Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Look who's 80!

Posted by Stang at 10:28 AM


Wallace Matthews pays tribute to "the real Yankees Iron Man" at Forbes.

23 comments:

TheWinWarblist said...

You can't predict baseball! Move the runner over! Score a run on an out!

July 4, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Ken of Brooklyn said...

Salute to The Master, who like another master, The Maestro Louis Armstrong, loved working on his July 4th BDay!

July 4, 2018 at 12:20 PM
JM said...

I was on vacation last week and got in very late on Monday. Even later, we had to go to the animal hospital, because our lovely, funny, great pet cat had developed a critical illness...kidney failure...over the last day and a half we were away.

We went to say goodbye, and had to let him go so he wouldn't suffer any further.

I'm watching the game, I'm glad CC got out of that early jam, but my heart isn't in it. It's going to be very lonely around here without that silly guy's company when the wife is at work.

RIP, Maus. You are and will be missed, greatly.

I think even Maus wondered why we still have Walker, btw. He was a smart fellow.

July 4, 2018 at 1:23 PM
Leinstery said...

Some prankster keeps calling John. I heard the phone ringing during the second and thought that is was odd. Then it started ringing again after Stanton's HR and Suzyn said someone is calling him, you'd think they'd know he's doing a game.

July 4, 2018 at 2:09 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

Kay imitated the Master on the Stanton HR. It was his birthday tribute.

July 4, 2018 at 2:14 PM
Alphonso said...

Sorry to lose a Yankee fan in your household, John M.

Condolences.

July 4, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Leinstery said...

It's official, I have more faith in Higgy than Bird.

July 4, 2018 at 2:27 PM
JM said...

Thanks, Alphonso.

July 4, 2018 at 2:43 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

I'm listening to the away feed. They're pretty good.

July 4, 2018 at 3:25 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

Keith Olberman is on.

July 4, 2018 at 3:26 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

BLP is, right now, slightly better than replacement player level.

July 4, 2018 at 4:12 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

BB Ref has BLP at 0.2 WAR for the season. Fangraphs has him at 0.4. I know that we here at IIHIIFIIC are all so very pround.

July 4, 2018 at 4:15 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

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July 4, 2018 at 4:16 PM
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

80 is REALLY OLD. Vin Scully retired at 88 (I had to play some YouTube clips to remind myself how geriatric his voice was). My employer is 92 and he still shuffles around the building every day, same weak voice. The guy who lives next door told me he’d be dead in six months five years ago, has an old man voice. John Sterling sounds EXACTLY THE SAME as he did in 1972. Will we get another decade out of John? I hope so.

July 4, 2018 at 4:39 PM
TheWinWarblist said...

BJPB, truly it would be amazing.

July 4, 2018 at 5:47 PM
Ken of Brooklyn said...

John M, I'm so sorry to hear about your dear Maus, as a 'cat person' I know how tough a loss like that is, especially unexpected!
Long Live Maus, Long Live The Master, and Long Live IIHIIFIIC!

July 4, 2018 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous said...

Sterling is on PEDs.

July 4, 2018 at 6:48 PM
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

Not just any PEDs... Festeris.

July 4, 2018 at 10:34 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...

Very sorry to hear about Maus, John M. It's amazing how much that can effect one. We have lost two of them over the years, one while holding her, and seeing that light just fade out of her eyes was terrible. They are such small things, but so large to us.

July 5, 2018 at 2:19 AM
Stang said...

Rest in peace, Maus

July 5, 2018 at 9:38 AM
KD said...

Sorry about Maus, John. I’m sure he was a good kitty.

July 5, 2018 at 12:08 PM
Carl J. Weitz said...

John...sorry about your loss. As a long time pet owner, I understand the finality of losing a pet and the despair it brings. I have two 4 year old Yellow Labs and frequently lament their passing even though it will likely not happen for at least another 6-10 years. The silver lining is, at our ages most here are, we might be outlived by our pets and never have to go through that experience again! How is that for optimism? I think I've been reading this blog too long LOL.

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