[re_nortex]

True that. I guess I was just referring to the players in my lifetime. My kids swear I am a thousand years old, but actually, I was born in 1958. The Iron Horse was certainly an exemplar, of class. Thanks for your reply !

Why you're just a youngster! :) So says me, the oldster well into my 70's.

I know you're a Mets fan and he wasn't a player with the Yankees, but skipper Joe Torre was a Republican. From afar here in Texas, I always liked him and thought he was a stand up guy. And who could forget Torre's embracing of President Bush after 9/11?

[jttpwalsh]

Oh heck, the last time I was called a youngster was when I went to visit my Mom, in the old folks home ;)

Joe Torre played third base for the Mets, my brother and I actually watched them blow a double header to the Expos at Shea (2nd game went into extra innings). The next day, the manager, Joe Frazier (different guy from the boxer) got canned, and Torre was hired as a player-coach. I refused to go back to Shea for five years, until they finally put a respectable team on the field (hello Claudell Washington).

That said, the Bush/Torre moment, for me, lives, for all time.

Thanks for your reply !