The Yankees stayed at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Pete during Spring Training. They were much loved and are still celebrated in that resort. Bank in 1998, I saw Bobby Murcer and met Orlando Hernandez in the elevator there, just weeks after arriving in the bigs. Very cool. (Nice writeup, thanks!)
Wow that's really neat David! Thanks for the kind words i appreciate it! Also, for a few years in the '30's the Yankees stayed at the Don Cesar in St. Pete's Beach. Rumor has it that Babe Ruth and Al Capone partied with eachother at some point at that hotel! Haha
Happy Jack Chesbro! 41 wins in a season is iconic. He was great. But sadly he was the first Yankees goat when he threw the ball into the backstop against Boston on the last game of the season costing NY the pennant
Wow. A lot of research went into this article. I learned a lot. Never knew they moved all over like that for spring training.
Thanks Michael! 🙂
The Yankees stayed at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Pete during Spring Training. They were much loved and are still celebrated in that resort. Bank in 1998, I saw Bobby Murcer and met Orlando Hernandez in the elevator there, just weeks after arriving in the bigs. Very cool. (Nice writeup, thanks!)
Wow that's really neat David! Thanks for the kind words i appreciate it! Also, for a few years in the '30's the Yankees stayed at the Don Cesar in St. Pete's Beach. Rumor has it that Babe Ruth and Al Capone partied with eachother at some point at that hotel! Haha
The New York Highlanders has a nice ring to it
Happy Jack Chesbro! 41 wins in a season is iconic. He was great. But sadly he was the first Yankees goat when he threw the ball into the backstop against Boston on the last game of the season costing NY the pennant
I had plane tickets to get to a game.
Some guy stole them at library pizza 😆
I should NEVER have lost all my job and savings trying to watch football.