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To: treetopsandroofs

“If Thurman Munson had lived longer....”

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/mlbrank_top100catchers/ranking-top-10-catchers-ever

That’s likely why Munson didn’t make this top-ten list. I saw Bench play when he was a minor league player in my hometown in 1966.


133 posted on 06/06/2019 1:49:16 PM PDT by riverdawg
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To: riverdawg
Bench had lung surgery at age 25. He said he was never Johnny Bench after it, he felt his power really dropped off.
157 posted on 06/06/2019 2:49:38 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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