OT: RIP Mel Stottlemyre.

[Madmannsucks]

Ex-Yanks pitcher, coach Stottlemyre dies at 77

 

[polycom]

wow RIP.

 

[Madmannsucks]

My formative years in baseball were the 60's and 70's. Mel played for the Yankees during their rebuild from M and M to the 70's when the regained prominence. Pretty good hitter for a pitcher too.

 

[storrsroars]

RIP Mel. You were pretty good. Just picked the wrong era to be a Yankee.

 

[willie99]

Played craps with Mel at the Mohegan Sun maybe 15 years ago now.

He played $5 a bet, with $ 10 odds, and never one penny more. He was very friendly

RIP Mel, a Yankee legend

 

[Edward Sargent]

Ex-Yanks pitcher, coach Stottlemyre dies at 77

Not a bad run while battling multiple myeloma for 20 years. I actually thought he had passed several years ago. One of my favorite Yankees. RIP

 

[Stinger92860]

That sucks

 

[mauconnfan]

Sucks #30 RIP Mel Yankee great pitcher but really great guy. Tough finish but what a battler.

 

[gtcam]

Not a Yanks fan but I always liked Mel and Joe Pepitone as a kid
RIP Mel

 

[wheelerdog]

Ex-Yanks pitcher, coach Stottlemyre dies at 77

My first MLB game was at the old Yankee stadium. Stottlemyre went deep twice against the Red Sox.

RIP

 

[superjohn]

Everyone loved Mel Stottlemyre.

 

[jibsey]

Just a great pitcher and doing so on some terrible Yankee teams for the best part of his career.

 

[Hankster]

I saw Mel pitch his first game at the stadium. Me and dad. Without Googling, hopefully I am correct or close, I remember him winning the game against the White Sox. 9-6 I believe or 9-3. Anyway, he also got a base hit, and Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in Yankee Stadium. Over 500 feet dead center. Maris also chipped in with long ball. We sat third row between home plate and Yankee dugout. How my dad got those tickets is beyond me.

 

[storrsroars]

We sat third row between home plate and Yankee dugout. How my dad got those tickets is beyond me.

Back then, there were always plenty of seats available. If you could afford them, you got them. Old Yankee Stadium sat 67K, yet 1964 attendance (for a WS-bound team) was only ~1.3 million (16K/game). Last place Mets outdrew them by 400K.

 

[Hankster]

Back then, there were always plenty of seats available. If you could afford them, you got them. Old Yankee Stadium sat 67K, yet 1964 attendance (for a WS-bound team) was only ~1.3 million (16K/game). Last place Mets outdrew them by 400K.

Great info. I am exiled in Hershey. What a coincidence.