Folly Floater: Hamilton vs Horton

Thank you so much for posting this vid.

I went 18 years of my life and never knew this footage of my Grandpa (Hamilton) existed. Thank you for showing me stories he never had the chance to tell me in person.

I was there and have told the story many times. Your grandpa was a favorite of mine and many other Yankee fans. Hamilton was a wonderful pitcher who helped buoy up the Yankees in a time of decline. Shortly after the events of this video MLB revised the rule regarding balks. I remember the sadness I felt as Phil Rizzuto described how the rule now prevented Hamilton from throwing the "folly floater" with runners on base. -- I was 16 and remember this and Murcer's 4 consecutive homers.

The home runs. Murcer hit one at for is final at-bat of the first game. E then hit three more at each of his next three at-bats in the second game. Murcer was one of my favorites, as were Hamilton and Thurmon Munson (the man who caught Horton's foul pop-up. The following night I was listening on the radio to see if Murcer would continue his streak. He did not.

Your grandpa also went through the motion of a folly floater and at the last second threw a blazing 90 mph fastball.i loved when he did that!

Tht was awesome!

Totally agree with you. Plus, there's no scientific evidence that hgh is detrimental to your body in the short or the long run, like steroids are. Hgh simply enables the player to heal from an injury faster and get back out on the field sooner. Yeah these guys make a ton of money now, but I still think that despite that, they really want to play as much as possible. So why wouldn't they take hgh? It's logical.

Murcer's consecutive home runs (my favorite Yankee), Hamilton's Folly Floater, and being in the isle behind home plate when the fight broke out were the big highlights for me.
I'll never forget how excited I was and how overwhelming the old Yankee Stadium felt.
A had a Kodak Instamatic camera with me, took a roll of film and had them developed into slides, which I still have.

Thanks for sharing these great memories!

JD
Colorado

awesome man