[Alberta's Child]

He may have gotten more recognition if he had retired earlier. He had an odd career ... almost like two different careers. In his first ten years he put up some really impressive numbers -- especially when you consider that pitching was dominant at that time.

In his last 13 years I think he only hit .300 once, and was little more than a decent hitter who split his time between a number of different positions and played a lot of games as the DH in a Boston lineup with one of the best groups of outfielders of any era (Jim Rice, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans).

[SamAdams76]

I agree that Yastrzemski should have retired earlier. My main memory of him is when he made the final out in the 1978 tie-breaker playoff game with the NY Yankees with a weak in-field pop up.