Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

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Post by batmagadanleadoff » Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:08 pm

Harrelson was a dais speaker at the Mets 50th anniversary symposium held at Hofstra University, where he shared this terrific comeback line: he would constantly get ribbed about his light hitting, almost non-existent HR power from well-meaning and maybe some not-so well-meaning fans - he hit just seven HR's in a 16 year career -- less than one HR every two years. And he would respond: "How many HR's did you hit in the majors?"
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by MFS62 » Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:14 pm

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:08 pm he hit just seven HR's in a 16 year career -- less than one HR every two years. And he would respond: "How many HR's did you hit in the majors?"
His Baseball Digest Rookie Report said he had "Good Power for a shortstop". I still chuckle at that and remember to take all scouting reports with a grain of salt.
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by G-Fafif » Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:21 pm

I watched Buddy offer his WS ring for trying on while he signed copies of his book at Hofstra. Three different women came up to me during the course of the conference and squealed with delight at slipping the bling onto their respective fingers as if he had done it just for them. The man knew his public.
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by G-Fafif » Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:19 pm

Hope for the best. Expect the Mets.
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by Frayed Knot » Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:18 pm

WFUV's Don McGee closed his 1/13 show with Barbra Streisand singing 'My Buddy' and with a recording of the 1969 NYM chorus's
recording of 'The Green Grass of Shea'.
Don is also enough of a NYM fan to remember Murph calling out Darrel McKinley Harrison
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:15 am

So will the Mets wear a death patch in honor of Mets Hall of Famer Bud Harrelson this season?
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Re: Buddy Harrelson - 1944 -2024

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:18 am

The news of the D-Day commemorations serves as a reminder that today would have been Bud's 80th birthday.
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