Hank Bauer, defending our nation during World War II, earned two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars. Bauer was not just a great Yankee, but a great American, who proved it on the battlefield in helping crush the Germans.
One night in 1957 a group of Yankees went to the Copa Cabana nightclub to celebrate Billy Martin's birthday. They were Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Gil McDougald, Martin, Bauer, and their wives.
Performing at the Copa that night was the incomparable Sammy Davis Jr., Mr. Bojangles himself. A member of the Rat Pack, which also included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, Davis was one of the best performers to ever take the stage.
As Davis was doing one of his remarkable impersonations for the Copa's audience, there was a bowling team sitting at a table not too far away from the Yankee table. The bowling team started to become rowdy and very obnoxious, some of them yelling out racial slurs at the glass eye king of croon.
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Well, it got so bad that Davis could not take it anymore, and said in his ultra-classy way, "Thank you so much for that remark, I will never forget it."
That's when Bauer yelled across the room, "Why don't you just shut up."
"Why don't you come over here and make me," a bowler answered back,
Martin quickly told Hank, "Let me try and take care of this."
He got up and walked over to the table of bowlers. He then told the man to please stop tormenting Davis. The man asked Martin whether he was a "n@##&* lover." He then pointed at Bauer and said if he had a problem to meet him in the bathroom.
The man then got up and started walking toward the bathroom with Bauer close behind him. By the time the rest of the Yankees were able to enter the bathroom the man was knocked out cold on the floor.
Davis never got a chance to thank Bauer for his good deed because the Yankees left the Copa before the police were able to arrive. Sammy was able to finish the remainder of his show without further interruptions.
George Weiss, the Yankees general manager fined every Yankee at the Copa that night $1,000, and Martin was traded to Kansas City one month later.
My name is Joseph Jove, and momma said knock you out.
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about 1 month ago
DID YOU KNOW? Billy Martin: Part One
Billy Martin is actually buried in the Gates of Heaven cemetery in Valhalla, N.Y. ...also, not that far from me (smile).
I heard a "rumor" in my neighborhood that a couple of guys (who I don't know ...make sure you understand that) were going to dig up his remains, dress them up in a Boston Red Sox uniform and cap, and prop them up against the headstone (you know, ...like he was sitting in his favorite lounge chair).
Get your VCR ready for that news cast.
Now, you must be wondering if this is a joke. ...It might be.
from about 1 month ago
P.S. The point of my previous comment (I know I need to spell things out sometimes):
Please list your source the next time you want to tell an unconfirmed story, or else most people will assume it's merely more Yankee propaganda put out into the world to enhance the reputation of the scummiest organization in the history of professional sports. - Thank you.
from about 1 month ago
P.P.S.
Now, maybe you can figure this one out:
Which one of my previous comments was SARCASM...
...and which one was a SINCERE statement????
Careful now, ...it just might be a trick question (I can smell the wood burning).
from about 1 month ago
You do not have to drown your sorrows at my articles expense, if you would like my source to confirm the truth of the article, then just ask. It is unfortunate that you are accusing me of embellishment, without showing anybody the facts to back up your accusations. you are the one that loses credibility, not I.
about 1 month ago
DID YOU KNOW
...that PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT THE YANKEES????
from about 1 month ago
The laughing is a defence mechanism, there truly hurting deep inside. Do you know?
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