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| | From:  highlandjoe (Original Message) | Sent: 6/12/2007 8:36 PM |
What numbers did the following players have on their backs.
Bobby Richardson
Tony Kubek
Roger Maris
Moose Skowron
Elston Howard
Tom Tresh
Frank Crosetti
Casey Stengel
Clete Boyer
Whitey Ford
Yogi Berra
Roy Hobbs |
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Boyer wore 34 and Mantle wore 6.
By the way, I think Bobby thought I was refering to Mantle when I asked for the number for Roy Hobbs.
But I was actually referring to the movie The Natural in which Hobbs wore #9. Many people think the character played by Robert Redford was based on Mantle. |
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No Joe, I didn't confuse Hobbs with Mantle..I thought Hobbs was #7. And since no one is ever going to answer the #9 question...it was SteveWhitaker who wore 9 after Maris. |
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Marty is correct with his answers above. Phil Linz wore 34 and 12 ...Al Downing wore 21....Kubek wore 34 before 10. Richardson wore 17 and 29 before #1.....Duren wore 26......Arroyo 47 |
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| | | From: frankg | Sent: 6/13/2007 6:10 PM |
| You know how all this started? It was originally the batting order. That's why Ruth had No. 3 and Gehrig 4. To this day, no. 1 tends to be worn by a scrappy infielder leadoff-type guy. |
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For the grand prize of all time Yankee trivia champ..and without the aid of google or any other source......what number did Frank Tepedino wear ????? Go ahead...impress me if you can ! |
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| I vaguely do remember him but no chance at his number. |
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OK Marty..I got one wrong. And that brings me Frank Tepedino who wore 21. Frank was Brooklyn born and played for a short time with the Yanks and a couple of other teams. Never made it to a full time career in baseball. Frank worked for the FDNY and was cited for bravery on 9-11. The reason I know so much about Frank is...as an 18 year old kid I worked with Mr. Tepedino at the Alexanders warehouse on Zerega avenue in the Bronx. He worked there for at least one off season while with the Yanks. We used to go outside during lunch and toss the football around. |
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| | | From: Marty-G | Sent: 6/15/2007 12:17 AM |
How about these: Sal Maglie-------------------21
Harry (Suitcase) Simpson----36
Don Larsen-------------------18
Luis Arroyo-------------------47
Ryne Duren-------------------26 (not 20/20!!)
Gil McDougald----------------12
Andy Carey---------------------6
Clete Boyer (Two different numbers--name both) 34 & 6
Phil Linz (Also 2 different numbers--name both) 34 & 12
Al Downing--------------------------24
Enos Slaughter-----------------------17
Tony Kubek's ORIGINAL number------34
Bobby Richardson's ORIGINAL number---29 in 1957; 17 in 1955????
Marv Throneberry---------------------20 |
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| | | From: Marty-G | Sent: 6/15/2007 12:27 AM |
And while we're on the subject, what were the original numbers worn by these Yankees whose famous numbers are retired: Billy Martin-----------------12
Mickey Mantle---------------6
Yogi Berra-------------------35
Whitey Ford-----------------19
Joe DiMaggio---------------- 9
Don Mattingly---------------46 |
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| | | From: Marty-G | Sent: 6/17/2007 1:14 AM |
Now tell us, who wore #9 immediately before Roger Maris?
Hank Bauer
And how about these immortals. . . Eli Grba (2 numbers) 47, 18
Hal Reniff 18
Harry Bright 14
Joe DeMaestri 20
Elliott Maddox 27
Jack Reed 15, 27
Charlie Silvera 29
Jim Coates 39
Marshall Bridges 30 |
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