On this day in 1986 the Yankees signed free agent Al Holland.
Holland was coming off a season in which he saved at least five games for three
different seasons the year before.
Also on this day in 1921 the New York American League
franchise purchased a ten acre lot of land for $675,000 from the estate of
William Waldorf Astor. The site would eventually become the home of the first
Yankee Stadium. The stadium would sit directly across the river from the Polo
Grounds on the west side of the Bronx.
Finally, and this is really Phillies news more than Yankees
news but I digress, in 1962 the Phillies announced they will retire the #36
uniform number of Robin Roberts. The New York Yankee will visit the Phillies to
play an exhibition game in March of 1963 for the ceremony, the first time the
Phillies will retire a number in the team’s then 79 year history.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)