Talk:Murderers' Row

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The part concerning the 1927 season Yankees sounds like it was written by a Yankee fan trying to glorify the 1927 Yankees as the most successful and talented baseball team in all of history. When addressing the four teams that won more single season games, it mentions that "more importantly both the Cubs and the Indians lost the World Series in their years, and the Mariners did not reach the World Series in 2001" as if world series wins were somehow one and the same as single season wins in his own propagandist's mindset. World Series need not be mentioned here. I am too stoned to fix this myself, if someone else would kindly do so for me thank you (160.39.146.41 06:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I added the full roster. Lordjeff06 16:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There should be a lineup of some sort here -Redwolf24

Disambiguation: "Murderers' Row" also was a term applied in the US Navy to a lineup of Essex Class aircraft carriers. There's a semi-famous photo taken (IIRC) at Ulithi Atoll in 1944-45 that usually is published with that title.

While I despise the Yankees as much as any god-fearing baseball fan, the latest gloating over the 2006 Yankees playoff collapse clearly lakes a neutral point of view

I removed the rant about the 2006 team. It wasn't necessary for this article and the bias was blatant. Being a Yankees fan, there's no need to rub salt in our wounds.

2006 playoffs

I removed edits that appear to serve no purpose other than to gush (albeit in a badly written way) about the 2006 Tigers team. The details of the Tigers rotation have no relevance to the article (much less to the 1927 Yankees team.) Lordjeff06 01:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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While the 1984 Tigers were a great team, they certainly do not rank high enough in the general baseball consensus to be listed here with the other teams. They are actually as good as any A's team of the early 70's or the 30's, or any of a number of teams (like the Big Red Machine or the Gas House Gang, etc). Their inclusion here is simply arbitrary and seems to be biased towards the Tigers. The 1998 Yankees, however, are universally accepted to be possibly the greatest team in history, certainly up there with the 1927, 1939, and 1961 squads, and omitting this team is actually an injustice. Omitting them to include the 1984 Tigers, not a legendary team, is a disservice to someone wanting to learn about baseball history.

How about citing a reference or better yet using a neutral point of view? This is one of the worst entries I've ever read.

Just out of curiosity, why is so much of this article about teams other than the New York Yankees of the era at all? I agree some historical perspective and comparison is necessary, but a good quarter of the text of this article, and about half of its longest section, seems to be about later Yankees rosters or the win records of teams that aren't even the Yankees. It would be as bad if the article on the Roman Empire spent more text comparing Rome to the Mayan, British and Soviet empires than mentioning Octavian Augustus. Most comparisons between Murderers' Row and later Yankees line-ups belong in more general articles on the Yankees; most comparisons between it and other clubs belong in articles on the history of those other teams or general articles on baseball itself. The information on Murderers' Row itself should really be expanded to make this article about, well, Murderers' Row. -- JCaesar 23:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the title is incorrect

It is not "Murderers' Row". It is "Murderer's Row". I don't know how to change it, but the way it is now when pronounced is completely wrong.

I agree the title is wrong but not with the person above. the title should describe a row or murderers, therefore it should be "Murderers Row" There is no possession involved therefore no apostrophe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.188.44.250 (talk) 16:07, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an explanation of "Murderers' Row": The Big Apple: Murderers' Row. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Douggers (talk • contribs) 02:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to the show on the Yes Network, the title was originally "Murderous Row." They show on the screen the first newspaper article in which it appeared. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laveswiki (talk • contribs) 12:28, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that same article shown on the YES network on another show and it actually called the team "A Murderous Row"Dcrasno (talk) 18:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Hall of Fame says you're wrong and the current title, with the possessive apostrophe, is correct: [1].-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 14:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]