David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He is the special assistant to the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Over his 22-year career,he played for six teams:the San Diego Padres,New York Yankees,California Angels,Toronto Blue Jays,Minnesota Twins,and Cleveland Indians. He had the winning hit in the 1992 World Series with the Blue Jays over the Atlanta Braves.
George Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving owner in club history,and the Yankees won seven World Series championships and 11 American League pennants under his ownership. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries made him one of the sport's most controversial figures. Steinbrenner was also involved in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast shipping industry.
BernabéWilliams Figueroa Jr. is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006.
Joseph Paul Torre Jr. is an American professional baseball executive and former player,manager,and television color commentator. He has served as a special assistant to the Commissioner of Baseball since 2020. He previously served in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer from 2011 to 2020. Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career,Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007,he was the manager of the New York Yankees,and guided the team to six American League (AL) pennants and four World Series championships.
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American professional baseball manager. He served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995),Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000),Texas Rangers (2003–2006),Baltimore Orioles (2010–2018) and New York Mets (2022–2023). He also is a former professional Minor League Baseball player and television analyst for ESPN and the YES Network.
The Tampa Tarpons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Tampa,Florida. The Tarpons play their home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field,which is also the spring training home of the New York Yankees and incorporates design elements from old Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,including identical field dimensions. They competed at the Class A-Advanced level from 1994 to 2020 before being reclassified Low Single-A in 2021. Since their inception,the club has won five league championships,in 1994,2001,2004,2009,and 2010.
Joseph Riddick "Rick" Hendrick III is an American businessman. He is best known as the owner of the NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports. He is also a co-owner of JR Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group,a network of over 100 car dealerships.
Gene Arthur Budig was an American baseball executive and academic administrator. He was the last president of the American League (AL),serving from 1994 to 1999. After his tenure concluded,the presidencies of the American League and the National League (NL) were eliminated by Major League Baseball (MLB). Budig went on to become part-owner of a minor league baseball team,a position he held until his death.
Eugene Richard Michael,known as Stick,was an American professional baseball player,coach,scout,manager and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1966 to 1975,most prominently as a member of the New York Yankees,for whom he anchored the infield for seven seasons. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. He was a light hitter but also a quick and smooth defensive player.
Hendrick Motorsports is an American professional auto racing organization that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 1984 as All-Star Racing by Rick Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports has won a NASCAR-record 311 Cup Series races and 14 Cup Series owners and drivers championships to go with three Truck Series owners and drivers titles and one Xfinity Series drivers crown. Additionally,the team has 28 Xfinity Series race wins,26 Truck Series race wins,and seven ARCA Menards Series race wins.
Raymond Donald Evernham Jr. is an American consultant for Hendrick Companies,formerly an auto racing crew chief for Bill Davis Racing and Hendrick Motorsports,owner of his own team Evernham Motorsports from 2001 to 2010,and analyst for ESPN's NASCAR coverage. A three time Winston Cup Series Champion with driver Jeff Gordon,in 1999,Evernham won the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated "Person of the Year". Evernham was inducted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame,Class of 2018.
Steven Letarte is an American professional NASCAR crew chief and sportscaster who works for NBC Sports as a color commentator on their telecasts for NASCAR. He also works as a consultant for Spire Motorsports,a NASCAR Cup and Truck Series team. He was previously a crew member and crew chief for Hendrick Motorsports from 1995 to 2014,retiring after 20 years with the team. From September 2005 to 2010,he was the crew chief for Jeff Gordon's No. 24 car and from 2011 to 2014,he was the crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 car.
Monument Park is an open-air museum located in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,New York City. It contains a collection of monuments,plaques,and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
Old-Timers' Day refers to a tradition in Major League Baseball where a team devotes the early afternoon preceding a weekend game to honor retired players who played for the organization during their careers. The retired players play in an exhibition game,usually lasting about three innings.
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the National League (NL)'s New York Mets. The team was founded in 1903 when Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise rights to the defunct Baltimore Orioles after it ceased operations and used them to establish the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in 1913.
Cary C. Boshamer Stadium is a baseball stadium in Chapel Hill,North Carolina. It is the home of the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team.
Andy Papathanassiou became the first ever,"pit crew coach," when he was hired as a member of NASCAR's Hendrick Motorsports team in 1992. His philosophy and views as an outsider ultimately shifted the paradigm of how pit crews select and train their members. Previously,pit crews were composed of mechanics who devoted little time to practicing pit stops - relying instead on their vast knowledge of car building and racing experience. Andy employed an athletic mindset which centered on practice and repetition,coaching and review,innovation and process improvement. Collectively,he calls this philosophy,Over the Wall.
Since 1976,the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) have maintained a strict appearance policy,specifying that players' hair must not touch their collars and that they may have mustaches but no other facial hair. The policy came from then-franchise owner George Steinbrenner,who believed that regulating his players' appearance would instill a sense of discipline. Steinbrenner began noting which players he believed needed haircuts when he took over the Yankees in 1973,but the policy was not codified until three years later. Steinbrenner's policy remains in place after his death,and has led to a number of dramatic appearance changes for players who come to the Yankees from other teams,such as Oscar Gamble,as well as pushback from players who prefer long hair and beards. In 1991,Don Mattingly was taken out of the Yankees' lineup for a day when he refused to cut his hair.
The Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 car is a NASCAR Cup Series team that has been active since 1992. The team began with driver Jeff Gordon,who spent his entire full-time career behind the wheel of the No. 24. Gordon won 93 points-paying races,the most of any driver in NASCAR's modern era,and four series championships before retiring from full-time racing in 2015. The No. 24 was driven by Chase Elliott in 2016 and 2017;Elliott earned a spot in the NASCAR playoffs both seasons but failed to win a points-paying race. Since 2018,the No. 24 has been driven by William Byron. Gordon,Elliott and Byron each earned Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors while using the No. 24.
