Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Jim Northrup: 1939 - 2011


"I was born to play baseball."

"They've got about as much respect for you as an alligator has for a deer in the middle of a swamp." - On fans at Yankee Stadium

RIP

2 comments:

Don said...

I missed that the Silver Fox passed away. What a wonderful season he had in 68 with all the grand slams, and that triple over Flood's head in the series to win game 7.

Contrary Guy said...

He hit grand slams in consecutive at bats that year. Would've liked to have been at that game.