tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post5607222962812395995..comments2024-03-28T10:42:34.251-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: Introducing the first-ever Top 15 all-time coolest Yankees (counting down, numbers 15 through 11)Stanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-52440109939658719432014-02-12T10:14:39.091-05:002014-02-12T10:14:39.091-05:00Don't forget Mike Kekich and that pitcher from...Don't forget Mike Kekich and that pitcher from San Diego whose driveway we set afire.Alphonsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294726065596642068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-31822030214702106402014-02-11T12:36:32.580-05:002014-02-11T12:36:32.580-05:00Maybe my definition of cool is different than ever...Maybe my definition of cool is different than everybody else's, but I gotta put the Scooter in there, just below Whitey and the Babe.joe de pastrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-11412987291522242842014-02-11T09:05:35.182-05:002014-02-11T09:05:35.182-05:00KD, I think I've heard that Pepitone story bef...KD, I think I've heard that Pepitone story before. Can't remember where, though.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-27442985070923535542014-02-11T01:38:13.152-05:002014-02-11T01:38:13.152-05:00Number one is easy--The Babe.
Also, Whitey Ford e...Number one is easy--The Babe.<br /><br />Also, Whitey Ford embodied a kind of tough urban cool, especially under pressure on the mound--grace-under-pressure cool.<br /><br />Another dark-horse candidate: Don Larsen, one of the many imperturbable Yankee lounge lizards of the era. When he wrapped his car around a light pole at about 3:00 a.m. during spring training during the 1950s, Casey, diplomatically commented, "Well, he was either out very late or very early."<br /><br />And what about ole' Case? If you've read Steve Goldman's biography, you know that this was maybe the coolest guy ever to don pinstripes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-59061416196296273392014-02-11T01:08:27.948-05:002014-02-11T01:08:27.948-05:00Any guy who risks his life on a raft to get here t...Any guy who risks his life on a raft to get here then pitches several years of lights-out baseball in the postseason while somehow remaining distant despite everyday press coverage is pretty damned cool. <br /><br />Orlando Hernandez was pretty damned cool.No Dance For Coneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-40692364003416669372014-02-10T23:55:52.398-05:002014-02-10T23:55:52.398-05:00Mel Hall. Coolest Yankee ever. Now, not so much.Mel Hall. Coolest Yankee ever. Now, not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-10014044348435634072014-02-10T22:33:52.418-05:002014-02-10T22:33:52.418-05:00I think Thurman is out because he screwed up and g...I think Thurman is out because he screwed up and got himself killed. Not cool. Also, he was too hard-working, too loyal, too obviously caring... to be cool. He and Mattingly are my favorite all-time Yankees, but neither makes the list.el duquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263977201552650862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-47424626336630131812014-02-10T22:18:48.512-05:002014-02-10T22:18:48.512-05:00Mickey Rivers was cool.Joe D was so uptight he was...Mickey Rivers was cool.Joe D was so uptight he was not cool. Reggie Jackson was and is a poseur -- uncool. By and large, the Yankees that I know of never really embodied cool, except for Thurman. Why is ineligible? Parson Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312179928176617912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-42426231671899830792014-02-10T18:19:23.838-05:002014-02-10T18:19:23.838-05:00Swisher... Giambi... Swisher... Giambi... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-18959701010658359972014-02-10T15:53:45.116-05:002014-02-10T15:53:45.116-05:00Sorry to nominate Yogi as he was explicitly disqua...Sorry to nominate Yogi as he was explicitly disqualified. I never listen to instructions.<br /><br />Let me buttress John M's Pepitone nomination. Pepitone was not circumcised, as the story goes. Joe once inserted a popcorn kernel under his foreskin, and then ran around the locker room claiming a mysterious venereal disease had attacked the end of his dick. Anyone else recall that story?<br />KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-51253394709891369632014-02-10T14:41:48.986-05:002014-02-10T14:41:48.986-05:00Dooley noted.
(Brother to Dooley Womack.)Dooley noted.<br /><br />(Brother to Dooley Womack.)el duquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263977201552650862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-61058292359940835052014-02-10T14:21:24.228-05:002014-02-10T14:21:24.228-05:00Pepitone, man. The first guy to bring a hair dryer...Pepitone, man. The first guy to bring a hair dryer into the locker room. Mick thought it was hysterical. Pepi was as close as the 60s Yankees got to Namath.<br /><br />We'll let the gun arrest at the airport slide.<br /><br />And here's a quiet cool guy who didn't do anything noticeably cool like Pepi or Fritz--Roy White. Roy just couldn't help being cool. He didn't display it like a badge, he just was.<br /><br />Does Bucky's rumored heavy use of a certain white powder in the 77 post season count? Actually, the rumor was that half the team was Peruvian that year...JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-27426960709459875832014-02-10T13:52:00.366-05:002014-02-10T13:52:00.366-05:00The quotes. the cartoon character. all those rings...The quotes. the cartoon character. all those rings. Nobody cooler than Yogi Berra. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-68612575426735689422014-02-10T13:03:25.449-05:002014-02-10T13:03:25.449-05:00Alvaro Espinosa
Dale Berra
Ron Kittle
Rickey Hend...Alvaro Espinosa <br />Dale Berra<br />Ron Kittle<br />Rickey Henderson<br />I'm Bill Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08607527113929784452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-36875033835095825872014-02-10T12:38:20.058-05:002014-02-10T12:38:20.058-05:00Lobbying:
You might be tempted put Reggie Jackson...<br />Lobbying:<br /><br />You might be tempted put Reggie Jackson at #1, but I gotta lobby -- hard -- for Joltin' Joe. How many other Yankees were married to Marilyn Monroe?<br /><br />Oh, and A-Rod diddling Madonna when she was 50 doesn't count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com