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Goose Gossage: Thurman Munson doesn't take a back seat to any HOF catcher, Johnny Bench included
The Repository via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoCANTON − Rich "Goose" Gossage and Tommy John will never forget Yankee captain Thurman Munson, even...
The Monday After: Hall of Famer 'Goose' Gossage to speak at Thurman Munson Scholarship event
The Repository via Yahoo News· 10 months ago"People ask me who the best catcher I ever threw to was and it was Thurman Munson, hands down. He...
Stark, actually: Who left a bat at Thurman Munson's Jackson Township gravesite?
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWHAT: A now-weathered wooden baseball bat is among mementoes left at the gravesite of Thurman...
Munson Stadium crowded like never before; 600 games, big plans, and a baseball wedding
The Repository via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoCANTON − The magic of Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium faded into the autumn of 1996. It was the year...
The Monday After: Baseball great Tommy John to speak at Stearn Center dinner
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"I told Dr. (Frank) Jobe that if he did his job, I'd do mine," recalled former major league baseball...
Canton McKinley baseball making most of new-look Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium
The Repository via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoCANTON − At Don Scott Field, "going yard" didn't mean socking one over the fence. The McKinley...
Authors to discuss Thurman Munson-related book in Canton
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCANTON ‒ Their admiration for former Yankees' catcher Thurman Munson brought Gary Kaschak and Tom Tunison together — a bond that ultimately led to a new book. The cover of "Go The Distance" ...
The Monday After: Breaking into the 'big leagues'
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"It's Munson All Alone!" The issue of The Canton Repository for Feb. 18, 1969, carried that headline over a photograph gracing the sports front of the newspaper that day. The image was of a ...
The Monday After: World Series heroes remembered
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThey call Major League Baseball "The Show." Minor league players strive to reach that big stage. And the largest stage of all in the sport is the annual World Series − "The Fall Classic." About ...
Buck Showalter’s connection with Thurman Munson
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1976, a 20-year-old Buck Showalter was spending the summer in Cape Cod, working as a short-order cook and playing for the Hyannis Mets. That’s right — Showalter was a Met long before he skippered ...