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Hall of Fame center fielder Duke Snider dies at 84
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 27, 2011 | BEN WALKER

Posted on 02/27/2011 12:39:30 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

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To: haroldeveryman
The most polarizing issue among kids growing up in New York in the 1950’s in New York City was who was the better center fielder, Duke Snider or Willie Mays.

"Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die."

21 posted on 02/27/2011 1:37:09 PM PST by Publius
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To: ken5050
It was Willie, Mickey, and the Duke, in THAT order.

RIP, Duke.

ML/NJ

22 posted on 02/27/2011 1:39:48 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Free ThinkerNY; monkapotamus

Yeah Duke is straight outta of Compton like NWA and William Sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8


23 posted on 02/27/2011 1:46:39 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Free ThinkerNY; monkapotamus

Yeah Duke is straight outta of Compton like NWA and William Sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8


24 posted on 02/27/2011 1:46:52 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

25 posted on 02/27/2011 1:46:53 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: ml/nj

Gawd, I know, I know..I’m mortified...a brain freeze..my only excuse..I did a half-marathon today..and I’m wiped out..sitting here tyrign to recover...


26 posted on 02/27/2011 1:58:54 PM PST by ken5050 (Admin Moderators rule!!!!)
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To: ken5050
Hit, Hit for power, Throw, Catch, Run.

Willie was the best of them at all five.

ML/NJ

27 posted on 02/27/2011 2:06:46 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In the 50’s Duke was a very good ballplayer. Mays was better and Mantle was the best.

Too bad you left Brooklyn, Duke. RIP


28 posted on 02/27/2011 2:10:06 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man
Too bad you left Brooklyn, Duke.

You kidding? Even in retirement he wasn't about to go back there...

29 posted on 02/27/2011 2:13:07 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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>>>>>>You kidding? Even in retirement he wasn't about to go back there...

LOL I'll ignore that remark. I grew up a few miles from Ebbets Field and my Dad was a Dodger fan. The Bums came very close to staying in Brooklyn. Which wasn't a bad place in the 50's, even through the 60's. Thanks to the strongarm tactics of Robert Moses, Walter O'Malley was stifled in his efforts to build a new stadium for the Dodgers. Next stop, California.

30 posted on 02/27/2011 2:24:05 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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31 posted on 02/27/2011 2:26:15 PM PST by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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32 posted on 02/27/2011 2:33:21 PM PST by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Live long enough, and you’re a footnote that almost nobody remembers.

But it beats the alternative.


33 posted on 02/27/2011 2:39:47 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Publius

I remember the catch well. I watched it live after school on my 12 inch Philco.


34 posted on 02/27/2011 3:33:05 PM PST by haroldeveryman
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To: stylecouncilor

And 64 years of marriage to boot. What a guy.

RIP Duke Snider.


35 posted on 02/27/2011 5:09:45 PM PST by onedoug (If)
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To: Boston Blackie; EveningStar

I am so sad.
But it does my heart good to see so many FReepers and thousands of fans across the nation love my all-time favorite Dodger too.
Duke, I mourn your passing...


36 posted on 02/28/2011 2:10:29 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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