December 6 – Happy Birthday Tony Lazzeri
If I was given the choice of a back seat to sit in on a historical car ride, I'd have a tough time not selecting the 1936 cross-country trip taken by three members of the New York Yankees. The Yankee...
View ArticleDecember 6 – Happy Birthday Jose Contreras
The real problem the Yankees had with pitcher Jose Contreras was that they had to pay him $32 million to convince him not to sign with the Red Sox, after the big right-hander defected from Castro's...
View ArticleDecember 6 – Happy Birthday Gary Ward
Long time Yankee fans look back at the 1980s as the era of bad free agent signings for the franchise. After taking brilliant advantage of the Supreme Court’s striking down of baseball’s reserve clause...
View ArticleDecember 6 – Happy Birthday Larry Bowa
Larry Bowa was not blessed with a huge amount of natural ability. The reasons why he was able to play shortstop in the big leagues for sixteen seasons, win two Gold Gloves and become a five-time All...
View ArticleDecember 6 – Happy Birthday Gus Niarhos
When the Yankees signed catcher, Gus Niarhos to his first contract, Hall-of-Famer Bill Dickey was still starting behind the plate for the parent club. Nine years later, when the Yankees placed the...
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