blown off by Blomberg (said he didn't have time but stayed in sight jaw jacking w/ somebody). Each person is remembered accordingly and helped guide my interaction henceforward. And yes, I still have the autographed baseball.
As a Red Sox fan, I didn't like Thurman Munson because he played for the Yankees. It wasn't personal...until some of Munson's comments made it a bit...but it would have been cool to see what Munson could have done if he didn't die in that plane crash. That part, I wouldn't wish on any person. It might have been fun to have them both on the same team....even just for a month or two. Haha. Seriously....both were great players/catchers. No doubt they both would HATE all the new rules in today's game. But imagine this....Munson and Fisk playing Banana Ball for the Savannah Bananas/Party Animals!! Just fun of course, no one getting hurt.
That Gene “Stick” Michael who missed the bunt, is the same Gene “Stick” Michael who built the Yankees Dynasty that started in 1996.. When George Steinbrenner was suspended from baseball from 1990-1993, Gene Michael, who was the GM, refused to trade Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera & Bernie Williams. He had faith in the young core & did a great job putting the team together & adding the necessary pieces around them. Yankees signed Bernie in 1985 when he was 17 & he didn’t make his MLB debut until 1993 when he was 25. Without that suspension & without Gene Michael, those 4 WS in 5 years may look a lot different.. So would the team in general.. Crazy thing is, Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte & Posada were still around & a huge part of the 09 WS as well..
I liked this guy, he was very deep when he kept saying that maybe all of this was made by someone else, and that Fisk was actually talking about himself during the eulogy in the newspaper, really cool, really liked it
I remember the day Thurman died. Total gut punch and the Yankees didn't recover for a generation. They never really found another who could step and do the things he did. Dude was total clutch.
Thanks for the memories. I grew up in the same neighborhood as Munson, but never knew him. The crash that day was just a couple miles away. You never did say if he was safe or out at the plate though 😊
Great video. You absolutely hit it. But to this The Greatest catcher (#15) is still not an "official" HOF MEMBER butttt his mitt and bat and cap are in there.
“Rich guys slapping at slightly less but still pretty rich guys” dead
Kyle Wenzel alex rodriguez slapping at bronson arroyo
If you don’t like sports or Men’s sports don’t watch stuff like this and certainly keep your commie thoughts to yourself.
MANCHESTER UNITED bruh shut up. Soccer is for suckers
@@spg1026 lol the only person who will like ur stupid comment is urself
@M Stop commenting this on every videos dude it's not gonna get you supporters
Munson was the grittiest and toughest ballplayer I have ever seen. And also a great clutch hitter.
I wish I was alive to see Munson play . 🗽🗽🗽
Eight minutes ago I had no idea Munson ever existed, but when the news clip came up, that hit hard. Wow. Great video, I love hearing about baseball mythology and legends.
So 81 minutes ago you learned what Baseball was also?
allwys a redsox fan but munson was the def on bad ass
@@thedeucemonkey2331 Easy. Munson has been dead for 40 years now. In order to remember seeing him, you'd have to be about 50. He was a very very good player, but around 40-50 years you start to forget about all but the iconic players, the Ruths and the Aarons. It's no dishonor to Munson - it's just not feasible to remember all the great players, and if we end up keeping one catcher of that era in our collective memory as an icon...well, no offense to Munson's memory, but it'll probably be Bench. Even Fisk's memory has faded a little bit.
@@roguishpaladin You are wrong dude. I am 56 years old, and I remember many catchers of the 1970's. One of my favs, Ted Simmons, finally made the HOF. Thurman Munson though, he was my baseball hero. If sportswriters were as knowledgeable about the game, as they were when Rick Farrell was inducted into the HOF, Munson would be in. But they are not, so he isn't. That, to me, is a crime.
Munson wasn't a huge stat man, he was a winning baseball man. He was deadly in the clutch, made countless big plays, and was a very intelligent player. He was a great hit and run man, a lost art, and could use the right side to advance runners as well. He knew which pitcher's to coddle and which ones to ride mercilessly like rented rules.
I’m a Red Sox Fan through and through. I also collected baseball cards back in the Day. I have to say though that one part of my collection that I am most proud of is all my Thurman Munson Cards. I just loved that Guy. One of the Few Yankees I respected. Maris , Mantle , DiMaggio , Gehrig , Ruth to name a few. My Father told me stories about these Guys. For some reason, Munson Cards just caught my eye. R.I.P. Thurman Munson.
As lifelong Fisk fan and son of a Munson fan...this hit home. Great job...good insight. I am saving it in my library for always. Thank you.
I like Fisk, too, and the Red Sox of that era as well. And I'm a diehard fan of the Big Red Machine. I love the 1975 World Series, won by the Reds.
This is a great story about a too-short rivalry between wonderful catchers and team leaders. A great telling. As someone said below: you're not John Bois but you are certainly welcome to stay.
Thurman Munson was the first person I remember dying. One day he's batting third for the NY Yankees and the next day he's gone.
Here today gone tomorrow
Johnny Bench out played both in World Series folks
@@gregwatson8219 I'm not saying Munson was better than Bench. I am saying that Munson was better than Fisk.
Rip💐 Thurman Munson⚾️
Jackiezyon he died the day I was born.
08/02/1979
Wesley Antrim that’s why you have no UA-cam picture and your channel name is your name
ItZ JellyBeam YT Shut up normie.
@@costellotocustelow03 shut up
Thurman was my uncle. The whole family fell apart when he passed. His last words were. " are you guys alright " he was more worried about the two piglets that were with them then himself. He saved their lives and lost his own. He was a amazing father and husband. I know the real story about the crash not was the paoers said
My favorite era for baseball. Still a Yankee fan and Thurman is still my all time favourite player
I know correlation isn't indicative of causation, but baseball certainly seems like it was more exciting when everyone was on stimulant drugs and there was lead in gasoline.
Sam anything's exciting when you're on LSD 😂
Stiller Nation
Dock Ellis. But Sam was talking about greenies.
Or cocaine, 80s style.
Lazy Revolutionary Yeah, coke worked its way through the majors like the proverbial utility infielder thrown in on a multi-player swap.
The economy was also total crap, crime was pretty bad, and people by and large were on their last nerve.
The 70's really were a great era for slugging catchers, Johnny Bench was a fking beast
Yes, he was, but a lot of that has to do with the Big Red Machine. Was way too hard to pitch around that line up, except at the bottom. Bench saw a lot of fastballs, with guys like Morgan, Rose and Bobby Tolan on base all the time, and with Tony Perez batting behind him. Bench benefitted greatly from it. A less talented player would have done well, too.
@@dougbrowne9890 bench was good defensively as well as a good hitter
@@metadeth578 yes the Big Red machine had tons of offensive and defensive talent but Johnny could have played it any era he was that good.
@@sheawhitey5009 no doubt about it.
You're not jon bois, are you?
I like you though. You can stay.
but Jon bois didn’t even narrate the series
garak55 you are so kind letting him keep his job. He would have been fired if you didn’t like him
I know, people always tell me that one of my most admirable attribute is generosity, right behind humility of course.
Two years late but Im down for every beef history vid that isn't hosted by that chick, her voice annoys me it's nasaly af
NHL Colorado vs Detroit rivalry, plenty of fights, drama, illegal hits, suspensions. It’s a classic like so they see
Literally a half an hour worth of stuff but the NHL don’t get the same respect
Michael Vick Yea it sucks how little attention the NHL is given
kind of funny that his name is Michael Vick and there’s a dog as his profile pic
The Avery-Brodeur video was great. They do such an amazing job at composing these videos, I just wish the content involved the sports I enjoy... Like hockey and hockey.
Oh god, Bertuzzi and Moore.
This was a very well composed piece. Most of the things I knew, some I didn't. But your presentation of it was excellent.
Best Beef History so far. Great story that I'd never heard before
Y’all need to do more team rivalries
They were both fantastic ⚾️💎💎 I’m almost 58 and remember these legendary players!
This was a tremendous rivalry. I'm a Sox fan and of course feel Fisk was the better of the two. I still vividly remember watching the game the day after Munson died in a plane crash. I welled up like millions of other Americans watching that broadcast. That was a sad day in my childhood and this is coming from a die hard Red Sox fan. RIP Thurman. 🕆
fisk and Munson were both close offensively but not defensively Munson was little bit better.
Munson belongs in Hall of Fame period
@@metadeth578 Baloney, game on the line Munson was the best by far and that's not by watching videos or news clips, that's from watching games and every important at bat Munson responded. He was clutch.
@@anthonya2349 i never said i would take fisk over Munson. I would still pick munson over fisk. i just got into the Yankees in the beginning of the 79 Season. i was 9 yrs old when he died. Thurman and Nettles where my fav. players
@@charlesciminera5881 i do belive he belongs in the HOF
Recently I was looking through my baseball cards from my childhood... in the 70’s.
The Red Sox was my team... the Yankees were and are my sworn enemy.
I came across Thurman Munsons card... I had to pause for a moment.
His was a promising life cut short.
A cruel twist of fate.
When baseball was fun. Always loved baseball of the 70's.
Thanks for making this. Munson was a hero. Touching HOF clip for the great Fisk
August 1st, 1973. My 10th birthday. Just now learning about this rivalry. Thanks. Subscribing now.
can we get kevin durant vs. lil b beef
or Kevin Durant vs. instagram
That’s not sports history that idioticrazy
Ty Chaney not just sports history but american history
Kevin Durant vs anyone that's not a warriors bandwagon
@@iranlassninja7062 that will all be over soon. Kevin will up and leave another team when he gets what he wants out of them. Just like he left OKC.
This video was surprisingly emotional. I love it.
This beef series is so well written and researched! Seriously. Also, this Fisk-Munson one is unexpectedly poignant (not knowing in advanced how their story ended) Well done.
Great little video.
I am Yankees fan so of course I enjoyed the career of Thurman Munson and was of course upset by his tragic loss.
Carlton Fisk was a fine catcher in his own right.
'Richard'
Being a die-hard Red Sox fan who grew up during that time as I mentioned above, I TOTALLY agree with you!!! I gave you a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" for stating that in your comment.
Well said by both of you. Obviously, I wish Fisk could have won a title in Boston, but sometimes, you make due. I think Fisk is a deserving Hall of Famer. Admittedly, I wouldn't quite put Munson in, largely because of the longevity, but I could also make an exception. Munson certainly should have gotten closer than the 5-10% he usually got on the ballots.
No fight right? HELL YEAH IT IS, THIS IS BASEBALL IN THE 70S!!!!!! Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was pretty good!
pretty.....good
Brandon Franks it wasn’t pretty good it was beef history
This was good but don't disrespect the greatest of Pretty Good
Greats, both.
Born in 1967, these players, along with the Garveys, Roses, Fosters and on and on were the roster of my childhood.
Great era!
And Munson and Fisk!
This made me happy and sad.. I cried a few happy/sad tears
Me too and i was a dodgers fan back then.
HEY LAYOFF Gene Michael!!
He was the one who built that LEGENDARY 1996-2000 Yankee team who won FOUR World Series when Steinbrenner was banned from baseball!!
you mean, George FRANKENSTEINBRENER!!!
Well done! I was a Yankees/Munson fan. My brother was a Red Sox/Fisk fan. I was 8, my brother was 13. That game at Fenway was the first MLB game we saw in person. It was a magical time back then.
The 70s were a golden age for baseball. I'm glad I was there to see it. God, it was fun.
Good stuff.I grew up watching these rivalries.Spaceman's Bill Lee was another great Yankee Red Sox brawl ....
Nettles hurt Lee really bad, after Lee went back in mouthing off. He was never the same.
Munson and Fisk are two guys I wanted to be like growing up...the 70s was such and incredible decade
Munson was the captain of the Yankees of the '70's. It was the heart and soul of those teams!
Great video! I love old school baseball features, especially for some of those names that everyone knows but they get forgotten over time. I would love to see something on Jim Abbot, no one talks about him anymore. Crazy!
That was a great rivalry. As a kid growing up in the 70's in NYC, the Yankees were my team and Munson was our Captain. But l also respected and cheered for Carlton Fisk whenever the Sox were not playing the Yanks. Both guys were awesome! Thanks for the video.
thurman and carlton 2 unique names 2 unique great catchers i enjoyed that era so much RIP Captain15
Carlton isn’t as unique as Thurman.
Orioles winning the AL east? It even feels wrong just typing it
2014 must've been a very strange year for you.
I’m an orioles fan. Please have mercy
Right on, baby! I gave you a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" for stating that!!!
They were a dynasty, a bit win shy in the World Series department, but blessed with tremendous pitching and two superstars named Robinson.
@@stevencooke6451
And let's not forget that '71 pitching staff: Palmer, McNally, Cuellar & Dobson with 4 - 20 Game Winner's !!!!
Rip Thurman Munson. He was my dad’s favorite player growing up and told me he was so sad when he perished
If nothing else, baseball in the 20th century should be the most well-kept memory of American culture
Great story. I grew up a huge Yankee fan and the day Thurman died is one of the saddest days of my life
This was my childhood man, I was a sox fan and they always lost but it was such a spectacle I never remember caring that they didn't win. It was so fn entertaining and that's all it is anyway. So awesome.
Excellent video and an excellent voice over. I liked the cutaways to your studio.
Pudge Fisk was my favorite Red Sox player when I was growing up (only eclipsed later by Big Papi.)
Thurman Munson's death was tragic and horrific. RIP.
Red Sox vs Yankees is the greatest rivalry in sports
Derrick it’s been a dead rivalry for the last ten years. Next!
Derrick maybe baseball but sports is cowboys steelers
😂😂 even unc duke is better than this
Luke Waggoner cowboys and Steelers? Not much of a rivalry in the last 20 years but sure okay
College rivalries are better than pro rivalries 9/10
Baseball in the 70's was the peak of the sport.
One of the greatest tragedies and rivalries contained in sports
Great video guys. I loved it. These are some of the examples of the incredible history that matters in sports. The more you can bring this to life the better. Thanks for making this. Well done.
The Reds and Dodgers were both in the NL West then, and had a bitter rivalry. After one of their brawls, the radio announcer said that there was "no love lost" between these teams. Iremember thinking, "That's very nice. I sure would hate for them to not have friendships anymore between these teams."
First time watcher-Really nice job on the video.
Big fan of both players, they gave it their best.
As much as ESPN tries to hype, it won’t come close to the intensity of the 70’s
THANK YOU
Thurman was my favorite player. I even got to shake his hand. But he wasn’t a friendly guy at that point in his life. And as time rolls on...it’s pretty obvious that Munson really pushed the rivalry more because he was jealous. He had no reason to be, he just made up his mind.
Had he lived, I think he would’ve mellowed out and become more mature. The other thing I’ve just now realized is what a class act Carlton Fisk was and is.
I feel that is another aspect to the tragedy. Having them appear together and laughing about how much they miss the battles and the hatred.
This is great stuff man! Very well done
I watch all of sb nation and I cant deside if chart party or rewind is my favorite. Thank you guys keep making amazing sport videos!
Just hearing that hall of fame speech at the end. Damn, if only both Munson and frisk were there to see it.
Every sports fan should be subscribed to you guys.
Great stuff about 2 great ball players who I had the privilege of seeing play
George Karl vs everyone?
Bench, Munson, Fisk, gotta love 70's baseball
Don't overlook Ted Simmons. The HOF finally came to their senses, and put him in. Now if they would just add Munson......I won't hold my breath.
Great story and a wonderful presentation. Thank you so very much for posting.❤️⚾
Dodger fan here. Loved both those guys!
Good timing on a day when these two teams are tied for #1 in baseball and playing again tonight and tomorrow. Last night's losing pitcher came off a 6 game suspension for the last benches clearing brawl between the Sox and Yanks a few weeks back.
great job, beautiful, loved it. I was on a jet to Mexico when I heard the news that Thurm was killed. very sad.
He was heart and soul of the Yankees.
I was a hardcore, heavy duty follower of the New York Yanks, and especially of my hero, Thurman Lee Munson. So back in 79’, as a precocious 12 year old lil’ guy, after hearing and learning that all Yankee fans heroic Captain was taken from this fallen society of ours…… I cried and continued to bawl so very much, just like a tiny, newborn Baby who just arrived into His Mothers arms. Thurman Munson was a Family man, first & foremost. He also was named the Yankees Captain for many a reason(s), above all he was a team member and especially a team leader.
Thurman played for the fans. Carlton Fisk played only for him(his)self, was never a clutch player, and more importantly never a team leader. And later in his career, straight in the midst of the “home run ball”, Fisk truly enjoyed the luxury of his nice, lofty position as DH, designated hitter.
Wonder who enjoyed the “Boston Massacre” more, back in the summer of 78’, which took place at Fenway Pahhk, Fisk or Munson. Look it up, and get back to me if ya like.
Maybe this is just me, but while Munson was underappreciated, he wasn't exactly a paradigm of virtue. In response to being called "moody," one of his own teammates said, "Munson's not moody, he's just mean. When you're mean, you're nice *sometimes."*
Who is the quote from? That will tell you how true it is.
Spring training 1975 Munson came out of the locker room specifically to sign autographs for the few people that were there; he was very accommodating and spoke to us all. This after being blown off by Blomberg (said he didn't have time but stayed in sight jaw jacking w/ somebody). Each person is remembered accordingly and helped guide my interaction henceforward. And yes, I still have the autographed baseball.
@@dougbrowne9890 I want to say Graig Nettles.
“Hell yeah it is, this is baseball in the 70s!!!” 😂
As a Red Sox fan, I didn't like Thurman Munson because he played for the Yankees. It wasn't personal...until some of Munson's comments made it a bit...but it would have been cool to see what Munson could have done if he didn't die in that plane crash. That part, I wouldn't wish on any person. It might have been fun to have them both on the same team....even just for a month or two. Haha. Seriously....both were great players/catchers. No doubt they both would HATE all the new rules in today's game. But imagine this....Munson and Fisk playing Banana Ball for the Savannah Bananas/Party Animals!! Just fun of course, no one getting hurt.
Not a baseball fan, but this was one of the best episodes of this series.
good job rook...you had your own personna as a presenter and i dig that..look forward to more of your work..
That was pretty great... two great catchers fueling each other to get better. Sheer competition.
The early 2000’s Yankees Sox was the most heated time I ever remember. The Pedro years, the arod years. Those were good times
That Gene “Stick” Michael who missed the bunt, is the same Gene “Stick” Michael who built the Yankees Dynasty that started in 1996.. When George Steinbrenner was suspended from baseball from 1990-1993, Gene Michael, who was the GM, refused to trade Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera & Bernie Williams. He had faith in the young core & did a great job putting the team together & adding the necessary pieces around them. Yankees signed Bernie in 1985 when he was 17 & he didn’t make his MLB debut until 1993 when he was 25. Without that suspension & without Gene Michael, those 4 WS in 5 years may look a lot different.. So would the team in general.. Crazy thing is, Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte & Posada were still around & a huge part of the 09 WS as well..
@Mark Stewger what free agents were bought up in the 90’s? The veterans? Get a clue..
Nice history lesson Gary Cater is my all-time favorite player
I love this series. Keep it up!
That was pretty good
Well done video, as a Yankee fan I have more respect for Fisk now, I was born in 1971 so I didn't catch but the end of his career.
Fisk was on Disabled List often, number of times Thurman Munson's name appeared on DL--ZERO
Baseball in the seventies was bat sh$t crazy. Very entertaining and very intense between historical rivals.
man, this video was awesome. Gonna check your channel. this week.
I liked this guy, he was very deep when he kept saying that maybe all of this was made by someone else, and that Fisk was actually talking about himself during the eulogy in the newspaper, really cool, really liked it
I remember the day Thurman died. Total gut punch and the Yankees didn't recover for a generation. They never really found another who could step and do the things he did. Dude was total clutch.
Cool video this coming from a Lifelong Orioles fan.
This series is amazing
This is a great channel. Thank you
This is a great series!
video was sick... well done
Beef History: Dan Marino vs. the city of Buffalo.
Boris Van Druff yeah that is a good one and for the baseball fans Tom Herr vrs. Ozzie Smith
Very good commentary
Where on earth is the video of Munson fighting Fisk?? It must exist somewhere???
Thanks for the memories. I grew up in the same neighborhood as Munson, but never knew him. The crash that day was just a couple miles away. You never did say if he was safe or out at the plate though 😊
Anyone know the background music starting @4:38??
This rivalry will never die as long they meet in the playoffs it’ll always be war!
Great video. You absolutely hit it. But to this The Greatest catcher (#15) is still not an "official" HOF MEMBER butttt his mitt and bat and cap are in there.
You have to do piazza vs Clemons
Oilers vs jets in the 80s! or any other hockey ones. I love this series:)
SB Nation good video!
Interesting take on a classic rivalry. Nice research
I wish Thurm was in the Hall.
I'm a redsox fan n didnt know about this story. It's a good one Indeed