Thurman Munson Anniversary \ stacker news ~Stacker

262 sats \ 20 comments \ @siggy47 2 Aug Stacker_Sports

https://m.stacker.news/43082

I'm sure not many stackers remember him. I'm a life long Mets fan, but this guy was my favorite Yankee. He was a great catcher and an ornery son of a bitch.

https://www.post-journal.com/sports/local-sports/2024/08/munson-memory-still-resonates-decades-later/

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64 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 2 Aug

Don't know much about him. Familiar with the name and knew he had died in a plane crash.

41 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

Lots of snide jokes from Red Sox fans after the crash

108 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 2 Aug

Is it true that he was piloting the plane that crashed?

52 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

Yes. He was a good pilot, but had only been flying for a year. I remember everyone saying he had bought himself an overly sophisticated jet.

87 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 2 Aug

So, he had his jet! People believe that he was the best catcher but he's still not inducted to hall of fame. This also surprised me.

93 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 3 Aug

One year is not a long time

I bet teams don't allow this anymore

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Aug

It was not a long time. His instructor said he was an above average pilot, but he made a dumb mistake. He didn't put his flaps down while landing. His instructor and a friend were in the plane. They both survived.

64 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2 Aug

That's pretty low.

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Aug

Boston fans, especially Red Sox fans in a nutshell

67 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 2 Aug

It's so that he died so early!

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @herschel 2 Aug

he was even tougher than he looks. he was a boulder on a run stopping play.

37 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

He was tough. He also had a canon on throws to 2nd

43 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker 2 Aug

I'm old enough to remember Munson and Catfish Hunter!!!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

How about Horace Clark?

43 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 2 Aug

Yup, USVI native. Wasn't a Yanks fan but loved great baseball. I followed the Reds and Dodgers back then.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

I knew there had to be a few of us out there!

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 2 Aug

Yeah, I remember this. One of my first concrete memories of sports as a kid. (I also remember being a big fan of Rick Cerone, who replaced him the next season).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

I liked Cerone too.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 2 Aug

Munson's final locker position was never reassigned. The locker next to Yankee team captain Derek Jeter's, with Munson's number 15 on it, remained unused as a tribute to the Yankees' lost catcher in the original Yankee Stadium until the Stadium closed in 2008.

I didn't know this

67 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 2 Aug

They all loved him so much!