It wasn't close. The victory margin was the most lopsided, thus far. Nobody argued batting averages. They just reacted to the name.
George Brett.
GEORGE BRETT... SLOOOOOOOOOWLY, I TURNED... STEP BY STEP, I CREPT UP HIM...
Doctors call it P.T.S.D. Sleepless nights, tormented hours, rages and hallucinations, conjured by hearing the name. It still hurts.
Here is the final vote for the IT IS HIGH All-Time Yankee Opponents Team at 3B.
George Brett (87 votes): 43%
Brooks Robinson (38): 19%
Adrien Beltre (27): 13%
Evan Longoria (18): 9%
Wade Boggs (11): 5%
Paul Molitor (10): 5%
Manny Machado (8): 4%
Mike Lowell (5): 2%
For the record, Brett hit a career .307 against the Yankees, with 29 home runs and 117 RBIs in 203 games. But in Yankee Stadium, where he hit some traumatizing HRs against Goose Gossage, Brett batted .873 with 93 home runs in 28 games.
(Juuuuuuuust keeding: He hit .311 with 17 in 92.)
The Pine Tar Game. The playoff shots. Some of the most painful moments in Yankee history. He should-a been a Yankee. Brett was picked in the second round of the 1971 draft. The Yankees that year, in the first round, selected outfielder Terry Whitfield, whom they later traded to the Giants for - (swallows vomit) - Marty Perez. Whitfield had a rather unmemorable 10-year career, hitting .281 with 33 HRs.
The Yankees picked Whitfield at #19 in the draft. Here are some of the picks that followed:
Dodgers #20: Rick Rhoden
Pirates #22: Craig Reynolds
Royals #29: George Brett
Phillies #30: Mike Schmidt
Cardinals #54: Larry Herndon
Cardinals #78: Jerry Mumphries
HOWEVER, before you grab your machine gun and storm the Yankees front office to protest the 1971 debacle, it's worth noting that the team picked at #65 in the third round a fellow named Ron Guidry. So, you could argue that the team didn't do all that badly that year. (In case you're wondering, in the 2nd round, they selected Stephen Lindsey, a 3B from California. Oh, well...)
The ALL-TIME IT IS HIGH YANKEE OPPONENTS INFIELD:
1b Eddie Murray
2b Rod Carew
ss Cal Ripken
3b George Brett
and the second team
1b Miguel Cabrera
2b Dustin Pedroia
ss Robin Yount
3b Brooks Robinson
Congrats to the man a friend of mine's mom - (a diehard Yankee fan, may she rest in peace) - used to call "the Blonde Gorilla." Mr. George Brett.
GEORGE BRETT? SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY I TURNED...
(Next up: Catcher... nominees?)
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I still can't stand Brett so much that it repulses me to have him beat Brooks Robinson at anything.
It's not an accident that he's the butt of jokes (although, to his credit, he does make an appearance) on Brockmire.
He and his hemorrhoids can go sit on a donut.
For a catcher nominee, I'll go out on a limb...Carlton Fisk...
Talk about F***kin" CHEATERS (and whiners)!
Pudge
Yes. Pudge and Fisk. You don't really need anyone else. There actually isn't anyone else.
Does the name Dan Wilson terrify you? (He was the catcher on the 1995 Mariners) how about Roy Campanella? What did he play against them 20 games, maybe? Johnny Bench (4) ? To be far he did kick our ass but four games is the ultimate SSS.
Oooh oooh I know Jim Price 1968 Tigers. Andy Etchabarren 1970 Orioles.
OK maybe Ivan Rodriguez 1996 Rangers but we all know its Pudge vs. Fisk. The rest are filler.
Doug K.
Wait! I screwed up and I'm sorry. Pudge is obviously Ivan Rodriquez. I meant to write Jason Varitek. But you know what? Fuck him!
Pudge vs. Fisk. A cage match!
Doug K.
Tigers had it with catchers for quite a while. HOFer Mickey Cochrane was a huge deal but no one here should remember how good he really was unless they are some 80 years old. Bill Freehan should get some consideration as well as he was an All-Star for a dozen or so years.
No one seems to remember Joe Mauer mostly because Twins are such a laugh of a team but he's probably the best of the 2000s catchers. It'll be a showdown between Pudge Rodriquez and Fisk though as they are popular top name guys.
Actually, Doug K., Fisk was originally called Pudge (and still is, in New England). True story!
I won't vote for I-Rod, the juicer whose juicing will probably keep Jorge out of the Hall.
Campy, great as he was, played all 5 of his World Series against the Yanks...and hit .237, with 4 homers in 32 games.
Cochrane did very well against us: .320 (same as his lifetime BA), .923 OPS, 22 homers (more than he hit against any other single team). He caught for—and later managed—our two leading rivals of the time, Philadelphia and Detroit, which took five pennants in seven years, 1929-1935.
Fisk, to my surprise, was actually slightly below his career numbers against us. But no member of the Boston Red Sox, not even Jim Ed Rice, ever terrified me more.
(Well, all right, Ortiz. But that was more resignation: 'Oh, yeah, here's the guy who's allowed to egregiously cheat, up again.')
Freehan I remember being an outstanding catcher, but his lifetime stats against us were slightly below his average. Piazza hurt us—but another juicer.
Varitek hit a lot of home runs against us—22—but, to my delight, batted only .226 with a .696 OPS, as opposed to his lifetime, .256 and .776, respectively. He was also allowed to cheat, not only with likely juicing, but allowed to hit other players in the face with full protective gear on.
I think there's a book in this: "Old Towne Cheaters: How the Boston Red Sox Cheated Their Way to One Title After Another and Never Got Called on It by an Adoring MLB." Ah, the memories!
@Anon...Mauer only batted .278 with 30 RBIs vs the Yanks. Fisk had better numbers...partially because Fisk played in same division and therefore played in more games vs. the Yanks.
CATCHER IS FAIRLY EASY FOR ME.
I HAD NEVER SEEN OR FELT THE YANKEES SO HELPLESS TO STEAL, BUNT, OR SACRIFICE A RUNNER
THE ENTIRE SERIES IN 1976.
WE TRIED EARLY ON, BUT WE COULDN'T RUN AT ALL BECAUSE BENCH SHOTGUNNED US DOWN, AND WE WERE THE KIND OF A TEAM THAT MANUFACTURED RUNS WITH RIVERS RANDOLPH, AND ROY WHITE.
BUNTING A RUNNER OVER WAS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM TOO OUT OF FEAR BENCH WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT, POUNCE ON THE BALL, AND RIFLE SOMEONE OUT.
I NEVER FORGOT THE FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS.
NOT TO MENTION I REMEMBER HIM BLASTING A COUPLE HOMERS AND HITTING .533 AGAINST US.
JOHNNY BENCH WAS THE GREATEST CATCHER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. (AND I LOVE YOGI).
HE LEFT SUCH AN AWESOME IMPRESSION ON ME DURING THAT WORLD SERIES. IT WAS UNFORGETTABLE FOR ME.
BENCH GET MY VOTE EVEN IF IT WAS FOR 4 GAMES.
He was great in that series, all right.
I always liked Terry Whitfield, and thought he should have got more of a shot.
But boy, talk about Lee MacPhail. Sounds like he put in one awful draft after another...
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