Comments on: The Real Deal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 03:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mattpat11 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162341 Mattpat11 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:27:32 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162341 That certainly looks like its worth a look. I'm too young to have seen Roy play, but he always comes off great when being interviewed on TV That certainly looks like its worth a look. I’m too young to have seen Roy play, but he always comes off great when being interviewed on TV

]]> By: lordbyron http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162340 lordbyron Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:27:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162340 Alex - nice post as IMO, Roy was vastly underrated and deserves more recognition for his accomplishments. Above all, he was a class act and did the Pinstripes justice with both his play and demeanor. Alex – nice post as IMO, Roy was vastly underrated and deserves more recognition for his accomplishments. Above all, he was a class act and
did the Pinstripes justice with both his play and demeanor.

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162339 PJ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162339 [10] If that were so MichiganYankee (if it were Rivers), the title would have been "Then Mickey Said to Roy, and Roy Said, 'Huh?'" Heh heh... [10] If that were so MichiganYankee (if it were Rivers), the title would have been “Then Mickey Said to Roy, and Roy Said, ‘Huh?’”

Heh heh…

]]> By: MichiganYankee http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162338 MichiganYankee Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:48 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162338 Before I saw the cover, I thought that Mickey was Rivers. The two of them both had something to do with Dent's "magic bat" in 1978. Before I saw the cover, I thought that Mickey was Rivers. The two of them both had something to do with Dent’s “magic bat” in 1978.

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162337 PJ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:50:59 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162337 Loves me some Roy White! He "bridged the gap" from the Mantle era to the Bronx Zoo era <i>more</i> than adequately. In fact, Oscar Gamble and Roy's batting stances more closely resembled Mantle's than anyone before or since. I took my wife to Yogi's Museum during our NYC trip in '06. I told her we should have a son just so we could send him there to play in that great facility! ;) Loves me some Roy White! He “bridged the gap” from the Mantle era to the Bronx Zoo era more than adequately. In fact, Oscar Gamble and Roy’s batting stances more closely resembled Mantle’s than anyone before or since.

I took my wife to Yogi’s Museum during our NYC trip in ’06. I told her we should have a son just so we could send him there to play in that great facility!
;)

]]> By: jkay http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162336 jkay Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:08:10 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162336 From Neil Best/Newsday… http://tinyurl.com/crrksy Roy White’s new book, “Then Roy Said to Mickey . . . ” (written with Darrell Berger) focuses in part on the Yankees’ 1965-75 drought, which he experienced firsthand. From Neil Best/Newsday…

http://tinyurl.com/crrksy

Roy White’s new book, “Then Roy Said to Mickey . . . ” (written with Darrell Berger) focuses in part on the Yankees’ 1965-75 drought, which he experienced firsthand.

]]> By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162335 OldYanksFan Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:59:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162335 [6] Well put. Roy was one of my favorites. Because Bobby and Thurman were better players, it was hard, as a kid, not to like them better. But Roy was a rock, really the backbone of some pretty bad teams. I don't think there was anyone who didn't both like and respect Roy. I believe, at the time, Roy set the record for consecutive games in LF without an error. The Yankees should really do more with, and for, Roy White. [6] Well put. Roy was one of my favorites. Because Bobby and Thurman were better players, it was hard, as a kid, not to like them better. But Roy was a rock, really the backbone of some pretty bad teams. I don’t think there was anyone who didn’t both like and respect Roy.

I believe, at the time, Roy set the record for consecutive games in LF without an error.

The Yankees should really do more with, and for, Roy White.

]]> By: monkeypants http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162334 monkeypants Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:19:01 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162334 He's really one of the last of the generation of players who are very good (but not great), with long careers, all playing for the same team. Had he played a bit longer in the free agency era, I suspect that he would have ended up on several teams. As a kid I remember that he was such a steady fixture with the team. He’s really one of the last of the generation of players who are very good (but not great), with long careers, all playing for the same team. Had he played a bit longer in the free agency era, I suspect that he would have ended up on several teams. As a kid I remember that he was such a steady fixture with the team.

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162333 Diane Firstman Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:15:45 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162333 Roy is still doing good work http://www.roywhitefoundation.org/roy_white/index.php Roy is still doing good work
http://www.roywhitefoundation.org/roy_white/index.php

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162332 Diane Firstman Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:13:42 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162332 Heck, if not a Yankeeography .... can we track him down for a "CenterStage"? Heck, if not a Yankeeography …. can we track him down for a “CenterStage”?

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162331 Alex Belth Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:08:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162331 He's the ultimate classy, quiet professional Yankee stereotype. But in his case, as with Willie Randolph, it's true, it's true! He’s the ultimate classy, quiet professional Yankee stereotype. But in his case, as with Willie Randolph, it’s true, it’s true!

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162330 Diane Firstman Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:03:04 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162330 Roy White ... a classy Yankee on some very mediocre Yankee teams. Roy White … a classy Yankee on some very mediocre Yankee teams.

]]> By: Joel http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/23/the-real-deal/#comment-162329 Joel Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:56:40 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18018#comment-162329 I can hear the Scooter saying, "Fly ball left field, that'll be a can of corn for Roy White..." I can hear the Scooter saying, “Fly ball left field, that’ll be a can of corn for Roy White…”

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