Don’t Miss Our Epic Classic Yankees Series

Mike Sommer, formerly of The Sommer Frieze, has been nice enough to contribute to our site with one of our most popular regular features ever, the Classic Yankees series. So far he has written 31 parts of this series. Be sure to check them out: Jacob Ruppert (as owner 1914-1936) Miller Huggins (1918-1929) Bob Meusel (1920-1929) Earle Combs (1924-1935) Lefty Gomez (1930-1942) Red Ruffing (1930-1942, 1945-1946) Frank Crosetti (1932-1948) Spud Chandler (1937-1947) Charlie Keller (1939-1949, 1952) Snuffy Stirnweiss (1943-1950) Vic Raschi (1946-1953) Bobby Brown (1946-1952, 1954) Allie Reynolds (1947-1954) Hank Bauer (1948-1959) Eddie Lopat (1948-1955) Jerry Coleman (1949-1957) Gil McDougald (1951-1960) Moose Skowron (1954-1962) Elston Howard (1955-1967) Joe Pepitone (1962-1969) Mel Stottlemyre (1964-1974) Roy White (1965-1979) Fritz Peterson (1966-1974) Sparky Lyle (1972-1978) Lou Piniella (1974-1984 as player, 1986-1988 as manager) Chris Chambliss (1974-1979...