#marv throneberry

[gummyartstradingcards]

[cecilcooperstown]

Marv Throneberry

[baseballsisco]

I had no idea who the answer to the name that Yankee trivia question was. Interesting to see who the first player to play for both the Yankees and Mets was.

The bonus comes in as Throneberry was traded for Roger Maris, who was very important to the Yankees winning back-to-back A.L. MVPs in 1960 and 1961 and was part of five A.L. oennant winning teams and two World Series champions in 1961 and 1962.

[oldtimefamilybaseball]

I've found my new spirit animal: former Met, Marv Throneberry.

From the Associated Press as published in the July 8, 1962 Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

"The New York Mets are new at the business, and have very little of anything, but they seem to be develop their own symbol. The fans picked him and he would just as soon decline the honor.

The fated one is Marv Throneberry, a firstbaseman who on his good days is mediocre, just like the Mets, and on his bad days is unspeakable. But mediocre or horrid, one thing is certain about "Marvelous Marv" as he has been tagged by Mets fans and writers. Everything goes wrong.

"Marvelous Marv has the statistics of a true Met. He is hitting around .230. He has the team mark of three errors in a game. He has the uncanny ability to come up in the clutch and fail."

Can you imagine an article like that being written about you? And not only that, but it gets filed nationally? Oh, Marv. Whenever I have a bad day, I think of you.

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