On this day in Yankee history...
1958: Early '90s Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is born.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
March 9th
1908: Myril Hoag is born. Hoag was a replacement outfielder on three Yankee championship teams (1932, 1936 and 1937) before being traded to the St. Louis Browns in 1938. He died in 1971.
1942: Bert Campaneris, who played most of his career with the Kansas City/Oakland A's but who finished his career with the Yankees, is born.
1973: Aaron Boone is born. Happy birthday, skipper!
March 8th
On this day in Yankee history...
1930: Babe Ruth signs a two-year contract with the Yankees for $160,000. At $80,000 per year, he becomes the highest-paid player in major league history thus far.
1938: Lou Gehrig rejects the latest contract offer from the Yankees to a one-year deal worth $39,000. Four days later, Gehrig will agree to the same Yankees offer and end his spring training holdout.
1947: In Havana, Cuba's new Stadium del Cerro, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat th Yankees 1-0 in an exhibition game.
1966: The Cooperstown Special Veterans Committee
waives one of its election rules and elects Casey Stengel to the Hall of Fame. Stengel managed the Mets for most 0f the 1965
season before falling and breaking his hip. The injury ended the elderly skipper's career. Given his age, the Veterans Committee decide to make him immediately eligible for the Hall.
1999: Joe DiMaggio dies at the age of 84.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
March 7th
On this day in Yankee history...
1981: 1920's Yankee infielder Pee Wee Wanninger (whom Lou Gehrig pinch hit for in his first major league at bat) dies at the age of 78.
1998: The Yankees sign Orlando Hernandez to a four-year, $6.6 million contract.
March 6th
On this day in Yankee history...
1977: Marcus Thames is born. Happy 43rd to our hitting coach!
1986: Francisco Cervelli is born. Happy 34th to our former catcher!
2005: Suzyn Waldman becomes the first woman to be a full-time color commentator in major league history, making her debut with John Sterling on the Yankees' flagship station WCBS-AM 880. The former radio-talk host on WFAN, the first all-sports radio station in United States, was also the first female to broadcast on a national baseball telecast, as well as the first to provide local TV (Yankees) major league play-by-play.
March 5th
On this day in Yankee history...
1922: Babe Ruth becomes the highest paid player in major league history when he signs a three-year contract that will pay him over $50,000 per season. In 1921, Ruth led the AL with 59 home runs and 171 RBI.
1942: Variety, the weekly entertainment magazine, weighs in against 'droopy drawers'. 'Joe DiMagggioand Carl Hubbell are the silliest looking pair we've seen. Way back in the days when the speed boys were stealing 40 to 90 bases a year, you'll remember they used to roll their pants just below the knee. Now they've got 'em almost to their shoes. The theory here is that the constriction inherent in the new style can slow a player a full stride getting to first'.
1973: Yankee pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich make a stunning declaration. The left-handers announce that they have traded wives, children, and family dogs. The announcement sends shock waves through the baseball world and beyond.
March 4th
March 4th
On this day in Yankee history...
1913: The Yankees become the first major league team to conduct spring training outside of the United States, when they begin camp in Bermuda. Several exhibition games are also scheduled.
2013: With the club struck by a number of key players either injured, or trying to return from serious injuries, GM Brian Cashman joins the fray. He breaks his fibula and dislocates his right ankle while making a charity parachute jump with the U.S. Army's skydiving team, the Golden Knights,at Homestead Air Force Base.
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