As a life-long Yankee fan whenever I think of the greatest Yankee players of all-time the names Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle immediately come to mind. In my opinion the next name that should be mentioned is Lawrence Peter (Yogi) Berra. Yogi’s early life: Yogi was born on May 12, 1925 to immigrant parents. He …
The 68th Yankee Old-Timers’ Day was held on Sunday, June 22, 2014. The ceremonies began at 11:30 a.m. with the introduction of about 50 Yankee Old-Timers including Hall-of-Famers Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Rickey Henderson and Reggie Jackson, as well as Joe Torre, who will be inducted in the Hall-of-Fame in July of this year. Johnny Damon …
As we approach the 2013 All-Star game, it would be fitting to look back at the last All-Star game held in NYC at the old Yankee Stadium in 2008. The following post, written by one of my Baseball and Statistics students, recounts her experience at the 2008 All-Star weekend. Out of every baseball game I …