European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Nettles unlikely Yankee legend when you think of Al time new York what do you think of murderers the mighty 1927 the powerhouses of the 40s and the Stengel teams of the names that Are monuments and plaques in the Guys they made movies wrote songs i were talking legends Hall of the Warp and Woof of i Pooh pm up Tony Bill King Kong Mickey Roger the the Bronx the team that invented the Home the big the their trademark was the Home their Stockin Trade the Long who would you guess was 6 on the Al time Home run hitters lineup for these Guys to make it easy for ill give you the first five babe Mickey Lou Joe dimag Gio and Yogi you figure maybe Maris is next Dickey Bob Meusel its Graig you heard the Only Guys to hit More Home runs than he for the new York Yankees were Dimaggio and Only eight Yankees got More Bis than he Only 16 scored More runs and Only 16 got More the Yankees had some great third basemen Joe Joe Bobby red but Nettles is the Al time Yankee third in the Yankee in the Honor Roll of achievement by Yankees of Nettles is not Only the Only Guy still Active in categories he stars Hes the Only one still Hes a walking trivia he not Only wins he wins not too Many Guys around the bar would put Nettles in the same lineup As the gloried Yankees of the but he belongs in he will end up with More Home runs than some of although he has not hit All of them As a Jim Murray perhaps you noticed in the Public prints the other Day where who is now playing with the san Diego padres and will be 41 in not Only got his hit but went 4 for 4 that got his run batted scored his and got his although Nettles was Only the sixth Guy in history to be named Captain of the Yankees Roger Peckin Everett and Thurman Munson were the others Nettles May have been the most overlooked Yankee of All he was More famous for having a fist fight with Reggie Jackson than he Ever was for the homers he the doubles he saved or the runs he drove Nettles who went to the Yankees in a Trade for an assortment of nobodies John Jerry Charlie spikes and Rosendo Torres was probably the most dangerous hitter who Ever he led the american league in Home runs in batting he drove in 107 runs with 37 homers a year batting he probably had the Best Home run stroke this Side of Roger but he buy a he set records for most assists by a third baseman in a single and most double he set world series records for most Dou ble plays and the Public Hes no Brooks Robinson is he he produced the most spectacular Fielding plays in the world series of 1977 and 78 but Reggie Jackson hit three Home runs in the last game in 77 and that what everyone he made so Many diving catches in two world series that dodger manager Tom Lasorda said of Nettles at a banquet one that the first time Ive Ever seen him standing when the Yankees retired Nettles old last it was because Roger Maris had worn Nettles 333 american league Home runs Are far More than any other third baseman Ever hit in that and his 357 lifetime Are second Only to Mathews major league total for the but the front office went around the country sign ing High priced stars from other when Nettles came in for contract wanted to talk Only about not Only did the High tried Catcher and Relief pitchers on the Yankees get More Ink than Graig so did the his dry wit and sophisticated humor didst serve even in supposedly sophisticated new York it made people they could never Tell whether it was a Needle or a Graig to was a Man who was always uncomfortable with Jackson has Graig Nettles May merely have been uncomfortable with new he played decades of impeccable baseball in an environment at irritated at disgusted Gehrig May have thought i incl Lucky to be a but if Nettles enjoyed being a it didst yet he was one of the Best of he went Over the Wall two years escaping to his native san Diego and the who promptly got into the thanks in part to 20 Home runs by and the world he tied a National league record by hitting homers in six consecutive the world series was his and the play offs were his but hell never be on a plaque in Center Field in Yankee and the who ranks sixth on the Al time Yankee Homer ladder behind dimag and Berra May one Day rank with who played third in the to Chance infield As a game show you May get to win a new car if you be if you dont youd never guess los Angeles times 1 was just trying to hit the Ball hard Evans 9fhinning blast lifts botox past Detroit 32 from press dispatches Detroit if youre looking for ways to explain the sizzling hot Streak the Boston red sox Are try Dwight who has been struggling at the belted a two run Homer off Detroit Ace Willie Hernandez in the ninth inning monday night to lift the red sox to a 32 Victory Over the it was Bostons 17th Victory in its last 19 it was a great said both teams played it was a big win for us especially in this Ballpark and against this team and that but it was the kind of game both the red sox and Evans have been turning in during these last few Giddy the red sox were 10 games out on May 26 after losing four games to the Texas who has been dropped to sixth in the batting order because his average has floundered around nonetheless leads the red sox in Gam winning Bis with Dwight has hit very Well in the clutch for Boston manager John Mcnama Al Roundup a weve played very things have fallen Mike easier started the ninth with a single off who had relieved starter Dan Petry with two outs in the Evans followed by lofting a 01 pitch that just cleared the screen in right Field for his seventh Home run of the sea i was just trying to hit the Ball Evans i just swung and the thing went 326 four i know it didst Clear the Fence by any More than Al turned in his second Complete game of the a seven hit Ter for the red Nipper struck out eight and walked Only Lou Whitaker gave the tigers a Quick 10 Lead by leading off first inning with a Home run off the Brightfield it was his ninth Home run of the season and marked the 13th time in his career that Whitaker has led off a game with a in the Detroit Darrell Evans sin took second on Larry her dons grounder and scored on a single by Nelson Glenn Hoffman hit a two out single in the red sox eighth and went to second on a wild pitch by who then walked Steve Hernandez came on and gave up an rib single to Wade then walked Jim Rice to Load the bases before Bill Buckner popped up to first and ended the Ive said All along that Boston has a Good baseball but it Doest take an intelligent person to know Detroit manager Sparky Anderson Boston is but there still trailing the Toronto Blue the Boston coupled with the Blue jays loss to the Milwaukee pulled the red sox to within games of first place in the the tigers remained 3vi but dropped to third from their tie with Boston for in mondays other Al games royals twins 3 Kansas Steve Balbo Nis second Home run of the game capped a five run rally in the sixth inning that powered Kansas City to Balboni hit his Lith Homer leading off the then unloaded a three run shot off Frank Viola in the had a 31 Lead and two outs in the sixth when George Darryl Motley and Frank White ripped consecutive Yankees orioles 0 Baltimore Rickey Henderson went 5for5 to key a 17hit attack and Ron Guidry pitched a five hitter for his sixth straight Victory to Lead new the defeat snapped a fou game win Ning Streak for the who lost for the first time in four games since Earl Weaver rejoined the team As manager after years of Brewers Blue jays 1 Milwaukee Moose Haas fired a retiring 16 straight batters in one and Jim Gantner hit a Solo Homer As Milwaukee dealt Toronto its fifth successive did not allow a walk and struck out five in helping the Brewers snap a five game losing my from Page 21 Home run helped Send Ron Darling and the new York mets to the defeat extended the cubs losing Streak to six and ended a fou game losing Streak for the who returned Home after a 16 Road allowed five hits and struck out seven batters in his second shutout of the he stretched his personal win Ning Streak to five games in the first 1985 meeting Between the teams that battled for the division title last Rick lost the third of his last four he allowed five hits in seven George Frazier pitched the Carter gave the mets their first run with a Lead off Homer off Sutcliffe in the the Homer was his astros braves 3 Atlanta Alan Ashby double in the sixth his third hit of the broke the games third tie and gave hous ton the with two outs and the score tied for the third Phil who had homered in the and Glen Davis chasing Atlanta starter Steve Ashby greeted Jeff Dedmon with a drive to scoring the hit by who had scored twice made a Winner of Nolan 8 who scattered nine hits in 6 giants reds 0 san Francisco Atlee Ham maker tossed a three hitter and Jeff Leon Ard ripped a Solo Homer and added an rib single to Lead san it was the giants third Victory in a
