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Post by johnnyyankee on Feb 2, 2012 13:36:10 GMT -5
;)Throughout the history of the Yankees there have been many great Superstars, many Hall of Famers, from position players to bench players. There have also been many great "utility players," men that have been asked to play one position today, another tomorrow, but which have done so quite well. Many of these utility players have had to do with the success of those Yankee teams, and to this day continue to do so. They have no set position, although they can play a base better than others maybe because that particular base is the one that they have mastered, having played it for most of the careers. Others, well they can play wherever they are asked to, and do so professionally. Today we think of Nunez, yesterday a Randy Velarde, and it's not only within the Yankees, it's throughout all of Major League Baseball. For now, I will only mention our Yankees, but again, I have to tip my cap to them, and admit that they are as essential to winning a championship, as the Stars are, only that sometimes it's overlooked. With this being said, many of you that have followed our Yankees for decades, who comes to mind that you recognize as a "great" utility man, a man that did not affect their club's efficiency with their play, but that instead helped in winning wherever they were put to play?
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Post by tarheelbomberfan on Feb 2, 2012 16:09:12 GMT -5
Can't forget Hector Lopez from the '61 team or Roy White from the '77 and '78 teams. Utility players are a very valuable part of a team. No one goes through the season without injuries and a strong replacement goes a long way.
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Post by johnnyyankee on Feb 2, 2012 17:19:23 GMT -5
Hector Lopez, from Panama! Johnny Blanchard, Elston Howard, who could catch and also play LF, yes, those were great utility players from that special '61 Yankee team...
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Post by Effjay on Feb 2, 2012 18:03:25 GMT -5
I dont remember Roy White as a "utility" player. I always thought of a "utility" player as a part time player. Am I wrong about this?
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Post by BB applepie on Feb 2, 2012 18:26:52 GMT -5
Ellie & Hector was the best Melky Jerry Coleman Mariano Duncan Homer Bush Luis Sojo Jim Leyritz Gerald Williams
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Post by Retro Jimbue on Feb 2, 2012 18:30:46 GMT -5
calling roy white a utility player is like saying murcer was
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Post by Norkee on Feb 2, 2012 18:33:16 GMT -5
Mr. South-of-Houston (widda J)
Roy was an everyday man for most of his career. Remember when he batted 4th for a while? But, in his last two years (78 & 79), he did lose playing time to Lou Pinella (with Mick the Quick in center and Reggie in right), so he was somewhat utility in the end. I was a big Roy White fan (he taught me how to switch hit, at a baseball clinic). Gotta love those nuthin-but Yankees.
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Post by Knuckles on Feb 2, 2012 19:08:30 GMT -5
In truth, for more than half of his year and a half here Mariano Duncan was a starter too. He had that unreal .340 or so 1996 season with mediocre "D"; when the big ba did not reaappear in 1997, he was gone.
Enrique Wilson, Andy Fox, Clay Bellinger.
YANKEE BASEBALL!!!
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Post by yankeefan on Feb 2, 2012 19:10:55 GMT -5
Fred Stanley, Joe DeMaestri and Ross Moschitto.
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Post by Retro Jimbue on Feb 2, 2012 19:29:26 GMT -5
i wouldn't even call moschitto a utility player......he was more like a caddy for mantle!!!
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Post by FastEddie on Feb 2, 2012 20:03:31 GMT -5
i wouldn't even call moschitto a utility player......he was more like a caddy for mantle!!! How about Jack Reed...Mick's personal pinch runner.
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Post by Effjay on Feb 2, 2012 20:12:45 GMT -5
Mariano Duncan was the best for the short time. .340. Wow!
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Post by bronxapostle on Feb 2, 2012 20:56:12 GMT -5
andy stankiewicz
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Post by Retro Jimbue on Feb 2, 2012 21:01:05 GMT -5
brian doyle
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Post by bronxapostle on Feb 2, 2012 21:34:17 GMT -5
stick michael (LOL)
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Post by Yankin'It in Beantown on Feb 2, 2012 22:45:35 GMT -5
Good old Clay Bellinger!
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Post by Lefteroo on Feb 3, 2012 15:26:47 GMT -5
Speaking of fill-ins..... Phil Linz.
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Post by bronxapostle on Feb 3, 2012 15:28:15 GMT -5
Lefty...LOL
speaking of battery-mates- Al Kaline
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Post by Lefteroo on Feb 3, 2012 15:30:00 GMT -5
Nice, Kyle.
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Post by Retro Jimbue on Feb 3, 2012 15:38:57 GMT -5
excellent!!!
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