On the final day of 2022, I started a new annual tradition at Pinstripe Alley of looking back at the Yankees who passed away over the course of the year. We’ve circled the sun since then, so it is again time to doff our caps one final time to the Yankees we’ve lost.
Below is the outline of details of this exercise, excerpted from 365 days ago:
On the final day of 2022, I started a new annual tradition at Pinstripe Alley of looking back at the Yankees who passed away over the course of the year. We’ve circled the sun since then, so it is again time to doff our caps one final time to the Yankees we’ve lost.
Below is the outline of details of this exercise, excerpted from 365 days ago:As I also wrote in 2022, these men wore Yankees pinstripes, just like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, and all the other legends who are no longer with us. Even if it was just for a day, imagine how amazing a feeling that must have been.New York Post | Christian Arnold: George Frazier, former relief pitcher for the Yankees, passed away at the age of 68 per an announcement from the Rockies after battling an undisclosed illness. He had 140 appearances with the Yankees, the most with any team over his 10-year career.
Frazier was somewhat infamously charged with three of the four losses in the 1981 World Series against the Dodgers, though George Steinbrenner later told him, “It wasn’t your fault, kid.” After his career ended with a 1987 championship in Minnesota, Frazier eventually became an announcer, spending 18 years in the Colorado booth and forging a new legacy.
MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Former Yankees pitcher, Rob Gardner has passed away. Gardner played in the 1960s and 1970s, and was a journeyman reliever. He has a special place in baseball and Yankees history as being traded twice from the team to Oakland, but on top of that, he was traded for Felipe Alou and then his brother, Matty Alou the second time. That’s one of the most unique transaction paths in history.
