Anyone been watching 'The Bronx is Burning'?

On now, gonna check it out....any reviews?

So far so good. They were my team then.

Pop rocks and Reggie! bars!

Dubpoet said:

Pop rocks and Reggie! bars!

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Remember the Reggie bar well, round bar in an orange wrapper...not bad, similar to a Bay Ruth...those were the days!

Man, the resemblance of Martin and Jackson is poretty damn close....I was watching that game of the week when him and Martin went at it.

Pretty good. This is what happened so it is based on reality and the actors are pretty good especially Billy Martin aka turturro (Mickey Rivers actor is good too if you know Mickey)

and there's Munson!

Worth the watch as they will re run it. The new one at ten I may miss for Mad men on amc.

worth watching, Turturro acts circles around everyone else. I was a huge Yankee fan as a kid and Munson was/is my favorite player. Pretty interesting and from what I understand fairly accurate.

I still remember the day Munson died too, the Orioles were scheduled in NY for a mid week game, it was called off, the following night the Orioles won 1-0 before a packed house .

very good , I saw the first episode ... Turtoro is a great Martin , and Platt plays the Boss to a Tee ... Who is the guy that plays Reggie , he looks familar ?

What I remember best about then in Rye, a Nyc suburb, was that I found sports myself. My dad was an intellectual and we did not even have a tv till 78. I lived in Japan till 75. I was pampered and finally enjoyed sports with the Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys. I found my passion despite the odds. My Dad even wasted my young time taking me to Ballet and Opera. WTF! He is hard core and reads like a mtf with Magna Cum whatever from Harvard and Harvard Law.

I will probably wait until ESPN classic does a bronx is burning marathon and show all 8 episodes in a row after the series is over and tape it then and watch at my convience

Journeyman said:

I still remember the day Munson died too, the Orioles were scheduled in NY for a mid week game, it was called off, the following night the Orioles won 1-0 before a packed house .

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same here, I was 6 at the time and my sister's birthday was the following day. I think it was like a Weds or Thurs and I refused to go to her birthday party that weekend. I remember the Monday night game when they came back in the bottom of the 9th. Murcer, who was apparently his best friend on the team, got the game winning hit and had a monster game. If I remember correctly they were in Ohio for his funeral earlier in the day.

the day after

<TABLE class=boxed width=410><TBODY><TR><TH class=header colSpan=2>Baseball Almanac Box Scores Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Yankees 0
</TH></TR><TR><TH class=banner colSpan=2>Game played on Friday, August 3, 1979 at Yankee Stadium</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 2px" width="50%"><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TH class=datacolC noWrap>Baltimore Orioles</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>ab</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> r</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> h</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>rbi</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Bumbry cf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Belanger ss</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Singleton rf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Murray 1b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Lowenstein lf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>DeCinces 3b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Kelly dh</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Dauer 2b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Dempsey c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>McGregor p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Martinez p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TD noWrap align=middle>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>29</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>1</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>2</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>1</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class=datacol style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 2px" width="50%"><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TH class=datacolC noWrap>New York Yankees</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>ab</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> r</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> h</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>rbi</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Randolph 2b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Brown cf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Jackson rf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Piniella lf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Nettles 3b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>White dh</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Spencer 1b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Narron c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Gamble ph</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Gulden c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Dent ss</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Tiant p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Gossage p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TD noWrap align=middle>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>32</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>0</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>6</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol colSpan=2><TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=datacol>Baltimore</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>1</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>–</TD><TD class=datacol>1</TD><TD class=datacol>2</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>New York</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>–</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>6</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=7 height=10></TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TH align=left width="50%"> Baltimore Orioles</TH><TH>IP</TH><TH width="8%">H</TH><TH width="8%">R</TH><TH width="8%">ER</TH><TH width="8%">BB</TH><TH width="8%">SO</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>McGregor W (7-3)</TD><TD class=datacolR>8.0</TD><TD class=datacolR>6</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>6</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol> Martinez SV (2)</TD><TD class=datacolR>1.0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>9.0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>6
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>1
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>7
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=7 height=10></TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TH align=left width="50%"> New York Yankees</TH><TH>IP</TH><TH>H</TH><TH>R</TH><TH>ER</TH><TH>BB</TH><TH>SO</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Tiant L (7-6)</TD><TD class=datacolR>8.0</TD><TD class=datacolR>2</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>4</TD><TD class=datacolR>3</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol> Gossage </TD><TD class=datacolR>1.0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>9.0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>2
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>1
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>1
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>4
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>3
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol colSpan=7><HR> E–None. DP–Baltimore 1. 2B–New York Spencer (11,off McGregor). HR–Baltimore Lowenstein (11,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out). SB–DeCinces (4,2nd base off Tiant/Narron); Belanger (5,2nd base off Tiant/Narron); Brown (2,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey). CS–Piniella (1,2nd base by T Martinez/Dempsey). BK–McGregor (1). U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Steve Palermo. T–2:22. A–51,151. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TH class=banner colSpan=2>Game played on Friday, August 3, 1979 at Yankee Stadium</TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Journeyman said:

Remember the Reggie bar well, round bar in an orange wrapper...not bad, similar to a Bay Ruth...those were the days!

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Exactly like a Baby Ruth.
Turturro is outstanding, and deserves an EMMY for his role.
Excelent mini-series, but than again, I may be biased.

this must be the one , Murcer big game.

<TABLE class=boxed width=410><TBODY><TR><TH class=header colSpan=2>Baseball Almanac Box Scores Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 5
</TH></TR><TR><TH class=banner colSpan=2>Game played on Monday, August 6, 1979 at Yankee Stadium</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 2px" width="50%"><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TH class=datacolC noWrap>Baltimore Orioles</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>ab</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> r</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> h</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>rbi</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Bumbry cf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Garcia ss</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Belanger ss</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Singleton rf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Murray 1b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>DeCinces 3b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>May dh</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Ayala lf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Lowenstein pr,lf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Dauer 2b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Skaggs c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Martinez D. p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Martinez T. p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TD noWrap align=middle>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>32</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>4</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>9</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>4</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class=datacol style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 2px" width="50%"><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TH class=datacolC noWrap>New York Yankees</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>ab</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> r</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap> h</TH><TH class=datacolR noWrap>rbi</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Randolph 2b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Murcer lf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>5</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>5</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Chambliss 1b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>4</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Jackson rf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Nettles 3b</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Spencer dh</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Piniella ph,dh</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Brown cf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Randle ph,cf</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Gulden c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>3</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> White ph</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>1</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap> Narron c</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Dent ss</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>2</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol noWrap>Guidry p</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD><TD class=datacolR noWrap>0</TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TD noWrap align=middle>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>32</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>5</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>8</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>5</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol colSpan=2><TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=datacol>Baltimore</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>1</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>1</TD><TD class=datacol>2</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>–</TD><TD class=datacol>4</TD><TD class=datacol>9</TD><TD class=datacol>2</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>New York</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol> </TD><TD class=datacol>3</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD><TD class=datacol>2</TD><TD class=datacol>–</TD><TD class=datacol>5</TD><TD class=datacol>8</TD><TD class=datacol>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=7 height=10></TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TH align=left width="50%"> Baltimore Orioles</TH><TH>IP</TH><TH width="8%">H</TH><TH width="8%">R</TH><TH width="8%">ER</TH><TH width="8%">BB</TH><TH width="8%">SO</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Martinez D. </TD><TD class=datacolR>6.2</TD><TD class=datacolR>7</TD><TD class=datacolR>3</TD><TD class=datacolR>3</TD><TD class=datacolR>4</TD><TD class=datacolR>5</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol> Martinez T. L (6-2)</TD><TD class=datacolR>1.1</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>2</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>1</TD><TD class=datacolR>2</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>8.0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>8
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>5
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>4
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>5
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>7
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=7 height=10></TD></TR><TR class=datacolR><TH align=left width="50%"> New York Yankees</TH><TH>IP</TH><TH>H</TH><TH>R</TH><TH>ER</TH><TH>BB</TH><TH>SO</TH></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Guidry W (10-7)</TD><TD class=datacolR>9.0</TD><TD class=datacolR>9</TD><TD class=datacolR>4</TD><TD class=datacolR>4</TD><TD class=datacolR>0</TD><TD class=datacolR>9</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol>Totals</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>9.0
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>9
</TD><TD class=totalcell noWrap align=right>4
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datacol colSpan=7><HR> E–DeCinces (8), T Martinez (1). DP–New York 1. 2B–Baltimore May (11,off Guidry); Bumbry (21,off Guidry); Ayala (3,off Guidry), New York Brown (3,off D Martinez); Randolph (9,off D Martinez). HR–Baltimore May (16,2nd inning off Guidry 0 on, 2 out); Singleton (28,6th inning off Guidry 1 on, 1 out), New York Murcer (1,7th inning off D Martinez 2 on, 2 out). SF–Dauer (8,off Guidry). SH–Randolph (4,off T Martinez). CS–Bumbry (12,2nd base by Guidry/Gulden); DeCinces (2,2nd base by Guidry/Narron); Jackson (4,2nd base by D Martinez/Skaggs). SB–Randolph (23,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs). WP–Guidry (7). U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Nick Bremigan. T–2:26. A–36,314. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TH class=banner colSpan=2>Game played on Monday, August 6, 1979 at Yankee Stadium</TH></TR><TR><TD class=trailer style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 2px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 2px" colSpan=2>Baseball Almanac Box Score </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- End Page Body --><!-- Begin Old Baseball -->

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Wikipedia about his death and the days that followed

Death and legacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurman_Munson
Munson was frequently homesick, and took flying lessons so that he could fly home to his family in Canton on off-days. On August 2, 1979, he was practicing takeoffs and landings in his new Cessna Citation I/SP jet at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. On the third touch-and-go, Munson failed to lower the flaps for landing and allowed the aircraft to sink too low before increasing engine power, causing the jet to clip a tree and fall short of the runway. The plane then hit a tree stump and burst into flames, killing Munson (who was trapped inside) and injuring two other companions. It is believed that the inability to get out of the plane, and the ensuing asphyxiation, is what killed Munson, rather than injuries sustained on impact or burns (the two passengers survived). He was 32 years old.[2]

Munson's sudden death was major news across the nation and especially sorrowed the baseball community. Munson was survived by his wife, Diana, and their three children. The day after his death, before the start of the Yankees' four-game set with the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx, the Yankees paid tribute to their fallen captain in a pre-game ceremony during which the starters stood at their defensive positions, save for the catcher's box, which remained empty. At the conclusion of Robert Merrill's musical selection, the fans (announced attendance 51,151) burst into a 10-minute standing ovation.

Four days later, on August 6, the entire Yankee team attended his funeral in Canton, Ohio. Lou Piniella and Bobby Murcer, who were Munson's best friends as well as teammates, gave moving eulogies. That night (in front of a national viewing audience on ABC's Monday Night Baseball) the Yankees beat the Orioles 5-4 in New York, with Murcer driving in all five runs with a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth.[3]

Immediately following his death, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner announced that his uniform number 15 was being retired. On September 20, 1980, a plaque was dedicated in his memory and placed in Monument Park. The plaque bears excerpts from an inscription composed by Steinbrenner and flashed on the Stadium scoreboard the day after his death:

“ Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next ... Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him. ”

To this day, despite a packed clubhouse, an empty locker, with Munson's number 15 on it, remains as a tribute to the Yankees' lost catcher. The original locker that Munson used, along with a bronzed set of his catching equipment, was donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame (Munson himself is not in the Hall, generally considered by most sportswriters to be a "borderline" candidate at best). His number 15 is also displayed on the center field wall at Thurman Munson Stadium, a minor-league ballpark in Canton. Munson is buried at Canton's Sunset Hills Burial Park.

In that first game after Munson died, I remember Piniella did not play because he was too devastated being a close friend. And Also Reggie Jackson balling like a baby (not an insult just trying to give proper perspective) right before the national anthem at the moment of silence in right field. it was very sad.

LOL Mickey Rivers, classic stuff...the actore reminds me more of Willie Randolph though (looks wise)