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OT: Yogi's stamp coming out June 24
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Why is he shown wearing a Yankee cap, when he is best known to all baseball fans as the manager of the 1973 Mets World Series team? 😉
Did he ever say why he faced the field at a 90 degree angle when he was in left field in Fenway ?
Only time I've seen anyone use that 'stance' ?
Only time I've seen anyone use that 'stance' ?
Congrats. Great for the country at this point in time.
If you take it to the post office, then you don't have to mail it. Wonderful honor for the Berras
Congrats to the family Zap! you can tell you are a proud son!
That’s a new one on me BW.
Sun field is Right I think.
Could of have been because of the shadows.
It got late early in left field at Yankee Stadium
I always thought he wasn't comfortable out in the outfield and for sure in Fenway with The Wall 20 or 30 feet behind you.
Always fun for my Dad and i to go to Fenway when the Yanks were in town.
Get there early to watch batting practice, infield practice and the lazy pitchers shagging balls in the outfield and jogging here and there.
When Ellie was catching for infield, Bobby Richardson would side straddle second base with his glove 2 feet off the base. If Ellie didn't hit the glove, Bobby wouldn't move the glove and the throw would go out onto the centerfield grass. Then all the infielders would laugh at Ellie.
Ellie hit the hardest ball I ever saw in Fenway. Screaming line drive over second base, hit below the center field camera spot and bounced back to the second base Sox who had run out for the relay.
Ellie got a single.
First and foremost Dale- you just always must be proud.
And to BW's point- I just have to give you and the many pro baseball players credit that played on the corners...
I was 13 or 14 and thought myself a damn good SS in LL and BR league. I was at Shea before a Met's Pirates game in the 70's. Was down between !B and RF getting Autographs- want to sau Duffy Dyer was signing them at the time I was down there about 5 rows deep. Willie Stargell in the cage and he hits a screamer right at me about a foot over my head- Glove up and it took my glove about 10 rows. Hand must have swelled up 50%...
How in the flaming hell did you guys deal with screamers like that. I was easily twice as far as you would have been many many times. And I wasn't a kid but a teenager. Never forgot and realized I would never be a pro lol
I have to keep a lookout for it. Buy a sheet , frame it and hang it in my sons room with his other Yankee stuff . Excellent stamp . Yogi lives on .
That's awesome.
To be honest, though, I thought this was your way of letting us know that you really enjoyed Tap Dancing, and that you were going to be on the upcoming season of DWTS. 🤓
Seriously, congrats. It's a really nice acknowledgement.
To be honest, though, I thought this was your way of letting us know that you really enjoyed Tap Dancing, and that you were going to be on the upcoming season of DWTS. 🤓
Seriously, congrats. It's a really nice acknowledgement.
Lots of things you learn in the big leagues.
When Winfield was taking batting practice, Yankee rule was left side of the infield go onto the outfield grass, no fungos.
He could literally hit the ball through your web and kill you, or break your hand
Same with Stargell in Pittsburgh for right side of the infield.
Very scary to be a base runner on 1st or 3rd with those guys up
Ellie’s power to the opposite field was legendary.
He was also known for gap shots hit so hard, coupled with the fact he’ was such a slow runner, he’d be held to a single.
Politically correct thinkers be aware.
Casey Stengel after seeing the African American ball players tearing it up went to the front office and campaigned to get Elston to NY ASAP.
After a few days of watching him crush the ball and play superb defense, his comment was, this kid tears the cover off the ball, but why did I get the only black kid in either league that can’t run
Just about all the players in the majors are on cards. To be chosen for a official stamp shows how adored and beloved he was by all. Awsome achievement!!!
I'm sure you're kidding. The reasons for showing him in a Yankee cap are obvious.
Elston if my memory serves me correct had simply huge forearms. One thing my late father had me develope were my hands , wrists and forearms . We used to say Elston runs with a piano on his back but damn I loved that guy and his tenacity. You and your brothers were blessed to be able to watch and listen up front and personal to stories from your dadI’m sure. I know you miss him as much as I still miss mine.
Congrats to Zappa I just read that Dad is being honored by the USPS with a forever stamp that is awesome
Ellie picked up Cliff Johnson and stuffed him into a garbage can after an altercation between games of a double header.
Johnson was 230 pounds.
Cliff was complaining out loud about not being in the lineup for the night cap.
Ellie reminded him he’s a Yankee, be professional even if you’re mad.
Ellie didn’t like his response...lol
My dad loved telling that story
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I don't know who the batting practice hitter was but one day at Fenway.
BP was going on and one guy was reading the Boston Globe in the stands along the left field foul line.
Somebody ripped a line drive foul and it went thru the paper and popped the guy that wasn't paying attention in the head. They carried him out of the stands, unknown what happened after that.
Sitting in the "new'' Yankee Stadium last year in the upper deck, way up in the upper deck along the foul pole. Signs up there with "Beware of balls and bats." I could barely see home plate, much less be worried about a batted ball or a bat.
BP was going on and one guy was reading the Boston Globe in the stands along the left field foul line.
Somebody ripped a line drive foul and it went thru the paper and popped the guy that wasn't paying attention in the head. They carried him out of the stands, unknown what happened after that.
Sitting in the "new'' Yankee Stadium last year in the upper deck, way up in the upper deck along the foul pole. Signs up there with "Beware of balls and bats." I could barely see home plate, much less be worried about a batted ball or a bat.
Manny Sanguillan fouled a ball straight back and hit a lady sitting in the first row of the mezzanine.
As she was being escorted out by the medics, he fouled off the next pitch and the ball hit her empty seat
One of the relative few athletes that transcend their great sports career to become a household name due to their overall genius and how they carry themselves. Hall of Fame player but held in such high esteem for so much more. One of a kind, is deeply missed, but will never be forgotten!
Were you a big baseball fan back in those days beaced (named for grandchildren as I recall)?
Found this longer clip of your Dad and some other Yankees singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame on the Ed Sullivan Show with the song's writer, Jack Norworth (April 13, 1958). Your Dad wishes Roy Campanella a speedy recovery (January 1958 was when Campy had his accident). Congrats on the stamp. My son is a big Yankee fan and he may want to get it. Hope you enjoy the youtube video clip. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
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Thanks for that clip,
My dad and Campy had great respect for each other and a very special friendship.
I met and spoke with Mr. Campanella while he was in his wheelchair dozens of times.
Between 1951 and 1955, the two of them won 6 MVP trophies.
January 28th 1958 was a crushing day for my mom and dad, Major League Baseball and this country.
Like the great majority of their generation, the three overwhelming traits so obvious in both of them were humility, gratitude and thankful to be an American
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Miss going to all the Old Timer games as a kid to see all the legends. Went from the time I was 4 to about 15. I know I told this story a number of times....but caught a Paul Molitor BP HR his rookie yr was trying to get autographs outside the players entrance from the legends and got nowhere. Roger Maris looked right at me as I had my pen and ball and walked right past me. Yogi was a little behind him on the other side must have seen the disappointment on my face and came up and signed my ball patted me on the head and said here you go kid. Didnt have to ask him. Caught a HR ball from a future legend signed by a past legend.
Prized possession to this day. Zap your dad made this 10 yr old kid's day that day
Cant beat those moments
Prized possession to this day. Zap your dad made this 10 yr old kid's day that day
Cant beat those moments
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