R.I.P. Horace Clarke (1939-2020) Longtime Yankees 2B

R.I.P. Horace Clarke (1939-2020) Longtime Yankees 2B Aug 7, 2020 6:23:31 GMT Rufus-T likes this

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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 7, 2020 6:23:31 GMT

Aug 7, 2020 0:07:47 GMT Rufus-T said:

He was kind of like Don Mattingly who was the bridge between two Yankees championship runs. Of course he was no as good as Mattingly, though I never saw him played. It is too bad that those bad Yankees years in the late 60s were known as the "Horace Clarke" years. He came up the same time as Roy White. If he had stayed around the Yankees a few years longer like Roy White did, he may get a taste of winning. Then, again, the Yankees may not have gotten Willie Randolph. RIP to a longtime Yankees.

The Horace Clarke Yankees fascinate me. The Yankees were the real Evil Empire from 1921 to 1964. Then the wheels fell off. The 1965-1975 teams had talent. Mel Stottlemyre, Roy White, Bobby Murcer, Fritz Petersen, Stan Bahnsen, Thurman Munson (1971). But they didn't have the superstar. No Ruth, no Gehrig, no DiMaggio, no Mantle. And the AL stopped being a pushover. No more automatic wins in Baltimore, Boston, Minnesota, Oakland. The couldn't get back to the top until Steinbrenner. These players signed as amateur free agents (before the draft) with the expectation of playing wiht the Yankees and many World Series.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23461873-when-the-yankees-were-on-the-fritz

Very entertaining book about the Horace Clarke Yanks