Sal Yvars Dies at 84; Revealed Baseball Scheme
Published 12/12/2008 at NYT > Baseball
Yvars was a catcher for the New York Giants who took part in, and later revealed, a sign-stealing scheme that might have helped propel the Giants to their 1951 pennant victory. >
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