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Leo has a big ego you can tell i still dont see where everyone thought leo is the one that got willie going into the bigs hard to believe a complete ball player such as willie would need leo s help

Durocher's greatest contribution to baseball was the way he handled the Jackie Robinson debut.

@@jgrau5089 Forgive me as I have a sense of humor. The Munsters. Look it up.

@@drbonesshow1 Mr. Ed hit an inside-the-park homer off of Sandy Koufax. You can look that up too.

Say Hey was my GOAT

@@Pittie21 Durocher called him the best Centerfielder ever.

I get the feeling he liked Hank more than Willie , for somewhat obvious reasons

Loved his show. He had style and wit.

Always hoped Martin would manage the Cubs.

Martin also got a World Series winning base hit. He was clutch.

I never saw Mickey Mantle play as I first started following Major league baseball in 1970 shortly after he retired in the spring of 1969...From the 1970 baseball season to the present (which is 52 baseball seasons) the player/hitter who hit the ball the hardest and farthest was Eddie Murray,who also like Mickey Mantle were/are the only switch hitters to hit over 500 home runs.

@@lgen2458 Excellent point.

@@lgen2458 I saw an aging Mantle in spring training in the early and mid 60s, saw Aaron beginning in '66 when the Braves moved to Atlanta (my hometown) and saw the entirety of Murray's career. No man hit the ball farther and harder than Willie McCovey.

@@allanmacmillan7823 McCovey was a great player.

Its called getting them into a conversational mode..and RICK MORANIS of SCTV did an absolutely hysterical impression of CAVETT and DICK's sidebars with the esoteric theatrical field related references.

At 32:02, they start talking about the Book Ball Four, which was a great Book to read and Laugh out Loud Funny!!!!

I read that the judge asked Mickey what happened. He said, "I think Roy Rogers rode in and the guy got kicked in the head by Trigger."

Baseball today is not garbage. It's filled with a group of players and coaches far more diverse than these folks saw at the start of their careers. The top players earn huge salaries, but most of them worked their way up from meager beginnings, including earning paltry pay in the minors. Aaron stands out for his sheer dignity as a human being. During the early days of baseball integration, black players (who mostly were among the most talented, else they wouldn't even be in the league) didn't have the luxury to fool around like Mantle and Ford (or Ruth) or they'd be gone in an instant. The era these baseball figures represent also was mostly or at least partly before free agency, meaning they were essentially owned by their ball clubs. Baseball today, has been passed by, with its methodical pace and lengthy season. The game is actually still wonderful in its nuance, but fewer fans remain who recognize it or care. Like in the film, Field of Dreams, baseball has and does mark the passage of time, but such markers have lost import in a world of growing hostility and division, facing existential crises like pandemics, climate change, mass shootings and endless war. Now everybody wants instant everything. Delaying gratification once reflected maturity and showed character...such attributes today are for losers...so many easy choices at the flick of a button.

@@fenwayify, CLIMATE CHANGE? So, when did the climate begin to change? When was it not changing? What happened to AL GORE's declarations in his movie? Why have the computer models been inaccurate so much? Coming to fruition, rarely, at that; why? AND WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING THAT UP.. read DR. MARK IMISIDES refutation of climate "change" formerly known as GLOBAL WARMING AND THE NEW ICE AGE, by using physics' and thermodynamics mathematical formulas. You can find that in the fall issue of SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPE MAGAZINE. If you don't know, find out what a JOULE is. And, by all means, democrat, debate me on climate "change". 😉

@@fenwayify, and Baseball today is garbage: VIRTUALLY A THREE OUTCOME GAME ONLY FILLED WITH THIRD RATE HITTERS AND PITCHERS. PITCHING IS ANYTHING BUT DEEP..its why the same five to 8 guys vie for the CY YOUNG AWARD, every season. You can name consistently great sub-26 year old pitchers on one hand.. Meanwhile, on offense.. Strikeout, homerun, or popout/flyout= three outcomes. Rarely do you see triples, and individual 40 doubles seasons anymore, and most guys average about 125 strikeouts a year, with some around 180-200 or more..Where are the 200+hits guys? Walks have become in priportions to strikeouts almost archaic. Strikezone discipline is at an all-time low. The players are about the money they get from jacked up homerun numbers, and pitchers are the same with strikeouts. You say diverse players, but U.S. BLACKS have virtually stopped playing the game. Basketball and football have completely overtaken it in the black community and with only 8 percent as opposed to 25 percent in as recently as 1980, of U.S. black players in MLB, all of the Dominicans, P. RICANS, VENEZUELANS, MEXICANS, and CUBANS along with ASIANS, in the world, cannot make up for that lack of the demographic that owns most of the offensive records in hardball= U.S. BLACKS. Nope.. YOUR MOVE..

@@robertsprouse9282 Arguing climate change is what you drew from my comment? I was simply expressing the enormity of the state of affairs currently facing us, as well as the complex multitude of issues that distract us and demand our attention; nothing new. On climate change, it matters little that change is a normal part of its process, nor to what extent humans are causing it. It is simply the accelerated rate it is occurring and what are the consequences. The extent to which humans and animals are migrating due to lack of food/water security reflects serious threats, perhaps already dire. Can anything be done to mitigate the severity of change is the real issue. Of course Dr. Imisides and other skeptics (like you) will say otherwise to the bitter end...

@@fenwayify, you haven't got the guts to read that issue of SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPE, nor look at climate computer models' accuracy, nor answer any of my refutations, YOU JUST passively aggressively play the "WHY ARE YOU DEBATING my point? I barely mentioned it." No, you assumed the sale. And, the "ITS COMPLEX" schtick shows me you'll petitfog the issue to save being refuted out of your point and to show you cannot refute. So, stop playing games. You brought up climate change first, and stop pretending its settled science. This heretic aint buying your act. AGAIN, I WILL ASK in a different way: When did the climate ever not change? How many climates around the world have never changed until capitalistic industry, errrr fossil fuels consumption and agri-capitalism errrrr, cow flatulence? Name days, times and years, and number of climates. YOUR MOVE, GENIUS.. If you can.

What about Mike Trout? He will be among the All-Time Greats.

Dont forget dick allen the man got a bad rap

Pete rose, Ken griffey jr ?

David Ortiz for the clutch hitting in the playoffs and World Series is up there.

Mickey had powerful arms and wrists. Also his legs and hips. He had a strong solid body which was perfect for being a power hitter.

@@JamesJones-bd1jg Yup, he was built like a full back. And his forearms were huge.

Mickey had huge for arms. He also had a solid butt which meant he could really get into a pitch. He was just a superb athlete.

@paul 👈😆 You bend over to catch balls.

Tell that to Rickey “ snatch “ Henderson

How did he passed on the signals? Bunch of BS

@@jgrau5089 No it's true they did, it's been documented

@@michael-grandpamoses2571 Old as the game itself, any advantage you could get...

20 years from now people will same the same thing about you. Tmes change. Maybe you should just try and relax...

GivesAShit what you despise? Zip it pinhead.

Cavett didn't invite Durocher on his TALK SHOW to shut up. You weren't invited. So shut up.