Comments on: Build it and they will play http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/03/29/build-it-and-they-will-play/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: M. Louis http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/03/29/build-it-and-they-will-play/#comment-605 M. Louis Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:27:58 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=1924#comment-605 I remember Billy Martin replacing Bill Virdon as manager, but thought in error that it came after the 1975 season. My most vivid memory of 1975 is that the Yankees started out very well and looked like they'd seriously contend, but by early June had been decimated by injuries, including a Bonds' knee. So many outfielders were down that No Neck Williams was starting in center field at one point. Of course, had the Yankees stayed in the race, perhaps they wouldn't have made the critical trades in the off season that you wrote of resulting in three straight American League pennants. It was kind of similar to 1995. Had the Yankees managed their escape from the Seattle Kingdome and gone on to the World Series, would Joe Torre have been brought in the next year with the success that followed? I remember Billy Martin replacing Bill Virdon as manager, but thought in error that it came after the 1975 season.

My most vivid memory of 1975 is that the Yankees started out very well and looked like they’d seriously contend, but by early June had been decimated by injuries, including a Bonds’ knee. So many outfielders were down that No Neck Williams was starting in center field at one point. Of course, had the Yankees stayed in the race, perhaps they wouldn’t have made the critical trades in the off season that you wrote of resulting in three straight American League pennants. It was kind of similar to 1995. Had the Yankees managed their escape from the Seattle Kingdome and gone on to the World Series, would Joe Torre have been brought in the next year with the success that followed?

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