The 1979 Yankees and the Hall of Fame

A way too detailed look at the Hall of Fame quality players on the 1979 Yankees

For any Yankees fan who is either old enough to remember the 1970s or has read up on that decade, 1979 is only associated with one thing-the death of Thurman Munson. That was the year the Yankees captain and star catcher, who was in many ways the heart and soul of the team that won three pennants and two World Series between 1976 and 1978, died in a pla…