The Germ

31-years ago today was my worst moment as a baseball fan. On August 2, 1979 Yankees catcher Thurman Munson died in a plane crash.
I remember when my Uncle Bobby told me the news. Just awful. I couldn't eat for three days. Just a sad, sad situation.
Munson was one of my favorites and I think he would have been a Hall of Famer had his life not been cut short. He was a Hall of Fame type catcher, an MVP and a super clutch player. Yankees fans loved him and fans of other teams respected him.
I used to call him Thurm "The Germ". Poison to the other team.
Anyway, I still feel sad when I think of Thurman Munson every August 2nd.