A Bridge Not Too Far

[Theoldmole]

What former Met was in the battle for the bridge at Remagen?

[Willets Point]

Yogi Berra.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I know the answer. I mean answers.

[Frayed Knot]

I believe it's Warren Spahn.

[Theoldmole]

It is.

[Theoldmole]

There's more than one?

[Guest Kong76]

I thought this thread would be about a group that wants to
rename the newly renamed Shea Bridge to the Ike Davis Bridge.

There's a lot of groups out there that want stuff.

[batmagadanleadoff]

TheOldMole wrote: There's more than one?

Lindsey Nelson was at Remagen Bridge during WWII. I'm not sure if he fought in the battle for the bridge.

[Frayed Knot]

The story about Spahn and his WWII stint was that he pitched briefly in 1942 before going into the service. That was his rookie year with the Boston Braves which was led by one Casey Stengel.
Well Warren Spahn wasn't WARREN SPAHN yet that season and he certainly wasn't impressing Casey who, at one point, called him 'gutless' or something of that nature.
That story - and the fact that Spahn not only served on the German front but won a Bronze Star for his efforts - became part of one of Casey's later routines where he mocked himself for calling a Bronze Star winner 'gutless'.

[Willets Point]

Spahn was my next guess.

Spahn had the great line "I played for Casey before and after he was a genius."

[MFS62]

Willets Point wrote: Spahn was my next guess. Spahn had the great line "I played for Casey before and after he was a genius."

My favorite Spahn line is:
"The best pitch is strike one".

Later