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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Buster Posey seemed almost embarrassed. With an NL Rookie of the Year award and MVP plaque, with two World Series rings at age 27, and the possibility of earning a third ...
In Game 4 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers, Posey and Madison Bumgarner formed the first rookie starting pitcher-catcher tandem in a World Series since Yogi Berra caught Spec Shea in Game 1 of the 1947 World Series. Posey hit his first postseason home run against Darren O'Day in the 4–0 victory, making him the fifth rookie ...
[59] [64] Jeter won the World Series MVP Award, becoming the first (and so far only) player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP Awards in the same season. [65] With one year remaining until he would become eligible for free agency, Jeter signed a ten-year, $189 million contract before the 2001 season to remain with the Yankees. [59]
World Series rings are considered valuable sports memorabilia. In 2007, Casey Stengel's 1951 World Series ring sold for $180,000 (equivalent to $264,000 in 2023). [37] When Lenny Dykstra went through bankruptcy in 2009, his 1986 World Series ring sold for $56,762.50 through Heritage Auctions, three times as much as was expected. [38]
Even Derek Jeter can learn something new about the game of baseball. When the former New York Yankees captain joined the Fox Sports roster for the 2023 baseball season, he recalls, he had to find ...
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Munson's World Series championships in 1977 and 1978 made him only the second catcher in baseball history, after Johnny Bench, to win a Rookie of the Year Award, an MVP Award, a Gold Glove Award, and a World Series title during his career. Subsequently, Buster Posey became the third catcher to win all four awards. Munson and Posey, both named ...
Derek Jeter, a five-time World Series champion and the Yankees' all-time hits leader, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Yankees take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 at Yankee ...