#Shortstop (FABLES)

[aidenknow]

I forgot that I made this crappost towards someone many months ago lol, with the intention to shame my friend. Anyways, have Shortstop doing the Shinji chair meme

Shortstop belongs to @orthodoxian-wonders

[bigmacdaddio]

So let's talk about George Zeber.......George has had various numbers in various Yankee camps. His # this camp will be #72. He was once a top prospect but a Year and a half in Vietnam seemed to affect his legs. He has a long uphill climb as he is not even a roster player only a non-roster invite....The rest is an article by SABRGeorge Zeber

Yankee Stadium, October 12, 1977, World Series, Game 2: The Yankees were trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, but had runners on first and second with only one out. Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard, “the Voice of God,” surely intoned his usual introduction, “Now batting for the Yankees, pinch-hitter, number 25, George Zeber, number 25.”And probably numerous fans, even among the partisan Yankee crowd, wondered, “George Who?” This was understandable. since Zeber, although he had been with the Yankees all season, had appeared in only 25 games. But, more important, Yankees manager Billy Martin knew who Zeber was, and also that the utility infielder had made the most out of his extremely limited playing time during the season.

Unfortunately, Zeber didn’t deliver a dramatic World Series hit: he struck out looking against Burt Hooton, who then retired Mickey Rivers on a fly ball to left to snuff out the Yankees’ nascent rally as the Dodgers evened the World Series with a 6-1 victory. Zeber garnered one additional at-bat as a pinch-hitter in Game Five, but he suffered the same fate, striking out swinging against Don Sutton in a 10-4 loss at Los Angeles. Although his two plate appearances in the Fall Classic were unsuccessful, he still became a World Series champion after Reggie Jackson blasted his way to “Mr. October” fame with three home runs in the Yankees’ clinching 8-4 triumph in Game Six

While Jackson’s fame has been as lasting as Zeber’s brush with glory was fleeting, as a season-long member of the Yankees, Zeber still received a full share of the winners’ World Series money, a cool $27,758.04. It was a nice windfall for the lowest-paid player on baseball’s highest-paid team, who had earned only the league-minimum $19,000, for the season. But in addition to the money, he would always have the distinction of being a member of what has become one of baseball’s most fabled championship teams, the ’77 Yankees of “Bronx Zoo” notoriety.1

George William Zeber was born to George and Jean Zeber on August 29, 1950, in Ellwood City, PA, 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. In 1951, the Zeber family, which also included older sister Valerie, moved to Anaheim, CA. Shortly after their arrival there, Zeber’s father, a carpenter by trade, died at the youthful age of 56 on July 11, 1956; his mother eventually remarried a man named Morris Davis. According to Zeber, his stepfather “[w]as a wonderful person, got me into baseball and took care of the family.” Davis hardly could have anticipated that, by introducing his stepson to baseball, he was setting him on the path to a future career. But that became the case when the Yankees selected Loara High School’s switch-hitting 17-year old shortstop in the fifth round of the 1968 June amateur draft. 2

Zeber began his long association with the Yankees franchise as a member of the Johnson City (TN) team in the rookie-level Appalachian League, where he split time evenly between shortstop and second base while batting .254 (43-for-169) over 50 games. Though he struggled at the plate, he had the top fielding percentage on the team at both positions, besting three other second baseman and two shortstops.3

He began his gradual progression through New York’s minor-league system the following year, 1969. He spent 37 games in the Florida Instructional League before finishing the season with the Class-A Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League. He settled in at second base, where he started 128 of his 132 games played. But again he struggled to a .242 batting average while posting the top fielding percentage of any middle infielder on the Eagles.

Although his offense was lagging, Zeber was still considered a big-league prospect because of his defensive ability, and he was invited to spring training in Florida with the parent club in 1970. It was a short stay. He soon joined the ranks of the many 19-year old men drafted into the U.S. armed forces during the Vietnam War era. For the first year of his two-year hitch in the Army, Zeber was fortunate enough to be stationed stateside, but inevitably he was ordered to Vietnam in March 1971.Going to war put more than just his baseball career in jeopardy, as Zeber well knew. “Sure, I was scared. I was petrified when I received my Vietnam orders,” he admitted. He spent five months at Quang Tri, near the demilitarized zone. During that time Zeber saw combat as a member of an assault helicopter group. Although breaks in the fighting lessened the immediate danger to his life, they did not improve conditions in any way. “The most fun we had in Vietnam,” he recalled, “was going to our hootch, turning on the light, and seeing how many cockroaches ran for cover.”4

Zeber was discharged from the Army in September 1971 and was free to resume his baseball career. After his harrowing experiences in Southeast Asia, he observed in March 1972, “I guess the biggest change over that I had to make was going from a GI to a professional baseball player again and it wasn’t easy.” More than 30 years later, he stated more precisely, “It was quite a while before I could pick up my life and get my head straight after serving in Vietnam.”5

The Yankees welcomed Zeber home with a promotion to their West Haven team in the Double-A Eastern League in 1972. He had lost 30 pounds in the Army, which he thought would make it easier for him to get back in shape for baseball. However, he soon realized, “My legs were not in shape and this caused me problems” and confessed, “I don’t feel comfortable in the field. . . . I just don’t feel as agile as I did before going into the Army.” Playing for future Hall of Famer Bobby Cox, then in his second season as a manager, Zeber returned to second base, where he played 109 of his 118 games that season. He posted the highest batting average of his career to this point, .267 (105-for-393) with eight home runs and 27 RBIs; however, the lack of agility he experienced early in the season likely contributed to the 29 errors he made in the field.6

On the heels of his successful 1972 comeback, Zeber was promoted to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs in the International League for the 1973 season. Cox had also been promoted to Syracuse as well, and Zeber again was his starting second baseman. He struggled at the new level, batting .171 in 67 games, before encountering the next obstacle in his career path: a right-knee injury that required surgery. Long after his career had ended, Zeber reflected, “It was a severe injury, and the rehab took quite a while. It wasn’t until 1975 or 1976 that I really could move normally. It never was quite the same.” Zeber’s 1974 stats attest to the difficulty of his comeback from the knee injury. He began the year at Syracuse, batting only .157 in 40 games, before being demoted to West Haven in June, where he hit .243 in 73 games over the remainder of the season.7

In 1975 Zeber played mostly at third base for Syracuse in spring training and thought he had put up a good showing in his effort to make the team. However, when the squad departed for its first road series, Zeber was left behind with instructions to rejoin the team for its second series at Tidewater. Upon arriving there, though, “Cox told him he wouldn’t play for a while.” In his first start for the Chiefs on April 25, Zeber went 0-for-3 at the plate and committed three errors in the field. Despite the inauspicious season debut, Zeber regained his starting spot at second base in May, though he remained mystified by the odd start to his season. “I still don’t know why I was left behind” he said in July. As the season progressed, his batting average improved to .251, and he regained his fielding prowess at second base. Taking events in stride, he said, “I’m just concentrating on doing the job here and not thinking about the future. Two years ago here I was uptight. I knew [the Yankees] needed somebody. But I can’t think like that anymore.”8

In the offseason, Zeber did begin to think more about his future. Discouraged by his demotion in mid-1974, he knew that he would be battling with Billy Parker, who had suffered an ankle fracture in 1975, for the starting position at second base in 1976. Besides feeling as though his career might be stalling out, a new business opportunity came his way during the break. His stepfather had started a successful home-rebuilding business in Tustin, CA, and Zeber now took part in the flourishing operation. “We’re making so much money at it,” Davis claimed, “George says he may not go back to Syracuse to play triple-A ball this year. He says he may stay around this spring and help me rebuild houses.”9Zeber later admitted that quitting baseball had crossed his mind on several occasions after 1974 and credited his wife Duskie (née Keller) with dissuading him from taking such action, saying, “She kept telling me how much time I had invested in baseball and just to give it another try.”

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[aidenknow]

Finished drawing the babygirl that I love so much 🥰💞🥰💞

Shortstop belongs to @orthodoxian-wonders and the pose is referenced to this Twitter post