Comments on: Remembering Munson http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/ Featuring Mets' commentary, analysis and news. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Remembering Thurman Munson : Mets Today http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27276 Remembering Thurman Munson : Mets Today Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:46:17 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27276 [...] recent biography Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain. In the meantime, you can read John Delcos’ recent blog entry about Thurman to get an inkling of the kind of man and player he was (see, I’m not the only Mets blogger [...] [...] recent biography Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain. In the meantime, you can read John Delcos’ recent blog entry about Thurman to get an inkling of the kind of man and player he was (see, I’m not the only Mets blogger [...]

]]> By: Jeff M. http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27269 Jeff M. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:50:29 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27269 John, that's a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing it. I heard Marty Appel on FAN a week or two ago, and when he mentioned that the other two people in the plane had survived -- in fact, Munson had survived the crash -- I was shocked; I'd never known that. Today I read more about it in an article about the book, and found out that he had, in fact, managed to land the plane in a field, but the wing clipped a tree causing a sudden, jarring stop, and he was paralyzed. The other two tried to get him out, but he was a dead weight, they couldn't move him and the plane caught fire. His last words were to ask if they were okay. It's truly heartbreaking. John, that’s a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing it.

I heard Marty Appel on FAN a week or two ago, and when he mentioned that the other two people in the plane had survived — in fact, Munson had survived the crash — I was shocked; I’d never known that. Today I read more about it in an article about the book, and found out that he had, in fact, managed to land the plane in a field, but the wing clipped a tree causing a sudden, jarring stop, and he was paralyzed. The other two tried to get him out, but he was a dead weight, they couldn’t move him and the plane caught fire. His last words were to ask if they were okay. It’s truly heartbreaking.

]]> By: Ray Sadecki http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27266 Ray Sadecki Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:37:09 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27266 Thats a very nice piece, John. The thing I remember most about Munson well 2 things. When he first came up and I was about 10 or so, I remember friends and I Making sport of how his name resembled Herman Munster. the 2nd memory was of his perfomance in the 76 WS and Sparky Andersons famous comment about dont embarrass any catcher by comparing them to Johnny Bench. Thats a very nice piece, John. The thing I remember most about Munson well 2 things. When he first came up and I was about 10 or so, I remember friends and I Making sport of how his name resembled Herman Munster. the 2nd memory was of his perfomance in the 76 WS and Sparky Andersons famous comment about dont embarrass any catcher by comparing them to Johnny Bench.

]]> By: John Delcos http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27263 John Delcos Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:16:29 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27263 Dan (3): I remember Torre talking of that moment. He didn't know what to do. It must have been overpoweringly uncomfortable.-JD Dan (3): I remember Torre talking of that moment. He didn’t know what to do. It must have been overpoweringly uncomfortable.-JD

]]> By: Dan Gurney http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27262 Dan Gurney Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:58:18 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27262 The Marty Appel biography on Munson has a picture of the Shea Stadium scoreboard announcing the death of Munson. Mets management felt it was more appropriate to do it that way instead of a public address. Tim McCarver says he never heard a ballpark as quiet than Shea was. The Marty Appel biography on Munson has a picture of the Shea Stadium scoreboard announcing the death of Munson. Mets management felt it was more appropriate to do it that way instead of a public address. Tim McCarver says he never heard a ballpark as quiet than Shea was.

]]> By: John Delcos http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27261 John Delcos Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:57:19 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27261 Thank you.-JD Thank you.-JD

]]> By: Omaha Mets http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/08/02/remembering-munson/#comment-27260 Omaha Mets Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:22:21 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2486#comment-27260 Great post, JD. Great post, JD.

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