Chuck Tanner’s place in baseball history will forever be as the patriarch of the 1979 “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates, who overcame a 3-1 deficit in the World Series to upset Earl Weaver’s Baltimore Orioles. However, it doesn’t seem fair to boil down an over 50-year baseball career to just one moment. Tanner’s baseball journey […]
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Best Known for Managing 1979 Champs, Perseverance Is What Really Defined Chuck Tanner’s Long Baseball Career
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Minors, MLB, Yankees, tagged Chuck Tanner, Goose Gossage, Pittsburgh Pirates on February 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yankees’ Prospects Place High in Law, Mayo Rankings; Depth on Farm Bodes Well for Future
Posted in Baseball, Draft, Mets, Minors, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged Brian Cashman, Gary Sanchez, Jesus Montero on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Update: Minutes after this post was published, Law also released his top-100 prospect rankings. Angels’ outfield prospect Mike Trout topped the list, just ahead of 2010 draft wunderkind Bryce Harper and the Phillies’ Domonic Brown. As for the Yankees, Jesus Montero ranked highest on the list at number four. According to Law, Montero’s ability to […]