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Damn Yankees
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Hank lost four prime years from his playing career due to his Marine service. This is heavy duty when you figure such a career is usually over when a player reaches his mid-thirties. This is something that does not bother Hank. “I guess I knew too many great young guys who lost everything out there to worry about my losing part of a baseball career,” Bauer said.
Tommy Lasorda on Bauer; "This guy's tough. He had a face that looked like it'd hold two days of rain."
Bauer was a no nonsense leader and could be unforgiving if he felt his teammates' off the field activities were hurting the Yankees' on the field performance. Pitcher Whitey Ford remembered how Bauer reacted when he thought players like Ford and Mantle were overindulging after hours. "He pinned me to the
wall of the dugout one day and said, 'Don't mess with my money.'"