Greatest Yankees

by stejay on Aug 4, 2008 4:05 PM EDT

Here is my list of greatest Yankees....

1. Babe Ruth

2. Joe DiMaggio

3. Lou Gehrig

4. Mickey Mantle

5. Alex Rodriguez

6. Lefty Gomez

7. Yogi Berra

8. Derek Jeter

9. Don Mattingly

10. Whitey Ford

11. Tony Lazzeri

12. Goose Gossage

13. Mo Rivera

14. Phil Rizzuto

15. Jorge Posada

16. Wade Boggs

17. Catfish Hunter

18. Dazzy Vance

19. Frank Baker

20. Bill Dickey

21. Roger Clemens

22. Mike Mussina

23. Waite Hoyt

24. Frank Chance

25. Gaylord Perry

Comment on my decisions, and any variations on my list.

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Are you like, 12?

Your list became unreadable after noticing Arod was ahead of Jeter?
Are you kidding with names like Perry, Chance, Vance?

No mention of Thurman Munson, Bobby Murcer, Greg Nettles, Willie Randolph, Red Ruffing, Mark Koenig, Elston Howard, Moose Skowran, Enos Slaughter, George Selkirk … Dude, this was very, very weak.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Aug 4, 2008 4:51 PM EDT 0 recs

Are you like, old?

God, your so old. I bet you smell like grandpas. I hate it when really old people say things like “dude” in order to pretend like they’re hip and with it.

by Jumbo on Aug 4, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

you can still be old and hip.

Do you have anything else to add Junior?

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Aug 4, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

Dude...

A.) Age & treachery beat youth & skill every time.
B.) This post is such a stupid farce, you make yourself look stupid, too, defending it.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque

by LateInningRelief on Aug 4, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

Homeboy...

A.) I don’t think that’s correct, sir.
B.) Being stupid is an American right. Go back to communist China, smartypantsface.

by Jumbo on Aug 5, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

Dude, this list proves to me ...

that you have indeed cornered the right to be stupid.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Aug 5, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

I didn't write the list

So who’s stupid now? Welcome to my corner!

by Jumbo on Aug 5, 2008 4:02 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ladies!

You’re both pretty.

And leave some room in the stupid corner for me.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Aug 5, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

So you plagerized the list?

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Aug 6, 2008 8:38 AM EDT up 0 recs

Wow

Look at the author of the lists name.

Now look at my name.

See how they’re different?

by Jumbo on Aug 12, 2008 1:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

You're the one ...

who dropped ancient names like Chance, Vance and Baker … Dude.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Aug 5, 2008 8:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

There’s so much wrong with that list I wouldn’t even know where to begin. You cannot be serious.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Aug 4, 2008 8:55 PM EDT 0 recs

A player would need to play

THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CAREER with the Yankees in order to even be on such a list, so Frank Chance, Dazzy Vance, Home Run Baker and even Gaylord Perry would not be possibilities.

So, because they came up with the Yankees, I would put DiMaggio, Gehrig and Mantle ahead of Ruth on the technicality they spent their entire careers with the team.

Then Berra, Ford, Jeter, Dickey, Rivera, Munson, Bernie Williams (remember him?), Mattingly are my top twelve.

Somewhere Charlie Silvera needs to be on the list. Nine years as a Yankee and 6 World Series rings!

AROD would not even be in the top 20.

by thejobarules on Aug 5, 2008 9:57 AM EDT 0 recs

BEST 4 YANKS

Most Yankee fans would certainly include Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle in their top 4 Yanks of all time, ranked 1-4 as they see it . For me it’s Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig and DiMaggio.

by fjrosetti on Aug 5, 2008 9:14 PM EDT 0 recs

DiMaggio gets the 2 spot for me.
He was the gold standard for defensive centerfielders, cannon arm and great range. Joe McCarthy called him the best baserunner he’d ever seen. DiMag was 5 tool before we knew what 5 tool was.
Unfortunately, he came back from the war a different player. He lost his prime years to WWII- 28, 29, 30.
In the 6 seasons from ‘36-41 he recorded 1163 hits for a .345 average, an OBP around .420 and a slugging comfortably above .600. And Hemmingway never wrote about Gehrig.

But Gehrig was a beast, never OBP’d below .410 from ‘26-’38, slugged .700 three times, and would have been the all time home run king if not for that Ruth fellow. But he loses points with me as a 1B rather than a CF.

It’s tough to rank Mantle 4th, but that’s the trouble with being a Yankee. He reached base more than he made out in ‘57.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Aug 6, 2008 2:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

Is it popularity or stats?

This actually would be a good list provided parameters were set. How many/if any years are required to be “counted” on the list. Is it popularity? Raw stats? Heroic moments?

My grandfather loved the way Lou Gehrig and Mark Koenig played. He told me he didn’t like the way the Babe strutted around like a proud peacock. Later, he embraced guys like Bill Dickey, and Joe DiMaggio.

My dad loved DiMaggio, and Gordon, but “man-crushed” on Phil Rizzuto.

My mother felt that way for Mickey.

Although I only saw Mickey play once, I still can’t discount the firsthand accounts of my family’s recollections of their heroes. That said, my list: Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Aug 6, 2008 8:46 AM EDT up 0 recs