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A Bridge Not Too Far

TheOldMole May 02 2010 05:02 PM

What former Met was in the battle for the bridge at Remagen?

Willets Point May 02 2010 05:16 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

Yogi Berra.

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2010 05:18 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

I know the answer. I mean answers.

Frayed Knot May 02 2010 06:01 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

I believe it's Warren Spahn.

TheOldMole May 02 2010 06:13 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

It is.

TheOldMole May 02 2010 06:13 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

There's more than one?

Kong76 May 02 2010 06:24 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

I thought this thread would be about a group that wants to rename the newly renamed Shea Bridge to the Ike Davis Bridge. There's a lot of groups out there that want stuff.

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2010 06:49 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

TheOldMole wrote: There's more than one? Lindsey Nelson was at Remagen Bridge during WWII. I'm not sure if he fought in the battle for the bridge.

Frayed Knot May 02 2010 08:01 PM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

The story about Spahn and his WWII stint was that he pitched briefly in 1942 before going into the service. That was his rookie year with the Boston Braves which was led by one Casey Stengel. Well Warren Spahn wasn't WARREN SPAHN yet that season and he certainly wasn't impressing Casey who, at one point, called him 'gutless' or something of that nature. That story - and the fact that Spahn not only served on the German front but won a Bronze Star for his efforts - became part of one of Casey's later routines where he mocked himself for calling a Bronze Star winner 'gutless'.

Willets Point May 03 2010 10:01 AM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

Spahn was my next guess. Spahn had the great line "I played for Casey before and after he was a genius."

MFS62 May 03 2010 10:02 AM Re: A Bridge Not Too Far

Willets Point wrote: Spahn was my next guess. Spahn had the great line "I played for Casey before and after he was a genius." My favorite Spahn line is: "The best pitch is strike one". Later