Thurman Munson was a larger-than-life character ... A couple years later, Gossage signed with the Yankees and quickly learned how important Munson was off the field. Gossage, in the awkward ...

Thurman Munson made a series of fatal mistakes in ... always wore No. 15 and always played his father’s position. He was signed by the Yankees organization in 1995, playing three years and ...

Thurman Munson wasn’t just Diana Munson’s husband ... Even if he was hurt or tired, he always signed autographs for his fans. I knew it was hard for him to set that boundary, but I really ...

Mike Torrez tells Thurman Munson stories at a special dinner ... the first year for free agency, when Cleveland signed pitcher Wayne Garland, Torrez's former Baltimore teammate, to a 10-year ...

BOBBY Murcer watched Thurman Munson get into his plane 28 years ago and take off into the dark night. The date was Aug. 1, 1979. Murcer, Munson and Lou Piniella had spent three days in Chicago ...

August 2, 1979 is the date of one baseball's worst tragedies -- it's the day beloved Yankee catcher Thurman Munson died in a plane crash outside Canton, Ohio. "I get chills all the time," Goose ...