Yankees announce Old-Timers' Day guest list

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Surfing safari 8/1/2008
Published 8/1/2008 by TheHotRead at SmackCaster SmackBlog
... in Happy Valley. The Steeplechase Association passed out $50 betting vouchers to the media in the press box at Saratoga? How do you say WRONG? Olympic whining over an Olympic winery. What a surprise, more doping suspensions for Olympians. These are Russians. Roger Federer, suddenly vulnerable and possibly no longer No. 1. He loses in Cincinnati despite not having his serve broken, a career first. Impressive guest  list for Yankee Old-Timers’ Day. Big Brown’s big chance for ...

Not-so-heavenly performance
Published 8/1/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . The Yankees announced the attendees for Saturday's Old Timers' Day. In addition to the usual guys we see on Old Timers' Day, there are several first timers attending. The list of first timers includes Don Baylor, Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Tim Raines, David Wells, and Rickey Henderson, whom we can't believe is admitting he's an "Old Timer". He probably thinks it's an audition for some major league scouts. ...

XX Sports Radio Interview: Jerry Coleman (MP3)
Published 8/6/2008 by jbox at Gaslamp Ball
... Jerry Coleman was the oldest man on the field at the Yankees old timer game. Jerry jokes that they had a wheel chair ready for him to take him out to the field. Jerry said it was emotional seeing some of the old guys and seeing the guys that had passed in the last year. The Yankees took good care of him. Jerry is the same size he was in high school, he jokes it's because he drinks a lot and chases women. Johnny Blanchard got the fattest. Here's a list of everybody that was there. Oh look Dave Winfield was there wearing the Yankee uniform again, he must have been so happy. ...