Gene Michael, who spent a decade as an MLB shortstop before later rising to prominence as a New York Yankees executive, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 79.
Mike Mazzeo and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News reported the details of his death. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com passed along comments from Yankees president Randy Levine about the news.
"Stick was a great man with enormous heart and integrity," he said, using Michael's nickname. "One of the greatest baseball executives of our time.