Comments on: Card Corner: Matt Nokes http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: RustyJohn74 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94621 RustyJohn74 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:52:38 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94621 Hank- funny you mentioned those two Nokes memories because those were my two favorite (come to think of it, only) memories. I loved the Clemens HBP- I think the game was aired on ESPN and when I saw him get hit, I thought, "Hmmm, that's weird. Where'd the ball go- then I saw Nokes wheel and throw it back at Clemens (who I hated as a Yankee too) and I went nuts. He continued to jaw with Clemens while on first. Oh, a great memory from those horrible Yankee years...up there with Mel Hall hitting a game winning homer off of Reardon on Memorial Day. Hank- funny you mentioned those two Nokes memories because those were my two favorite (come to think of it, only) memories. I loved the Clemens HBP- I think the game was aired on ESPN and when I saw him get hit, I thought, “Hmmm, that’s weird. Where’d the ball go- then I saw Nokes wheel and throw it back at Clemens (who I hated as a Yankee too) and I went nuts. He continued to jaw with Clemens while on first. Oh, a great memory from those horrible Yankee years…up there with Mel Hall hitting a game winning homer off of Reardon on Memorial Day.

]]> By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94620 OldYanksFan Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:39:18 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94620 [4] Well... that explains why JD was insisting on a 2 year contract. [4] Well… that explains why JD was insisting on a 2 year contract.

]]> By: Rob Abruzzese http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94619 Rob Abruzzese Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:09:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94619 When I was "little Rob" I used to be such a huge Matt Nokes fan. I would say that along with Don Mattingly he was my favorite player. http://www.bronxbaseballdaily.com When I was “little Rob” I used to be such a huge Matt Nokes fan. I would say that along with Don Mattingly he was my favorite player.

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]]> By: Hank Waddles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94618 Hank Waddles Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:43 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94618 The English teacher in me demands that I correct myself. It should've been "my buddy and me" who were cheering wildly, not "my buddy and I." There, now I feel better. The English teacher in me demands that I correct myself. It should’ve been “my buddy and me” who were cheering wildly, not “my buddy and I.” There, now I feel better.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94617 RagingTartabull Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:29 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94617 Johnny just said that part of the reason he wanted to come back to the Yankees was that "it would be cool to be there to see Jeter be the first Yankee to get 3,000" theres a good chance thats BS, but I thought it was nice/classy of him to say Johnny just said that part of the reason he wanted to come back to the Yankees was that “it would be cool to be there to see Jeter be the first Yankee to get 3,000″

theres a good chance thats BS, but I thought it was nice/classy of him to say

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94616 RagingTartabull Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:28:54 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94616 one of my favorites as a young'n...I didn't know any better Damon on Francesa right now one of my favorites as a young’n…I didn’t know any better

Damon on Francesa right now

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94615 Jon DeRosa Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:24:04 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94615 Matt Nokes confused a lot of baseball card collectors in 1987. I remember having a whole page of his rookie card. Funny, I still think fondly of all those guys like Nokes and Seitzer and Joyner who burned brightly and early. Matt Nokes confused a lot of baseball card collectors in 1987. I remember having a whole page of his rookie card. Funny, I still think fondly of all those guys like Nokes and Seitzer and Joyner who burned brightly and early.

]]> By: Hank Waddles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/card-corner-matt-nokes/#comment-94614 Hank Waddles Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:11:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28482#comment-94614 Ah, Matt Nokes. I have two strong memories of him. The first, and this may or may not be in chronological order, was during a game against the Red Sox with Roger Clemens on the mound for Boston. Clemens plunked Nokes in the ribs, but somehow Nokes was able to "catch" the ball as it wedged between his arm and torso. Without skipping a beat, he turned and fired the ball right back at Rocket. I, of course, hated Clemens at that time, so I found myself jumping off the couch in approval. I witnessed the second moment in person at the Oakland Coliseum in the spring of 1991 (or maybe the fall of 1990?). Nokes was behind the plate that afternoon, and Rickey Henderson was approaching history, tied with Lou Brock at 938 steals. Henderson got on board early, and the stadium was absolute bedlam (remember, this was when the A's were one of the best teams in baseball and people actually cared about them in the Bay Area) as Rickey took his lead off first. The crowd only grew louder as he took off for second base and what would surely be the record setting steal -- except that Nokes actually threw him out. Stunned silence, except for my buddy and I who were cheering wildly in the bleachers, and down on the field Nokes celebrated as if he had ended the game. Henderson got his record later on that day with a steal of third, but Matty Nokes won my heart. Those were dark days to be a Yankee fan, so you had to take what you could get. Ah, Matt Nokes. I have two strong memories of him. The first, and this may or may not be in chronological order, was during a game against the Red Sox with Roger Clemens on the mound for Boston. Clemens plunked Nokes in the ribs, but somehow Nokes was able to “catch” the ball as it wedged between his arm and torso. Without skipping a beat, he turned and fired the ball right back at Rocket. I, of course, hated Clemens at that time, so I found myself jumping off the couch in approval.

I witnessed the second moment in person at the Oakland Coliseum in the spring of 1991 (or maybe the fall of 1990?). Nokes was behind the plate that afternoon, and Rickey Henderson was approaching history, tied with Lou Brock at 938 steals. Henderson got on board early, and the stadium was absolute bedlam (remember, this was when the A’s were one of the best teams in baseball and people actually cared about them in the Bay Area) as Rickey took his lead off first. The crowd only grew louder as he took off for second base and what would surely be the record setting steal — except that Nokes actually threw him out. Stunned silence, except for my buddy and I who were cheering wildly in the bleachers, and down on the field Nokes celebrated as if he had ended the game. Henderson got his record later on that day with a steal of third, but Matty Nokes won my heart. Those were dark days to be a Yankee fan, so you had to take what you could get.

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