The Yankees lost their captain in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio.
His name was Thurman Munson.
He was synonymous with the Yankee championship years of the 1970s — hard worker, embraced the Yankee tradition, and led by example. His death reverberated through the professional sport — especially his arch-nemesis on the field, the Red Sox’s Carlton Fisk. Both brought out the best in each other, and when Munson died, Fisk had some good words for his opponent.
Wherever you are in Yankee Universe, take a moment of silence in memory of #15.
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2 comments
August 3, 2009 at 12:06 am
New York Yankees Blog
I wish there were more players in the game like him. Nothing like a good rivalry between players that are still gentlemen. The game needs more of it. Great Yankee, but even more important, great guy.
August 3, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Michael V. Vierra
Man, not a time goes by that this mans name or # is mentioned that I don’t get a little welled up, Backbone of the team, a great loss but his memory will live on forever.