Saturday, December 24, 2016

Stottlemyre Ill

Best wishes go out to Mel Stottlemyre this Christmas.

Former New York Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre is in the hospital “fighting for his life,” according to his son Todd in a Facebook post Friday.

Mel Stottlemyre started the first game I ever attended, a game at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox in September of 1969. I don’t remember much of the game, although the Yankees won in a walk-off win. I do remember Stottlemyre, who was a pretty good hitter for a pitcher, hitting a triple and being driven in by Horace Clarke. I was also excited to see Thurman Munson start the game, as he was a September call up. Munson wound up with the game winning hit in the game.



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