Yes I actually have a Lee Mazzilli Google alert – I was very excited about this first paragraph of a story:
Freshman infielder LJ Mazzilli had a unique childhood that ranged from meeting Derek Jeter to playing video games in the clubhouse at Fenway Park with Sal Fasano. In his first season at UConn, however, Mazzilli is just one of the guys.
But then this sentence ticked me off.
Perhaps what the elder Mazzilli is most known for is his role with the Yankees. Lee was New York’s first base coach in the 2000 championship season that culminated with a 4-1 Subway Series win over the Mets
I’m off to go throw rotten eggs at the author’s car..but if you want to read more about LJ Mazzilli, here ya go.
Since this is from a college paper I bet the author doesn’t realize Lee is best known for a walk in the All-Star Game. Â This is what happens when your baseball team blows off its history until April 2010, kids associate Lee with the Yankees. Â I bet he thinks Gooden is that no-hitter guy.
Hey, don’t short-change Maz. He also homered in that ASG in the eighth inning to tie the score! Shoulda been MVP in my opinion….
@petemc oh i am very familiar with Mr. Mazzilli’s All Star Game. He absolutely should have been MVP!!
I don’t think this has anything to do with whether or not the Mets displayed their history (wasn’t Maz in one of those giant collages on Shea?) — I think it’s more that you’ve got some Connecticut-raised 18-year-old Yankee fan who grew up thinking the Yankees win the World Series three out of four years. I mean, he thinks Maz is best known for being a first-base coach? Child, please.
@NJBaseball yeah my Mazzilli link was some fun for the regular readers, I think I make it clear 7 or 8 times a week I have a man-crush on Mazzilli. Why wouldn’t the college student think of Lee as a Yankee. That’s all he knows.
as mentioned somewhere else here…
I found Maz’s commentary/analysis on SNY to be simplistic, trite, cliche all the way…
Didn’t get the feeling that he was any baseball professor by any stretch…