40 Years ago today

[stevenash]

Thurman Munson died in that tragic plane crash.

[Sam Odom]

He was a true Leader back when being a team Captain meant something

[PittsburghPlayer]

Baseball was great in the 70`s. Nice tribute thread.
little know fact
His brother Herman could hit a fastball a mile but never made it past AAA.
scratch that, that was a different family the Munsters I think

it was Roy Munson a bowler that lost his hand if memory serves me they were cousins, as documented in the movie Kingpin

[KiDBaZkiT]

Was probably sacrificed.

[JIBBBY]

I was 10 years old and I don't remember the baseball play.... ..

[clockwise1965]

I remember it well. Lou Pinella his teammate at the time was inconsolable.

[stevenash]

I remember it well. Lou Pinella his teammate at the time was inconsolable.

Bobby Murcer was a train wreck too.