Yogi Berra is a former major league baseball player and manager. He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Yankees after his playing career ended.
Former Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott was born without a right hand.
Former Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte played for the Houston Astros from 2004-2006.
For a time, when the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers both left for California, the New York Yankees were the only MLB team in town. Then the NY Mets came along. They were managed by former Yankee manager Casey Stengel and although the team had a terrible first few years, the NY media paid allot of attention to the Mets and Casey. Many sports commentators believed the Yankees hired former baseball legend and former NY Yankee player to bring more of the "sports attention" back to the Yankees. Yogi had a great reputation & was a star player. He actually played for Casey Stengel when the Yanks before & after had that 5 World Series in a row record. So basically Yogi was hired for publicity reasons.
That would be former manager Casey Stengel who managed the New York Yankees and New York Mets during his career.
Mickey Mantle has written: 'Mickey Mantle' 'Letters to Mickey' 'My favorite summer, 1956' -- subject(s): Baseball players, New York Yankees (Baseball team), Diaries, History
John Joseph Ramos is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played in 10 career games in 1991 with the Yankees, and had 8 hits in 26 at bats.
Hideki Matsui is a former Major League baseball player. He was a member of the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays. Matsui was also the World Series MVP for the Yankees in 2009. Before joining the Yankees in 2003, he was a member of the Yomiuri Giants from 1993-2002.
Col. Chamberlain of the 20th Maine was a former college professor, and later governor of the state and president of a major college.
Scott Brosius is currently the head baseball coach at Linfield College in Oregon.
David Lee Wells is the former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. David Lee Wells was nicknamed "Boomer".
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