OOPS. I got Cabrera’d
You are late to the party – one of my favorite players growing up was Hank Aguirre – also known as The Yankee Killer.
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Everything will come out eventually. Not that many people will really take notice and nobody will apologize. Not that we need there apologies, they can eat a dick
Oh, Man. Frank Lary was a Yankee Killer in Detroit. They fought NYY down to the wire one year but faded at the very end.
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Lary is the Yankee Killer I recall.
"Frank Lary’s actual nickname is the “Yankee Killer.” He was a mediocre right hander primarily for the Detroit Tigers who simply showed up every time the Yankees were in town.
Lary finished his career with a 27-10 record against the Yankees from 1955-1961. So basically when the Yankees had a pretty hot-hitting lineup, Lary dominated.
For his entire career, he ended up being 28-13 against the Yankees, which is nothing to sneeze at. He allowed some more runs than other pitchers, with a 3.32 ERA, but he still found a way to beat this dominant squad.
Oh, did we also forget that he was a pretty solid hitting pitcher. He muscled out a game-winning home run against the Yankees in 1961.
At the plate and on the mound, Lary was the Yankees worst nightmare."
I think Lary was better than mediocre.
I agree. He was a good major leaguer.
Lary is a rather unusual last name but at the same time Frank Lary was pitching for the Tigers there was a Yale Lary playing for the Detroit Lions. He was a safety/punter and I believe an Aggie. Come to think of it, Yale isn’t a real common first name either. No relation that I know of. Yale Lary was also a heck of a punter.
This!
OK – It was a long time ago, and even as a kid I used to get those two confused sometimes – I guess I am still doing it. 
Exactly – and one of the things that led to my constant confusion. 7 & 8 year olds are still getting used to two people having the same first name – having two guys in two different sports from the same town with the same last name was more than I could handle.
I think Aguirre was effective against them too, but that is often-faulty memory, not looked-up stats.
Not that I’ve ever been a coach or manager, but it seems weird that Boone lets his guys continually gripe and moan about how badly they got screwed* FOUR YEARS AGO.
You’d think a manager would want to minimize the excuses for losing, if for no other reason than to get his guys to focus on what they can control.
*obviously I don’t agree that they ever got screwed
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I think so … but it is Lary who had the nickname.