tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post6959895062000117790..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Why should Yankee players and fans have to keep Mickey Mantle's open?Subway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-63924957443158335532012-05-02T10:30:51.581-04:002012-05-02T10:30:51.581-04:00Only a Yankee Fan would deify an alcoholic loser?
...Only a Yankee Fan would deify an alcoholic loser?<br /><br />Mickey Mantle: Alcoholic who won 7 World Series with the Yankees.<br /><br />Dwight Gooden: Alcoholic AND cocaine addict who won 1 World Series with the Mets... and 2 with the Yankees.<br /><br />Darryl Strawberry: Alcoholic AND cocaine addict who won 1 World Series with the Mets... and 3 with the Yankees.<br /><br />Keith Hernandez: Cocaine and tobacco addict who won 1 World Series with the Mets... and 1 with the St. Louis Cardinals.<br /><br />You can't win, Freshy.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-9042976149153591792012-04-30T10:49:07.265-04:002012-04-30T10:49:07.265-04:00"...beloved name..."? Only a Yanker fan..."...beloved name..."? Only a Yanker fan would deify an alcoholic loser. The next thing you're going to do is make a saint of CC Sabathia, because he can eat more pork sandwiches than anyone!<br /><br />At least Mantle could recognize the true greatness of Stan Musial, even if he couldn't attain it himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-46037678888500760082012-04-29T13:26:45.696-04:002012-04-29T13:26:45.696-04:00John Posterior. If I can't use the more popula...John Posterior. If I can't use the more popular version of that to describe him.<br /><br />Mickey said on a Number of occasions his favorite player growing up was Stand Musial - whose Cardinals were playing the Red Sox in that series. If he'd temporarily renamed it Stan Musial's it might have worked... except Stan already has one named after him in St. Louis.<br /><br />I haven't been to Mickey's since that day CC had a no-hitter going in Tampa and Girardi was ready to take him out anyway. (You know how I feel about pitch counters.) It's not as bad as Lisa says it is, but it's bad enough. Save the memorabilia, auction it off for charity, and let the place face away. <br /><br />If Rusty Staub's place, which was known for great food, Toots Shor's, Al Schacht's and Runyon's couldn't last forever, let's not think Mickey's is sacrosanct just because it has his beloved name on it.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.com