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re: Who is the greatest NY yankee

Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:37 pm to
Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
19345 posts
Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:37 pm to
Greatest Yankee is a no brainer, The Babe. But my favorite Yankee is Yogi, hands down. He was grinding decades before the term ever came up.
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65498 posts
Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:40 pm to
Mickey Mantle. He played a long time and all the kids wanted to be the Mick way before Jordan

He was the Jordan of his era
Posted by TomBuchanan
East Egg, Long Island
Member since Jul 2019
6231 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 11:17 am to
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Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27303 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 11:21 am to
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would put Berra 3rd…….. think about it…..


Unbelievably underrated.

You could make a case for 'em when it comes to WS play.
Posted by justice
Member since Feb 2006
54598 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 11:28 am to
Ruth
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
139863 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 11:56 am to
The Canadiens are the only team that the Yankees share a table with
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67005 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 12:04 pm to
Would have been Jay Buhner… then that idiot Steinbrenner traded him.
Posted by El Tigre Grande
Bayou Self
Member since Jan 2006
2272 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 3:21 pm to
quote:

Joe DiMaggio


Probably 2nd behind Ruth
Posted by El Tigre Grande
Bayou Self
Member since Jan 2006
2272 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 3:36 pm to
quote:

Lakers have had Magic, Kareem, Wilt, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron, etc


There was this guy named Jerry West.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
74194 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 3:41 pm to
Lou Gehrig
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
Fulshear TX
Member since Jan 2004
6904 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 5:31 pm to
quote:

Would have been Jay Buhner… then that idiot Steinbrenner traded him.


His baseball people loved Ken Phelps bat. They kept saying Ken Phelps!! Ken Phelps!!
Posted by TG
Metairie
Member since Sep 2004
3061 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 5:54 pm to
Babe Ruth
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
5356 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 6:09 pm to
Richard Hayden?
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
23658 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:00 pm to
Ruth or Mantle
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
30242 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:05 pm to
Yankee Stadium wasn't "The House That Mantle Built".
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9356 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:51 pm to
Lou Gehrig
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68891 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:56 pm to
Roger Maris, the true HR king.

Posted by StroKat
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2018
423 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:08 pm to
If you take away all of the cheaters and steroid users, it’s a slim list.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27303 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

you take away all of the cheaters and steroid users, it’s a slim list.


Ruth? DiMaggio? Mantle?Berra?Gehrig?

Cheaters? You know something everybody else doesn't?
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65498 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

Ruth or Mantle

It has to be Mantle

Most people in the era he played in probably didn’t even know what Babe Ruth looked like unless they saw it in the news clips before a movie at the theatre.

Mantle was at a time when radio was replaced by tv in every home. People knew his face. He was as popular as popular gets
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