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NFT: RIP Whitey Herzog

DanMetroMan : 4/16/2024 11:53 am
he was 92
I read a great quote...  
bw in dc : 4/16/2024 12:11 pm : link
recently by Whitey on George Brett.

He said Brett could hit buckshot with barbed wire.
The White Rat  
johnnyb : 4/16/2024 12:35 pm : link
As a Met fan I didn’t like him, but he was a great manager.
hew was a dick, but definitely agreat mgr. and GM  
Victor in CT : 4/16/2024 1:05 pm : link
Irony is that he was with the Mets early on but they wouldn't promote him so he left, first Texas then KC.
It’s funny how someone who used to get under your skin  
steve in ky : 4/16/2024 1:27 pm : link
with time can be looked at so fondly by reminding you of past times
a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
Dr. D : 4/16/2024 2:56 pm : link
1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey
RE: a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
djm : 4/16/2024 3:07 pm : link
In comment 16470940 Dr. D said:
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1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey


KC won. Cards fans are still pissed off to this day. And not as much because they were upset by the Brett/Saberhagen led Royals. More that the umps had a moment or two of WTFness.
RE: RE: a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
Dr. D : 4/16/2024 3:42 pm : link
In comment 16470956 djm said:
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1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey



KC won. Cards fans are still pissed off to this day. And not as much because they were upset by the Brett/Saberhagen led Royals. More that the umps had a moment or two of WTFness.

Ah, thanks djm

Brett was one of the greats.
RE: RE: a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
JohnG in Albany : 4/16/2024 3:58 pm : link
In comment 16470956 djm said:
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1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey



KC won. Cards fans are still pissed off to this day. And not as much because they were upset by the Brett/Saberhagen led Royals. More that the umps had a moment or two of WTFness.


As a Cardinals fan, it was Don F-ing Denkinger who made a terrible safe call in the 9th inning at first base with the Royals' Jorge Orta running.

The Cards were up 1-0 (and 3 games to 2) at the time.

Not that it still bothers me or anything. *grin*
RE: RE: RE: a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
Optimus-NY : 4/16/2024 4:05 pm : link
In comment 16471013 JohnG in Albany said:
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In comment 16470940 Dr. D said:


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1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey



KC won. Cards fans are still pissed off to this day. And not as much because they were upset by the Brett/Saberhagen led Royals. More that the umps had a moment or two of WTFness.



As a Cardinals fan, it was Don F-ing Denkinger who made a terrible safe call in the 9th inning at first base with the Royals' Jorge Orta running.

The Cards were up 1-0 (and 3 games to 2) at the time.

Not that it still bothers me or anything. *grin*


Bummer. Filthy franchise. Loved it when the Mets beat their asses.

P.S. Tell Todd Worrell HoJo says hi.
RE: RE: RE: a couple things that Whitey reminds me of  
markky : 4/16/2024 4:24 pm : link
In comment 16471013 JohnG in Albany said:
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In comment 16470940 Dr. D said:


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1. Those Card teams of the '80s were a PITA, but what really sucked in retrospect was that there were only 2 divisions and no wild card. Who knows how much more the Mets of the mid to late 80s could've done if there was a wildcard.

2. I was in a flying accident while (in a car) in college in '85, was in the hospital with fractured vertebrae during the WS. I know it was KC vs. Cardinals but was all morphined up and don't know who won. Haha. I could look it up, but don't care enough.

RIP Whitey



KC won. Cards fans are still pissed off to this day. And not as much because they were upset by the Brett/Saberhagen led Royals. More that the umps had a moment or two of WTFness.



As a Cardinals fan, it was Don F-ing Denkinger who made a terrible safe call in the 9th inning at first base with the Royals' Jorge Orta running.

The Cards were up 1-0 (and 3 games to 2) at the time.

Not that it still bothers me or anything. *grin*


i was living in St. Louis at the time. Denkinger totally blew it. And didn't he own an insurance business in Kansas City?
Top Notch Baseball Guy  
bluepepper : 4/16/2024 10:23 pm : link
did a lot as MGR with the Royals but came up short against the Yanks.

As GM and MGR in STL he really made a lot of ballsy moves. Traded away guys like Ted Simmons, Garry Templeton and Keith Hernandez. If he hadn't won they would have run him out of town but of course he won a lot.

RIP
Underrated as a Manager  
AROCK1000 : 4/16/2024 10:41 pm : link
Rarely outcoached...very creative in how he managed...
RIP
RIP  
Carson53 : 4/17/2024 10:39 am : link
I recall those 'running Cards' in the mid 80's with Vince Coleman and former Yankee farmhand, Willie McGee. They drove the opposition crazy, especially Coleman. He was a good baseball man.
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