[beyond the sea]

I played against Thurmon Munson. He was a great guy. I actually saw him hit a homerun (straight away center) with a broken thumb on his right hand.

One helluva player.

[JRios1968]

I didn't like the Yankees back then, and I was very young, but I recall when Thurman Munson died. Even then I knew the guy was an old-fashioned nose-to-the-grindstone kind of player.

[S.S. Monkeyface]

You played against Thurman? When?

Thurman is one of my all-time favorites.

I was at Yankee Stadium in July of that year and a friend and I decided we wanted to go to one more game that season. We pulled out the schedule and picked August 3. (August 2 was an off day.) It turned out to be the memorial game. Boy, what an occasion.

When Thurman's picture came on the scoreboard, there was such a long, loud ovation that I thought the Stadium would fall down. Seriously.

The only other time I thought it migh tcome down was Mickey Mantle Day.