Who was the lead-off batter in the first two games of the 1951 World Series for the Yankees?


In that series, against the Giants, won by the Yankees 6-4, Eddie Lopat pitched and won two complete games and gave up one earned run. Remember that Ford was in the service at the time.

Phil Rizutto?

Here's one for you..

What Yankee pitcher hold the best win percentage in World Series History??

It's almost a trick question...or at least a player you would NEVER think of!!

Mickey Mantle was the lead-off hitter. He got hurt in game 2 when he caught his spiikes in an outfield drain.

Is it Babe Ruth?

I ALMOST guessed Mick, figuring he was lighter, lightning fast on the bases , could easily steal second if he got on, and would add fire to the lineup, especially as a relatively unknown hitter.

The Babe is the correct answer, althought I probably should have written "Relief Pitcher", which would have been more accurate, I believe.

That record still holds, right?

You went to Monroe right?

Did you know Ed Kranepool (Monroe, '63)?

We played ball together, also on the Eastchester BB Club. Man, could he WHACK a ball!

My other friend, Harvey Kamitzer, from Monroe wound up being the batboy for the Mets when they first started, and of course, I used to get pretty good seats for games!

Joe Consagra was the baseball coach, and had some pretty good connections.

Monroe had some pretty good baseball teams back then, ususally facing Curtis in the city championships.

I didn't go to Monroe. Would have gone there or Music and Art but we moved to LI. I graduated HS in 1960.

Steve Ray was the baseball coach when I went to Monroe (graduated in 1957). He was also a pro scout, forgot which team. Steve's face was the proverbial map of Ireland. Someone taught him to say something in Yiddish which roughly translated meant, don't talk, a gentile is passing by. He would say this to the little old Jewish ladies who would sit on the benches outside the fences at Monroe and they would always look at him with amazement. He was a really good guy and good coach.

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Originally posted by flatfoot:
Steve Ray was the baseball coach when I went to Monroe (graduated in 1957). He was also a pro scout, forgot which team. Steve's face was the proverbial map of Ireland. Someone taught him to say something in Yiddish which roughly translated meant, don't talk, a gentile is passing by. He would say this to the little old Jewish ladies who would sit on the benches outside the fences at Monroe and they would always look at him with amazement. He was a really good guy and good coach.

You are absolutely correct and I stand corrected. Steve Ray WAS the coach of the baseball team. I remember that he had a VERY red face, really big (to me anyway)and yes, he was a great guy. I remember his smile. Kranepool and I played together there and Eastchester, and I remember the Mets scouts and a few other teams coming around to Monroe. Eddie creamed a few over the fence (no easy task) and he was a Met in '63, signed before even graduating, if I recall correctly.

I started in JHS 123 in 56-57, graduated Monroe in '64.

I wonder whether you know any guys from Evergreen about your age: Dave Heller (my brother), Arnie Bockar, Joey Greco, Ross Moskowitz, Ronnie Margolies, Shelly Malovany.

I may have mentioned to you that my dad owned Monroe Billiards (the one on Westchester, between Evergreen and Wheeler) not Stratford Pool.