On this day in Yankee history...
1909: While at Highlanders' spring training, Hal Chase is diagnosed with smallpox. The entire team will be vaccinated, and quarantined while traveling north.
1946: Jim 'Catfish' Hunter is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Catfish_Hunter
1975: The Yankees take the field on Opening Day at Cleveland Stadium, as Frank Robinson makes his debut for the Indians as the first black manager in the major leagues. Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a crowd of 56,204. The new skipper, also a player, homer on his way to leading his team to a 5-3 victory.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B04080CLE1975.htm
1985: At Fenway Park, 46-year-old Phil Niekro starts for the Yankees, becoming the second oldest pitcher ever to start on Opening Day. Only Jack Quinn, for the Brooklyn Robins in 1931, was older, at age 47. The Red Sox chase Niekro after four innings and, behind the pitching of Oil Can Boyd, coast to a 9 - 2 win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B04080BOS1985.htm
1993: Yankee relievers Steve Howe and Steve Farr are the victims as Carlos Baerga of the Indians becomes the first man in major league history to switch hit home runs in the same inning, in the 7th frame of a game at Cleveland Stadium. Baerga achieves the feat on the way to a 15-5 Tribe win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1993/B04080CLE1993.htm
2003: At the Yankees' opener in the Bronx, with the fans chanting his name, Hideki Matsui hits his first major league home run,a grand slam, against the Twins. The shot leads the Bombers to a 7-3 victory, Andy Pettitte getting his second win of the year.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2003/B04080NYA2003.htm
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