On this day
in 2009 Derek Jeter would win the Roberto Clemente Award which is given to the
player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, and community
involvement. Jeter would be the 3rd Yankees to ever win the award, Ron Guidry
and Don Baylor the other two, and would join 13 Hall of Fame players with the
award.
Also on
this day in 1991 the Yankees hired Buck Showalter to replace Stump Merrill as
the Yankees manager. In four seasons, including the strike shortened 1994
season, Buck would compile a 313-268 (.539) record as a 36 year old manager.
Buck would win the American League Manager of the Year Award and the AL East
title in 1994 and would lead the Yankees to the playoffs in the first Wild Card
series in 1995.
Finally on
this day in 1920 the Yankees hired ex-Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow to be
their General Manager. Over the next quarter of a century the Yankees would see
14 American League pennants and 10 World Series Championships while Barrow
would see a Hall of Fame induction.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)