TORONTO — Memo to the Yankees’ Outdated-Timers: Pack your gloves and cleats!
A conventional alumni baseball sport will as soon as once more be a part of the festivities when the Yankees host the 77th Outdated-Timers’ Day on Aug. 9 at Yankee Stadium. The occasion will even commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the membership’s 2000 World Collection championship.
Amongst these scheduled to attend are Corridor of Famers Mariano Rivera and Joe Torre, together with a bunch of first-time Outdated-Timers, together with Roger Clemens, 2000 ALCS MVP David Justice, Alfonso Soriano and Jose Vizcaino.
The roster additionally options quite a few extra Monument Park inductees: Ron Guidry, Paul O’Neill, Tino Martinez, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Willie Randolph and Bernie Williams.
This marks the primary time since 2019 the standard Outdated-Timers’ Day sport — which normally spans two or three innings — will likely be performed.
After a two-year pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Outdated-Timers’ Day was reimagined in 2022 with a question-and-answer format. A softball sport was thought-about earlier than the Yankees introduced a return to the standard hardball exhibition.
Followers are requested to be of their seats by 12 p.m. ET for the Outdated-Timers’ introductions, which will likely be learn by Michael Kay. The Outdated-Timers’ Day baseball sport will instantly comply with.
Here’s a roster of anticipated attendees, as introduced by the Yankees (topic to alter):
Jesse Barfield, Clay Bellinger, Aaron Boone, Homer Bush, Chris Chambliss, Roger Clemens, David Cone, Johnny Damon, Bucky Dent, Brian Doyle, John Flaherty, Dwight Gooden, Ron Guidry, Orlando Hernandez, David Justice, Jill Martin (widow of Billy Martin), Tino Martinez, Lee Mazzilli, Ramiro Mendoza, Gene Monahan, Diana Munson (widow of Thurman Munson), Kay Murcer (widow of Bobby Murcer), Graig Nettles, Paul O’Neill, Andy Pettitte, Lou Piniella, Jorge Posada, Willie Randolph, Mariano Rivera, Mickey Rivers, Luis Sojo, Alfonso Soriano, Shane Spencer, Mike Stanton, Joe Torre, Jose Vizcaino, Roy White and Bernie Williams.
