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At first I read it as Granny Hammer, and the worst porno ever flashed in my mind.

*shudder*

“At first I read it as Granny Hammer, and the worst porno ever flashed in my mind.”

I just wet myself…

Granny Hammer, isn’t that the GILF section of the Bang Bros empire?

Hey Tim, I think you missed the boat here with Granny Hamner. He was one of the best clutch hitters of the 50′s and hit .305 with runners in scoring position for his career. When you look at his career stats, they don’t jump out at you, but what you have to realize, he was from a diferent era where middle infielders didn’t put up big power numbers like the middle infielders of today. Ernie Banks came along and changed the shortstop position forever. But when you compare Granny to the other shortstops and secondbasemen of the 50′s, his numbers were very respectable. I think he deserved to be much higher on your list, but thats just my opinion.

Yeah well they overpaid for another player again. Thats 3 now. I really hate the Yankees!

Wow,with the world in a recession,I see the Yankees have their own universe…..I hate the IDEA that the Yankees are pulling a knee jerk reaction into trying to “BUY” a title…but it doesn’t work…… see Rodriguez,Alex

The Yankee$ now have the four highest paid players in the game.

That was Hamner excuse me…..damn Indians

The Phils signed RP Gary Majewski..I guess there stocking up on bullpen arms

I hope this is true.

3:38pm: The contract does not include an opt-out clause, according to Danny Knobler. Knobler agrees with Olney that the Red Sox fell about $10MM short. He says the Sox are not inclined to react by “stepping up their pursuit of Derek Lowe or any other top starting pitcher.”

yeah he is terrible…

they are kind of hoarding bullpen arms that have been in teh majors at some point in tehir careers but have had a few slop years…a bunch of those non roster invites are the same type as majeski. could turn out well who knows…

now that the yankees feel into another big money pit trap, the mets are poised to follow them right into the quicksand and sign derek lowe…nice…ill bet his price hasnt really dropped that much…if amaro gets wind of this he should come in and make a fake offer to drive up the bidding for derek lowe, then as soon as the mets go overboard and coutner you let them take the poison pill contract..

apparently a lot because they just forked over some big change to another good but overrated player

No we never give up on our team and the yankees dont look all that good!!

Lowe will be A MET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice name, “Derek Lowe = Mets”, you can tell you’re a real lifer. Yes, watching the Tankees aim their leaf blower filled with 100′s at every high-priced free agent is wrenching to both stomach and soul, but I think the real problem has to be that the MLB has engineered the kind of broken system that allows teams with disproportionately wealthier owners to spend recklessly and with total impunity. THe bottom line is, as vile as the Yankees money machine must seem to any real fan of the game, teams like this will continue to exist until MLB execs. grow a conscience, think once for what’s actually best for the game as a whole, and institute some system (likely some type of salary cap) to stop the utter eradication of the fair market in baseball.

Hamner was Richie Ashburn’s roomate in the minor leagues and was also a member of the 1950 Whiz Kids.

For you guys,the “best” thing about Teixiara signing with the Bankees is,now Ryan Howard will NEVER Become a yankee when free agency hits for him.

Grrrumpy Miner,

I will give it to the Yankees; sign CC and Burnet for 200+Million then go and ask the City for money for the stadium. At least the Mets are dropping payroll to afford new payroll… Yanks spending way more than they dropped.

Granville is way too low on this “list”. Not flashy, but a clutch player for the Phils!

Theyll wait about a year and a half and then call the red sox up…i wonder what boston will cough up…i doubt theyd even consider trading lester..maybe bucholz or masterson or some unnamed as yet unemerged pitching prospect of theirs..youkilis would REALLY thrive in philadelphia but theyll sign him to an extension.

I strongly agree with those who say Hamner is way underrated on the list.

Although injuries beginning in 1955 cut his career short and turned him into a parttime player, until then he was a three time all-star as both shortstop and second baseman. For seven seasons from ’48-54, Hamner was one of the National Leagues best, toughest players. Although he made a lot of his errors on balls hit right at him, he could go in the whole and gun down runners with the strongest arm of any contemporary shortstop. He drove in runs and could hit with power.

I have had conversations with several ballplayers of his era and to a man they say he was vastly underrated because of the New York media. IMHO he should be ranked much higher than this in Phillie history.

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