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From: ogre@mhuxl.UUCP (LO COCO)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Trivia: Single digit Yankees (A team)
Message-ID: <244@mhuxl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 12:03:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 12:03:52 1985
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> I was watching the Yankees yesterday after not following them for
> a long time, and was surprised to see Dale Berra wearing number 2.
> Surprised, because I would have thought the Yanks would have retired
> or be about to retire single digit jerseys! I remember Mantle had
> number 7, Yogi 8, and Maris 9; Martin of course has number 1 claimed
> (did he have it as a player?); I somehow connect Babe Ruth with
> number 3 and Joe Dimaggio with 10.
> 
> Can anyone give the numbers for other prestigious Yankees -- or even
> better, come up with an all time single digit Yankee team?

	Well you asked for it and here's a possibility:

	1 Richardson 2B
	9 Maris      RF
	5 DiMaggio   CF
	4 Gehrig     1B
	3 Ruth       P
	7 Mantle     LF
	8 Berra      C
	2 Crosetti   SS
	6 Boyer      3B

	It would be real interesting to see other variations.
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