During my youth, the word “hero” meant one thing to me – a professional baseball player.
My first hero was Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles. I loved Nettles. He was a hard-nosed power hitting third baseman. Nettles led the American league in home runs in 1976. In 1977 and 1978, he earned the Gold Glove for his stellar defense at third base.
A few weeks ago, I took out my old set of 1977 Topps baseball cards. I wanted to find a card to use for a photograph for a blog post. I have been having fun creating unique pictures to use with this blog.
This afternoon, I finally got around to putting the card I had picked back into the plastic sheet where it had been housed for many years.
The baseball card I had chosen for the photograph, and was holding, was a card of Thurman Munson. Thurman was, of course, the Yankees All-Star catcher.
The following is the third (and final) installment in my series examining the greatest third basemen in Yankees history.
For Part I, please click here: https://drpaulsem.com/2016/03/13/missing-from-monument-park-part-i/
For Part II, please click here: https://drpaulsem.com/2016/03/15/missing-from-monument-part-part-ii/
Continue reading “Missing From Monument Park – Part III (Conclusion)”
The following is the second of a three part series examining the greatest third basemen in Yankees history. To read Part I, please click here:
https://drpaulsem.com/2016/03/13/missing-from-monument-park-part-i/
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