Traders and Traitors

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Damn, I have no recollection of Olerud being ensnared by the MFYs.

[Frayed Knot]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Damn, I have no recollection of Olerud being ensnared by the MFYs.

C'mon! Everyone who ever made a playoff game with the Mets was later gobbled up by the Yanx under Steinbrenner, you know that!

[nymr83]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Damn, I have no recollection of Olerud being ensnared by the MFYs.

I'm still trying to forget, that is the only one there that bothers me at all

[MFS62]

The biggest traitor was Lee Mazzilli.
We will never forget.

Later

[Edgy MD]

I never knew Bill Robinson was a Yankee.

I have trouble seeing how Kingman and Mazzilli got on cards as Yankees, considering the brevity of their tenures.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I must've blocked out Walt Terrell's MFY career.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I have trouble seeing how Kingman and Mazzilli got on cards as Yankees, considering the brevity of their tenures.

The 1977topps.blogspot.com DIY's Dave Kingman's 1977 Midnight Massacre U.S. Tour.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I should have assumed from the photo quality that it was DIY. Mazzilli's is realio, though?

[G-Fafif]

George Vecsey remembering Bill Robinson in MFY clothing:

The Yankees envisioned Bill Robinson as that kind of force, trading Clete Boyer, their nimble third baseman, to get Bill to play right field for the 1967 season. Michael Burke, one of the grandest executives in sports, could not curb his enthusiasm, and somehow the title of the black Roger Maris was foisted on Robinson, expectations he could not fulfill. In a sport of failure, Robinson hit .196 and .240 and .171 with the Yankees. I have never seen a player fail with more dignity.

[G-Fafif]

That "Stengal"-Torre card is...unfortunate.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Mazzilli's is realio, though?

Yealio.

Spellcheck on Casey ...

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: That "Stengal"-Torre card is...unfortunate.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Mazzilli's is realio, though? Yealio. Spellcheck on Casey ...

Never mind.

[Edgy MD]

That "Stengal"-Torre card is...unfortunate.

Indeed.

Wondering whether any player had ever played for more big league teams in a single season than Kingman, I found out the answer, apparently is no. Nine players besides Kingman have played for four big league teams in a single summer, but one of them was property of a fifth team (for whom he did not take the field) as well.

Name that player.

[G-Fafif]

Gerald Williams doesn't appear to think much of Mike Stanton, either.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Doc and Coney no-no'n as Yanks was... unfortunate.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Who Am I -- Traders and Traitors version.

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[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who Am I -- Traders and Traitors version.

I never knew that the Yankees wore burgundy.

[Edgy MD]

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Elliot Maddox looking for somebody to sue, no?

Reggie looking surprisingly chubby in the background.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who Am I -- Traders and Traitors version. [fimg=363]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/14155695526_9660510c87_o.jpg[/fimg] Elliot Maddox looking for somebody to sue, no? Reggie looking surprisingly chubby in the background.

[Edgy MD]

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This traitor is older Neil Allen, correct?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Who Am I -- Traders and Traitors version.



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