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Thurman Munson (R.I.P.)

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Thurman Munson's locker is tie to Yankees past, and the future
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By JOHN J. BURO
SPECIAL TO THE REPOSITORY

NEW YORK On the seventh floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel last week, baseball players spoke fondly of a man they never had a chance to meet. It wasn't much of a stretch.

It didn't matter that Craig Biggio, Melky Cabrera, Jamal Crawford and David Wright, guest honorees at the 28th annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner, were young boys or not even born when Munson died in a plane crash.

It was a clear day in August 1979 when something went horribly wrong at the Akron-Canton Airport. A Cessna piloted by Munson clipped some trees as he attempted to navigate the runway.

The jet burst into flames, and the New York Yankees captain was trapped inside. Two passengers survived. Munson did not.

The Canton native was just 32 at the time of his death.

Diana Munson, his childhood sweetheart, suddenly was a widow at 30. Her three children, none older than 9 at the time, would grow up without their father.

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Oddly enough, I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of Munson's death. I was 8 years old, visiting my aunt with the rest of my family. Sitting in the living room playing with Tinker Toys when the news about Munson was reported.
 
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Fans share in Munson's memories

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
More than 975 items, including the personal collections of Yankees greats Whitey Ford and the late Thurman Munson of Canton and Kent State, were sold during a two-day auction that ended Tuesday in New York as part of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game celebration.
Diana Munson, joined in New York by two of their three grown children, introduced her husband's collection. His memorabilia included more than 150 items, from his high school sports letters to the 1978 World Series captain's trophy, which sold for $207,000.
"It was just overwhelming," said Munson by phone from her New York hotel room.

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Thurmon Munson is a player that I have to say that I truly loved from a fans standpoint, and that being a young fan . In 1979 I was the catcher on my High School team, and tried to mirror myself after Munson. Be nasty, dirty if you have to be, but your ass ain't gett'in past me was the attitude. The Tribe sucked back then, so the Yankees drew a ton of attention to me, especially when Prima-Donna cubed (Reggie Jackson) went to New York. With all the crap going on between them, it was cool to always see Thurmon act with nothing but class. He was the kind of player that you had to love, if you loved the game of baseball.

I turned 17 years old on August 2, 1979. Celebrated the day by playing 36 holes of golf with friends, and sneaking in a few beers along the way. Didn't really pay too much attention to anything that day, until the 11:00pm news came on.

And in the words of Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

RIP Thurmon.
 
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