Comments on: AUGUST 4, 1975: WHAT THE HELL WAS YOGI BERRA THINKING ?

By: One-Year Wonders « Faith and Fear in Flushing

One-Year Wonders « Faith and Fear in Flushing — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:23:20 +0000

[...] by any pitcher who spent no more than a single year in the majors. Tate, also a righthander — and nearly the first Met to throw a no-hitter — was the fourth starter behind three pretty fair arms in 1975: Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack and Jerry [...]

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By: shea80

shea80 — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:16:12 +0000

I was at Shea for that game, and remember it was foggy and dreary that night. Tate was dominant and struck out something like 10 Expos Was pretty bummed when Lyttle (a former Yankee) got the hit and Jorgy hit the homer. 35 years later and still waiting to see a Met throw a no-hitter.

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By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:55:40 +0000

Those "Yearbook" shows are great. I thought I had seen them all, and then they showed 1966 last night. I was only 2, so it was interesting to see a few things. First, Cleon in right and Swoboda in left. I did not know those guys ever played those positions. I remember Randy Tate and Hank Webb being phenom projections. Made me think of David West, the pitching phenom of the late 1980's. Oh well, guess that one did not work out, either. But, it is almost time for baseball and THANK GOD FOR THAT!

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By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:19:00 +0000

Yogi was probably thinking that Tug McGraw was stinking up the joint in 1974 just as he did for the first five months of 1973. As far as Jon Matlack pitching on three days rest, he pitched game 4 on three days rest and in 8 innings gave up three hits and one unearned run. Of course an idiot like M Donald Grant thought that Roy McMillan had the quiet, determined leadership of Gil Hodges, all McMillan had was the quiet. But on the other hand, Yogi was a strange choice to be manager. They passed over him twice before to hire Westrum and Hodges. But then they hired him in 1972, passing over Whitey Herzog (who earlier had been passed over to hire Scheffing as GM).

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:16:53 +0000

I have had enough of Randy Tate! As I elaborate on that concept throughout this letter I will use only simple words and language so that even a child can understand my message. Yes, even a child should know that Randy Tate talks a lot about parasitism and how wonderful it is. However, he’s never actually defined what it means. How can he argue for something he’s never defined? There aren’t enough hours in the day to fully answer that question, but consider this: I know some ghastly spoiled brats who actually believe that Randy Tate’s smears are Holy Writ. Incredible? Those same people have told me that women are crazed Pavlovian sex-dogs who will salivate at any object even remotely phallic in shape. With such people roaming about, it should come as no surprise to you that I pledge—in my daily life, in my family, my work, my community, my country, and my region—to challenge Randy Tate to defend his long-term goals or else to change them. Let me try to explain what I mean by that in a single sentence: Randy Tate says that I and others who think he’s a hideous mob boss are secretly using etheric attachment cords to drain people’s karmic energy. You know, he can lie as much as he wants but he can’t change the facts. If he could, he’d indisputably prevent anyone from hearing that if you want truth, you have to struggle for it. This letter represents my struggle, my attempt at commenting on Randy Tate’s positions. It is also my soapbox for informing the community at large that it has long been obvious to attentive observers that there’s something severely wrong with this picture. But did you know that his calumnies are precisely the kind of thing that will prey on people’s fear of political and economic instability quicker than you can double-check the spelling of “stereophotogrammetry”? He doesn’t want you to know that because he needs to stop living in denial. He needs to wake up and realize that it doesn’t do us much good to become angry and wave our arms and shout about the evils of his solutions in general terms. If we want other people to agree with us and join forces with us, then we must tell it like it is. Whenever Randy Tate’s apparatchiks say that newspapers should report only on items he agrees with, their noses grow by a few centimeters. And that’s why I say to you: Have courage. Be honest. And prevent the Randy Tate-induced catastrophe I foresee and save our nation from its time of deepest humiliation and disgrace. That’s the patriotic thing to do, and that’s the right thing to do.

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By: G-Fafif

G-Fafif — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:16:07 +0000

Swear to Gosger, I remember Murph on the radio finally letting the cat out of the bag that a no-hitter was in progress in the eighth. Seems like Lyttle ended it about a minute later.

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