Free ticket offer for rain-soaked fans
Fans who stuck it out through the 3-hour, 27-minute rain delay prior to the first pitch Thursday night (10:32 p.m.) at Yankee Stadium were rewarded with a free ticket offer from the Yankees. Valid...
View ArticleYU members can query a favorite Old Timer
Is there a question you’d like to ask a Yankees legend? Of course you have. Yankees Universe members will get the chance to pose a query to any of the former Yankees who are scheduled to attend the...
View ArticleFirst timers enjoy Old Timers’ Day
I have come full cycle with Old Timers Day, one of the great traditions at Yankee Stadium where it all began with a day to honor Babe Ruth in 1947. The first one I attended was in the late 1950s and...
View ArticleYankees Homecoming Dinner April 12
Yankees fans interested in getting a close-up view of the team that will compete for the American League East title in 2012 should consider attending the 33rd annual Yankees Homecoming Dinner April 12...
View ArticleSunday marks 66th Old Timers’ Day at Stadium
Nearly 50 former players, managers and coaches of the Yankees plus the widows of five of the most prominent team alumni will be on hand at the 66th annual Old-Timers’ Day Sunday, July 1, at Yankee...
View ArticleOld Timers remind fans of good times
Old Timers’ Day never gets old, if you know what I mean. The Yankees were the first team to celebrate their history with an annual reunion that began in 1947 to honor Babe Ruth, and they are the last...
View ArticleObsession with players not on active roster
The media seems to be paying an inordinate amount of time these days asking questions about players who are not on the Yankees’ 25-man roster. Every day, general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe...
View ArticleOld-Timers’ Day June 23 at Yankee Stadium
Nearly 50 former Yankees players and managers will participate in festivities at the 67th annual Old-Timers’ Day Sunday, June 23, at Yankee Stadium. Ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. with...
View ArticleMo won’t be back right away as old timer
One of the nice things about Sunday’s annual reunion known around Yankee Stadium as Old-Timers’ Day was watching Mariano Rivera, 43 but not yet an old-timer, connect with so many of the veterans who...
View ArticleSept. 24 ticket holders offered free 2014 tickets
Fans holding tickets for Mariano Rivera Bobblehead Night Sept. 24 may redeem their tickets for complimentary tickets to any regular season game at Yankee Stadium during the 2014 season, excluding...
View ArticleMonument Park plaque for Goose on Old-Timers’ Day
Rich “Goose” Gossage will be honored with a Monument Park plaque dedication at the 68th annual Old-Timers’ Day celebration Sunday, June 22, at Yankee Stadium that will feature 50 former Yankees players...
View ArticleOld-Timers’ Day never gets old
Funny thing about the Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day is that the event itself never gets old. Other organizations that followed the Yankees’ lead over the years in staging reunions of their old players...
View ArticleOffense runs dry against Orioles
Sunday was one of those rare Old-Timers’ Days when the game between the team’s former stars is more pleasant than the real game. The Yankees put a damper on a fun-filled weekend with full houses at...
View ArticleFour new residents coming to Monument Park
Following the path of last year’s honoring of Joe Torre, Goose Gossage, Tino Martinez and Paul O’Neill with plaques in Monument Park, the Yankees in the coming season will do likewise for Bernie...
View ArticleRandolph to be honored at 69th Old Timers’ Day
Seven Hall of Famers will be among the roster of former Yankees players, managers and coaches who will be on hand for the 69th annual Old-Timers’ Day Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Fans are asked to be in...
View ArticleOld-Timers’ party goes on to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
The Yankees’ Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate will include a Yankees Legends Game Sunday at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa. After the 69th Annual Old-Timers’ Day takes place Saturday at Yankee...
View ArticleMarlins, Tigers & Phils in 8-game homestand
The Yankees return home Wednesday night for the first of eight games at Yankee Stadium. The stretch will feature a two-game series against the Marlins, featuring the major leagues’ home run leader...
View ArticleAn appropriate “-30-” for 2 Yankees favorites
Willie Randolph and Mel Stottlemyre both wore uniform No. 30 as players with the Yankees. In newspaper parlance, “-30-” means “end of story.” There is no more honorable end of the story for a former...
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