Villages New York Yankee Club forming.
 

We have decided to have a New York Yankees specific club here in The Villages.

If you are a New York Yankee fan, come and join us!!!

The first meeting of the club will be held:

• Monday, January 23rd
• At 7P.M.
• In the Bridgeport Village Recreation Center.

The club will meet monthly on the 4th Monday of each month.

Villagers who New York Yankee fans are welcome.

Meetings will be centered around discussions of the teams, videos of greatest moments, reflections of memories, guest speakers, and other related activities.

Members will also be discussing trips to Spring Training games & to local pro teams when the Yankees are playing locally.

If interested in joining the club or for more information, call Len at 203-214-5536 , email TVYanksclub@gmail.com, or sign-up at the meeting.

Also, you can check out the Web Site currently being constructed at
http://yanksintv.yolasite.com/

I have been passing the word to everyone I run into wearing Yankee stuff

Will you watch redsox games at your meetings??

Certainly will...
 

Above all we are baseball fans..

Of course we probably watch the Bucky Dent and Aaron Boone games....

We will avoid watching the 2004 ACLS!!:sad:

I am interested but on the 23, I have plans other plans that cannot be cancelled. I'll catch up with you guys next month.

Let me know when there is a Brooklyn Dodger club.

There are some around...
 

There are a number of Brooklyn Dodger fans in TV....some attended the NY Sports Fan Club meetings(defunct) we had last year.

You should be able to start a club, there are enough fans here!

As for some of us, The TV Yankee Club is the wayto go!!!:laugh:

Great Meeting
 

I want to thank everyone who came out for our first meeting the other night!!!

Great meeting......Bus trip to Spring Training game filled up...Board positions nearly filled.

Thanks to all!!

Next meeting February 27th.
Bridgeport Rec. Center 7PM
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It was a very enjoyable meeting. I especially liked listening to folks tell stories about Joe DiMaggio's excellence in center field. I remember my Dad telling stories just like those.

You can take Joe D. I'll take The Mick.

I often wonder how much greater Mickey could have been had he not had those bad knees.

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Or if he hadn't drank so much the night before day games. It is ironic that it was Willie Mays who hit the ball that caused the injury to Mantle's knee. LOng Live #7

Tom, I am a huge Mickey Mantle fan and can fondly remember chasing batting practice home runs before the game in the old stadium and catching balls from Mantle and Maris. I remember meeting the Mick and marveling at the size of his neck! But Dimaggio struck out less in his whole career then Mick did in just 1958, 59 and 60. Granted, Mantle was the better home run hitter, but Joe had more rbi's even though he played almost 700 games less (that's more than 4 full seasons). And let's not forget the 56 game hitting streak. I guess we Yankee fans are blessed that we can debate the differences between two great ballplayers. One story told at the meeting was by a guy who said he never saw Joe start for a fly ball. No matter how he tried, Joe was already in motion whenever he looked.

I didn't know that !

I had watched an interview of Bobby Murcer by Michael Kay on Centerstage, where Murcer indicated that in his last 2 years, when he was playing first base, Mickey was the best athlete on the team BY FAR. That statement made an impression on me.

As far as the heavy drinking goes, Mickey didn't have longevity on his side, didn't think he'd live long, and didn't take care of his body. Both his father and grandfather were coal miners in Oklahoma, and didn't get past their forties.