Yankee alphabetics

[soberdennis]

They did this in the Dodger thread. Let's see the Yanks. Starting with A and going through the alphabet, skipping u,q, and x.see how many past or present Yankees you can name. First or last name is ok.
I'll start with Andy Petitte.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

B stands for Billy Martin.

[SoxSon]

C is for Cedric Durst. ;)

[soberdennis]

Earle Combs the first great Yankee CF.

[KCGHOST]

Q = Queenie O'Rourke
U = Urban Shocker
X = Xavier Hernandez

[Francoeurstein]

Derek Jeter

[Mattingly]

Joltin' Joe DiMaggio (aka, Mr Coffee)

[mikesty]

Ryne [B]Duren

[Jojo1691]

Bill Dickey

[brooklyndodger14]

John Ellis "Big Thunder", Munson's understudy '71-72

[MetsFan11368]

How about the unforgettable Ray Fontenot?

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

G is for Iron Horse Lou Gehrig.

[soberdennis]

We should be going one letter at a time. Once a player has been named, we go to the next letter. Once we go to z, we start all over.
H is for the Major-Ralph Houk.

[Alibi Ike]

Hideki Irabu

[JohnGelnarFan]

J

Alex Johnson

[Yankee Legend]

Kyle Fransworth

[Yankee Legend]

Tony Lazzeri

[Yankee Legend]

Mickey Mantle

[JohnGelnarFan]

N

Jerry Narron

[brooklyndodger14]

Oscar Gamble

Dennis
BrooklynDodger14

[ncsouthpaw]

Paul O'Neil

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

R is for the Sandman. Our number 42

[Yankee Legend]

Alfonso Soriano

[Yankee Legend]

Thurman Munson

[SoxSon]

Tom Underwood

[Mattingly]

Otto Velez



cheat sheet (http://ultimateyankees.com/AllTimeRoster.htm)

[Francoeurstein]

David Wells

[ncsouthpaw]

Xavier Hernandez

[ncsouthpaw]

Ed Yarnall

[ncsouthpaw]

Don Zimmer


sorry had to keep going until I got to Zim

[MetsFan11368]

Aaron Boone. Author of the most exciting home run I've ever seen. :D

[ShakeNBake]

Robinson Cano

Future of the Yankees

[slaytanicsdmf]

Don Mattingly.

Too bad he never got a ring

[soberdennis]

Eddie Lopat He got people out with Junk.

[Alibi Ike]

Whitey Ford

[brooklyndodger14]

Goose GossaGe

[soberdennis]

Catfish Hunter

[Alibi Ike]

Irv Noren


played during the 50s*


*(unnecessary tidbit brought to you by the 10 character minimum required to submit a post)

[ShakeNBake]

Jason Giambi

gonna hit 50+ homers this year

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

K is for Jim Kaat.

[soberdennis]

Willie Keeler-He hit em where they aint

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Hey Soberdennis. We were posting at the same time... :laugh

[soberdennis]

Lee Mazzilli

[JohnGelnarFan]

M

Vic Mata

[soberdennis]

War time Batting Champ Nick Etten

[ShakeNBake]

Paul O'Neil

[brooklyndodger14]

Nick Etten

[mikesty]

Jorge Posada

[slaytanicsdmf]

Paul Quantrill

[Mr. Met]

Roger Repoz

[soberdennis]

1968 ROY Stan Bahnsen

[ShakeNBake]

Tino Martinez

[soberdennis]

U is skipped even though we did have Urban Shocker.
Vic Raschi

[Outta Here]

W is for Tony Womack

[Alibi Ike]

Yogi Berra

[Alibi Ike]

Paul Zuvella

[brooklyndodger14]

Alvaro Espinosa

[Mr. Met]

Bobby Murcer

[Alibi Ike]

Dave Collins

[Mr. Met]

Brian Doyle :)

[soberdennis]

Everett Scott

[Alibi Ike]

Tony Fernandez

[soberdennis]

Vernon "Lefty" Gomez-Goofy never lost a WS game.

[Alibi Ike]

Ron Hassey

[ShakeNBake]

Hideki Irabu!!

[JohnGelnarFan]

J

Jerry Kenney

[mikesty]

Kevin Brown !!!

[soberdennis]

Lou Pinella

[jim o'c]

Mariano Rivera

[JohnGelnarFan]

N

Ernie Nevel

[Atlanta Braves Freak]

Paul O'Neill

[Mr. Met]

Joe Pepitone

[ShakeNBake]

paul quantrill

[soberdennis]

I put George H. Ruth on the REd Sox thread for this. I'm sure that went well with them. Typical Yankee fan huh.
If he has already been used here, I'll say Red Rolfe.

[Mr. Met]

"Sudden" Sam McDowell

[Outta Here]

Tino Martinez

[JohnGelnarFan]

V

Frank Verdi (1953-1 game)

[soberdennis]

The first of a long line lf good relievers-Wilcy Moore

[rustyray]

Y Ed Yarnall

[brooklyndodger14]

Z



George Zeber

[Outta Here]

A is for Aaron Boone :grouchy :laugh

[brooklyndodger14]

B


Bill Burbach

[MetsFan11368]

]A is for Aaron Boone :grouchy :laugh

[/QUOTE]

I'm eternally grateful to him, he made me $mile in 2003. ;)

Ken Clay

[brooklyndodger14]

D

Dick Schofield

[CanadianKid]

Enos Slaughter

[CanadianKid]

Enos Slaughter

[brooklyndodger14]

F

Fred Beene

[soberdennis]

Gil McDougald

[CanadianKid]

Andy Hawkins, no hitter in 1990.

[1961]

I didn't pick up on this thread in the right order. Sorry!

[brooklyndodger14]

J

Jim Ray Hart

[Yankee Legend]

Willie Keeler

[soberdennis]

Phil Linz Why do I have to remember the 60's

[CanadianKid]

Melky Cabrera

[soberdennis]

How did we ever forget our vacuum cleaner-Greg Nettles

[CanadianKid]

Octavio Dotel

[soberdennis]

Another steal from the Sox-Herb Pennock

[soberdennis]

How soon do we forget-Reginald Martinez Jackson-with an ego that matches his power.

[Yankee Legend]

Gary Sheffield

[CanadianKid]

Tanyon Strutze

[soberdennis]

Bill Virdon-tough luck manager in 75.

[jgangstahippie]

W
Wally Pipp

[soberdennis]

Joe Yeager from 1905

[Mattingly]

Being moved to the "Between Innings" forum, with the thread starter's approval.

[Yankwood]

Paul Zuvella

[soberdennis]

Andy Carey.

[ChasRR15]

Babe Dahlgren

[soberdennis]

`Charles Dillon Stengel-Did anyone understand what he was saying.

[soberdennis]

Bucky Dent-his middle name is fanatastic